TTS

#!/bin/bash
#
# Description: Text to speech using pico2wave
#
# sudo apt install libttspico-utils
#
# sudo apt install sox
#
#
# sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
# curl -fsSL https://repo.charm.sh/apt/gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/charm.gpg
# echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/charm.gpg] https://repo.charm.sh/apt/ * *" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/charm.list
# sudo apt update && sudo apt install glow

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 <text_or_file_path>"
    exit 1
fi

clear

# Determine if the argument is a file
if [ -f "$1" ]; then
    content=$(cat "$1" | sed '/<!--/,/-->/d')
    glow "$1"
else
    content=$(echo "$1" | sed '/<!--/,/-->/d')
    echo "$content"
fi

pico2wave -w=/tmp/test.wav "$content"

duration_seconds=$(soxi -D /tmp/test.wav)

duration_minutes=$(echo "$duration_seconds / 60" | bc -l)

printf "\n\nReading time of the WAV file is: %.2f minutes\n" "$duration_minutes"

aplay -q /tmp/test.wav
rm /tmp/test.wav