Feature Request: Option to output as mp3 or other compressed format instead of wave.
famewolf opened this issue · comments
If the option to output to a compressed format such as mp3, aac etc was offered then folks could actually create audiobooks from ebooks in txt format such as from Project Gutenberg and then listen to them in the car. Vocalizer voices (UK Malcolm) has a great voice and works well with this app.
Will the recording include any alert sounds such as email etc that occur while the text is being read to wave?
Hello famewolf,
An option for writing audio files in a compressed format is a good idea.
This would indeed be more useful in the case you mention. MP3 is probably
the best choice, since it is quite portable. It is also "free."
It looks like the best way to create MP3 files in an Android environment is
to take the wave data received from the text-to-speech engine, encode it
using a C library, such as LAME, and write the resultant bytes to the output
file. I'll look into this and, hopefully, decrease the time it takes to
create wave files in the process.
Regarding your question about alert sounds, I can tell you that they won't
be included in the recording. This is because the creation of speech wave
files does not typically involve the audio system.
…On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:04:00 -0700 famewolf ***@***.***> wrote:
If the option to output to a compressed format such as mp3, aac etc was
offered then folks could actually create audiobooks from ebooks in txt
format such as from Project Gutenberg and then listen to them in the car.
Vocalizer voices (UK Malcolm) has a great voice and works well with this
app.
Will the recording include any alert sounds such as email etc that occur
while the text is being read to wave?