pontificator

Generate studio quality dictated audio files from books, articles, and blog posts.

See an example of a dictated blog post on one of Chris's blog posts.

Install in a Node.js Project

npm install @fullstackcraftllc/pontificator

CLI Usage

npx @fullstackcraftllc/pontificator <path-to-file-to-dictate>

Prerequisites

If you are fine with using the built in text-to-speech software, you can skip this section. If you want to use a payed text-to-speech software, you will need to set up an account and get an API key. We currently support the following vendors:

• Eleven Labs. You'll need to set an ELEVEN_LABS_API_KEY - if defined in .env, the Eleven Labs text-to-speech API will be used, optionally additionally with ELEVEN_LABS_VOICE_ID.
• More coming soon!

Installation

Install dependencies:

npm install

Example

Paste any markdown into the example/blog-post.mdx file. (Or leave as-is for the example.)

Then, run pontificator with the following command:

npm run start example/blog-post.mdx

This will clean up the markdown, chunk it for API calls, and combine the audio chunks to a single .mp3 file reflecting the entire text content of the blog post.

If all goes well, you should get an audio.mp3 file produced in the example directory.

Validation and Verification

Consider validating the produced text with CodeVideo's other tool, speech-shield