# KinoTextToSpeech
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Text-to-Speech using the [SpeechSynthesis API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis)
with [Kino](https://github.com/livebook-dev/kino)
for [Livebook](https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook).
* [Installation](#installation)
* [Goals](#goals)
* [Demonstrations](#demonstrations)
* [Introduction](#introduction)
* [Caveats](#caveats)
* [Resources](#resources)
* [Speech Synthesis](#speech-synthesis)
* [Kino Smart Cells](#kino-smart-cells)
* [License](#license)
## Installation
To bring KinoTextToSpeech to Livebook all you need to do is `Mix.install/2`:
```elixir
Mix.install([
{:kino_text_to_speech, "~> 0.1.1"}
])
```
## Goals
* [x] Implement initial prototype in [Livebook](notebooks/prototype.livemd).
* [x] Convert to using Vue3 components from other Kino Smart Cells.
* [ ] Reevaluating a later cell does not play the entire notebook in the playground.
* I thought I had this working but it's possible I was relying on a specific quirk that should not have been there.
* [ ] Do more extensive testing with branching sections.
* [ ] There were issues where cells were skipped in playback
* [ ] Add Play/Pause and Stop buttons instead of Cell evaluation?
* [ ] Utterances play sequentially. Remove the console.error to queue multiple plays?
## Demonstrations
### Introduction
Introduces the basic functionality of `~v0.1`.
https://github.com/w0rd-driven/kino_text_to_speech/assets/489986/8d3f1793-1d30-4219-81c9-37d105a5ebce
## Caveats
* According to [https://dev.to/jankapunkt/cross-browser-speech-synthesis-the-hard-way-and-the-easy-way-353](https://dev.to/jankapunkt/cross-browser-speech-synthesis-the-hard-way-and-the-easy-way-353), there are a lot of issues with cross-browser support.
* Cramming a JS library into every cell is doable but it's better served at the application layer but only loaded in when necessary.
* I've currently only tested this in Chrome where I've needed to use async and/or a timeout to initialize SpeechSynthesis voices.
## Resources
### Speech Synthesis
* [SpeechSynthesis API on MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis).
* [https://blog.monotonous.org/2021/11/15/speechSynthesis-getVoices/](https://blog.monotonous.org/2021/11/15/speechSynthesis-getVoices/)
* [https://webplatformcourse.com/bonus/speech-synthesis-api/](https://webplatformcourse.com/bonus/speech-synthesis-api/)
* [https://dev.to/jankapunkt/cross-browser-speech-synthesis-the-hard-way-and-the-easy-way-353](https://dev.to/jankapunkt/cross-browser-speech-synthesis-the-hard-way-and-the-easy-way-353)
* [https://github.com/jankapunkt/easy-speech](https://github.com/jankapunkt/easy-speech)
### Kino Smart Cells
* [Kino](https://github.com/livebook-dev/kino)
* [KinoDB](https://github.com/livebook-dev/kino_db/)
* [KinoExplorer](https://github.com/livebook-dev/kino_explorer)
* [AdventOfCode](https://github.com/nettinho/smaoc/)
## License
Copyright (C) 2023 Jeremy Brayton
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of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal
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