talk.py

import pyttsx3
class bcolors:
    HEADER = '\033[95m'
    OKBLUE = '\033[94m'
    OKCYAN = '\033[96m'
    OKGREEN = '\033[92m'
    WARNING = '\033[93m'
    FAIL = '\033[91m'
    ENDC = '\033[0m'
    BOLD = '\033[1m'
    UNDERLINE = '\033[4m'
def talk(text = " "):
    engine = pyttsx3.init() # object creation
    """ RATE"""
    rate = engine.getProperty('rate')   # getting details of current speaking rate
    engine.setProperty('rate', 180)     # setting up new voice rate

    """VOLUME"""
    volume = engine.getProperty('volume')   #getting to know current volume level (min=0 and max=1)
    engine.setProperty('volume', 1.0)    # setting up volume level  between 0 and 1

    """VOICE"""
    voices = engine.getProperty('voices')       #getting details of current voice
    #engine.setProperty('voice', voices[0].id)  #changing index, changes voices. o for male
    engine.setProperty('voice', voices[1].id)   #changing index, changes voices. 1 for female

    engine.say(text)
    engine.runAndWait()
    engine.stop()

    """Saving Voice to a file"""
    # On linux make sure that 'espeak' and 'ffmpeg' are installed
    #engine.save_to_file('Hello World', 'test.mp3')
    #engine.runAndWait()