Installing say.js

npm install say

Usage

// automatically pick platform
const say = require("say");

// or, override the platform
const Say = require("say").Say;
const say = new Say("darwin" || "win32" || "linux");

// Get voices
console.log(
	"await say.getInstalledVoices();: ",
	await say.getInstalledVoices()
);

// Use default system voice and speed
say.speak("Hello!");

// Stop the text currently being spoken
say.stop()(async () => {
	// with a promise
	try {
		await say.speak({ text: "whats up, dog?", voice: "Good News", speed: 1.0 });
		await say.speak({
			text: "How are you today?",
			voice: "Good News",
			speed: 1.0,
		});
	} catch (error) {
		console.log(error);
	}

	console.log("text to speech complete");
})();

Methods

Speak:

• Speed: 1 = 100%, 0.5 = 50%, 2 = 200%, etc

say.speak(text, voice || null, speed || null, callback || null);

Stop Speaking:

say.stop();

Get List of Installed Voice(s):

const voices = await say.getInstalledVoices();