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1. Download the keyfile JSON from the TTS Google Agent https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/libraries#setting_up_authentication

   • Note: the JSON file can be changed in the application at runtime using the TTSConnector's set_tts_key(<path to keyfile>) method

2. Choose a voice ID for the text synthesising from https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/voices here

   • the language is automatically inferred from the voice ID

   • Note: the voice can be changed in the application at runtime using the TTSConnector's set_tts_voice(<voice ID>) method

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In order to use the service, you first need to create a TTS Agent. For that, visit https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/libraries#setting_up_authentication this page to set up a Google service account and download the JSON keyfile.

1. Create a service account

   • log in to the (Google) account you want to use for the TTS agent

2. Select your project

   • If a http://dialogflow.cloud.google.com/ Dialogflow agent exists on the same Google Account with a key, select it from your already available projects

   • Otherwise, if you plan on using Dialogflow, you can create a Dialogflow - restructured agent first

   • if there are no pre-existing projects, create one using the “Create Project” button

     

3. follow Follow the rest of the instructions on https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/libraries#setting_up_authenticationsearch here

4. Search for “text to speech” in the search bar and select “Cloud Text-to-Speech API”

   • enable the Cloud Text to Speech API by clicking the “Enable” button

     • you will be asked to set up billing information which you can do by pressing “Enable Billing” > “Create Billing Account” > fill in your information > “Start My Free Trial”.

       • If you’re using the TTS service for the first time, you will be granted $300 to spend, which should be more than enough for your application.

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1. Create a TTSConnector instance.

2. set the keyfile and the voice ID in the TTSConnector

3. call the connector’s say_text_to_speech([text]) with the text to be synthesized

Example

See https://bitbucket.org/socialroboticshub/connectors/src/master/python/tts_example.py this for an example usage.

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