Iterate through txt files, upload to AWS Polly to create MP3 files using tts

txt2polly.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Available voices at: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/voicelist.html
VOICE=Vitoria
#VOICE=Ricardo

OUTPUT="${PWD}/mp3"

mkdir -p "${OUTPUT}"

for f in *.txt; do
  # FILE is set to the filename, replacing .txt with .mp3
  # and is places inside the $OUTPUT directory
  FILE="${OUTPUT}/${f%.txt}.mp3"
  if [ -e "${FILE}" ]; then
    echo "Skipping ${f} - MP3 already exists"
  else
    # Note: Lexicons must have been pre-loaded into AWS Polly
    tts "$f" "${FILE}" --voice ${VOICE} --lexicon brPTacronyms --lexicon brPTwords --lexicon brPTwords2
  fi
done