Python
I came a cross an amazing Python code snippet that convert PDF e-books into an audiobook with a minimal code. The code snippet uses two Python packages: 1. PyPDF2: a free and open-source pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files. It can
Artificial Intelligence
Leon is an open-source personal assistant who can live on your server.
Development
What is Text-to-Speech? Text-to-speech or speech synthesis is an artificially generated human-sounding speech from text that recognize words and formulate human speech. The first Text-To-Speech system was introduced to the world in 1968 by Noriko Umeda et al, at the Electrotechnical Laboratory in Japan. In 1961, physicist John Larry Kelly,
Open-source
"Julius" is a high-performance, small-footprint large vocabulary continuous speech recognition (LVCSR) decoder software for speech-related researchers and developers. It is primarily written for C programming language. The algorithm is based on 2-pass tree-trellis search, which fully incorporates major decoding techniques such as tree-organized lexicon, 1-best / word-pair context approximation,
Productivity
eSpeak is a compact open source software speech synthesizer for English and other languages, for Linux and Windows. It is a reliable Text to Speech engine for English and many other languages. Compact size with clear but artificial pronunciation. Available as a command-line program with many options, a shared library