Book Reader - AI-Powered Text-to-Speech

🚀 Book Reader is an AI-powered text-to-speech (TTS) application that converts text into high-quality speech using various models. It supports multiple languages and formats, allowing users to generate and listen to audio files easily.

🌟 Features

• 🎙️ Generate speech from text using AI models
• 🌍 Supports multiple languages
• 📂 Outputs in WAV formats
• ⚡ Asynchronous background processing
• 🎵 List and play generated audio files

🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: Alpine.js, Bootstrap
• Backend: Flask (Python)
• Database: SQLite / MySQL (for task management)
• TTS Models: ONNX-based models

📦 Installation

1️⃣ Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/book-reader.git  
cd book-reader

2️⃣ Set up a virtual environment (optional but recommended):

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On macOS/Linux
venv\Scripts\activate  # On Windows

3️⃣ Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4️⃣ Run the application:

flask run

The app will be available at http://127.0.0.1:5000/ 🎉

📌 Usage Enter your text in the input field. Select a language and a speech model. Click Generate Speech and wait for processing. Listen or download the generated audio from the listed files.

🚀 API Endpoints GET /languages → Fetch available languages GET /models/ → Get models for a language POST /generate → Generate speech (returns task ID) GET /check_status/<task_id> → Check generation status GET /audio_files → List generated audio files

🤝 Contributing Pull requests are welcome! Feel free to open an issue for discussions.