Add Text To Speech To Our Translator App – Python Tkinter GUI Tutorial 201

In this video I’ll show you how to add text to speech to our translation app from the last video with Tkinter and Python.

We’ll use pyttsx3 to do the text to speech translation and it should be pretty easy.

I have another video on pyttsx3 way back in the tkinter playlist if you want to learn more about it.

Python Code: translate_speech.py
(Github Code)

from tkinter import *
import googletrans
import textblob
from tkinter import ttk, messagebox
import pyttsx3



root = Tk()
root.title('Codemy.com - Translator')
root.iconbitmap('c:/gui/codemy.ico')
root.geometry("880x300")

def translate_it():
	# Delete Any Previous Translations
	translated_text.delete(1.0, END)

	try:
		# Get Languages From Dictionary Keys
		# Get the From Langauage Key
		for key, value in languages.items():
			if (value == original_combo.get()):
				from_language_key = key

		# Get the To Language Key
		for key, value in languages.items():
			if (value == translated_combo.get()):
				to_language_key = key

		# Turn Original Text into a TextBlob
		words = textblob.TextBlob(original_text.get(1.0, END))

		# Translate Text
		words = words.translate(from_lang=from_language_key , to=to_language_key)

		# Output translated text to screen
		translated_text.insert(1.0, words)

		# Initialize the speech engine
		engine = pyttsx3.init()

		# Play with Voices
		voices = engine.getProperty("voices")
		#for voice in voices:
		#	engine.setProperty('voice', voice.id)
		#	engine.say(words)


		# Pass text to speech engine
		engine.say(words)

		# Run to the engine
		engine.runAndWait()

	except Exception as e:
		messagebox.showerror("Translator", e)




def clear():
	# Clear the text boxes
	original_text.delete(1.0, END)
	translated_text.delete(1.0, END)

#language_list = (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,11,12,13,14,15,16,16,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1)

# Grab Language List From GoogleTrans
languages = googletrans.LANGUAGES

# Convert to list
language_list = list(languages.values())




# Text Boxes
original_text = Text(root, height=10, width=40)
original_text.grid(row=0, column=0, pady=20, padx=10)

translate_button = Button(root, text="Translate!", font=("Helvetica", 24), command=translate_it)
translate_button.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=10)

translated_text = Text(root, height=10, width=40)
translated_text.grid(row=0, column=2, pady=20, padx=10)

# Combo boxes
original_combo = ttk.Combobox(root, width=50, value=language_list)
original_combo.current(21)
original_combo.grid(row=1, column=0)

translated_combo = ttk.Combobox(root, width=50, value=language_list)
translated_combo.current(26)
translated_combo.grid(row=1, column=2)

# Clear button
clear_button = Button(root, text="Clear", command=clear)
clear_button.grid(row=2, column=1)

root.mainloop()