wlbirula / TTS4Anki

A Python script that creates MP3 files for ANKI flashcards using Google Text-To-Speech engine

TTS4Anki - Text-To-Speech for Anki flashcards

This is a tiny Python script that creates audio pronunciation files for Anki flashcards using Google Text-To-Speech engine.

How to use

1. Create a text file with questions and answers. Each line should contain a question and an answer separated by a semicolon. It may simply contain the same word or phrase in your native and the foreign language.

book;das Buch
house;das Haus

2. Unzip and run the program.
   • Enter the two-letter language codes for the question and for answers (e.g. 'en' for English, 'de' for German, 'es' for Spanish).
   • You can also enter a prefix that will be attached to the name of each MP3 file you create. If this field is blank, the program will automatically append the date and time you started the program. The prefix might be useful to find the files you have created.
   • Select an input file.
   • Press the "Process" button.
3. If everything is OK, select and copy the created MP3 files.
   • open the Run command (Windows key + R), type %APPDATA%, and press Enter.
   • find the subfolder Anki2 and then - in the folder with the name of your Anki profile (probably User 1) - collection.media. Paste the MP3 files there.

4. Open Anki and import the generated text file (its name is Anki_import_file_DATE-TIME.txt)

Happy learning!

Todo

• (Optional) copying multimedia files for different OS

• Error handling

Technologies:

The script uses two Python modules:

• gTTS - https://pypi.org/project/gTTS/

• appJar - http://appjar.info/