@pie-players/pie-tts

TTS interfaces and types for PIE Assessment Toolkit - Pure TypeScript with no UI dependencies.

Purpose

This package provides the foundational interfaces and types for building TTS (Text-to-Speech) providers in the PIE ecosystem. It has zero dependencies and no UI framework requirements, making it suitable for:

• Implementing custom TTS providers
• Type-safe TTS integration
• Framework-agnostic TTS solutions

What's Included

Interfaces

• ITTSProvider - Stateless factory for creating TTS implementations
• ITTSProviderImplementation - Actual TTS playback implementation
• TTSProviderCapabilities - Feature support description
• TTSConfig - Provider configuration

Types

• TTSFeature - Union type of supported features
• Configuration and capability types

Installation

npm install @pie-players/pie-tts
# or
bun add @pie-players/pie-tts

Usage

Implementing a Custom TTS Provider

import type {
  ITTSProvider,
  ITTSProviderImplementation,
  TTSConfig,
  TTSProviderCapabilities,
  TTSFeature
} from '@pie-players/pie-tts';

class MyTTSImplementation implements ITTSProviderImplementation {
  async speak(text: string): Promise<void> {
    // Your implementation
  }

  pause(): void { /* ... */ }
  resume(): void { /* ... */ }
  stop(): void { /* ... */ }
  isPlaying(): boolean { return false; }
  isPaused(): boolean { return false; }
}

export class MyTTSProvider implements ITTSProvider {
  readonly providerId = 'my-tts';
  readonly providerName = 'My TTS Provider';
  readonly version = '1.0.0';

  async initialize(config: TTSConfig): Promise<ITTSProviderImplementation> {
    return new MyTTSImplementation(config);
  }

  supportsFeature(feature: TTSFeature): boolean {
    return feature === 'pause' || feature === 'resume';
  }

  getCapabilities(): TTSProviderCapabilities {
    return {
      supportsPause: true,
      supportsResume: true,
      supportsWordBoundary: false,
      supportsVoiceSelection: true,
      supportsRateControl: true,
      supportsPitchControl: false,
    };
  }

  destroy(): void {
    // Cleanup if needed
  }
}

Official Implementations

• Browser TTS (in @pie-players/pie-assessment-toolkit) - Uses Web Speech API, always available as fallback
• Server TTS (@pie-players/tts-client-server) - High-quality server-backed voices (Polly/Google/etc.) with speech marks

Design Philosophy

This core package intentionally:

• ✅ Has zero runtime dependencies
• ✅ Contains only TypeScript interfaces and types
• ✅ Is framework-agnostic (no React, Svelte, Vue, etc.)
• ✅ Supports pluggable architecture
• ✅ Enables type-safe TTS implementations

License

MIT

Related Packages

• @pie-players/pie-assessment-toolkit - Includes TTSService and BrowserTTSProvider
• @pie-players/tts-client-server - Server-backed TTS provider client