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# edge-tts
`edge-tts` is a Python module that allows you to use Microsoft Edge's online text-to-speech service from within your Python code or using the provided `edge-tts` or `edge-playback` command.
## Installation
To install it, run the following command:
$ pip install edge-tts
If you only want to use the `edge-tts` and `edge-playback` commands, it would be better to use pipx:
$ pipx install edge-tts
## Usage
### Basic usage
If you want to use the `edge-tts` command, you can simply run it with the following command:
$ edge-tts --text "Hello, world!" --write-media hello.mp3 --write-subtitles hello.vtt
If you wish to play it back immediately with subtitles, you could use the `edge-playback` command:
$ edge-playback --text "Hello, world!"
Note the above requires the installation of the `mpv` command line player.
All `edge-tts` commands work in `edge-playback` as well.
### Changing the voice
If you want to change the language of the speech or more generally, the voice.
You must first check the available voices with the `--list-voices` option:
$ edge-tts --list-voices
Name: Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (af-ZA, AdriNeural)
ShortName: af-ZA-AdriNeural
Gender: Female
Locale: af-ZA
Name: Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (am-ET, MekdesNeural)
ShortName: am-ET-MekdesNeural
Gender: Female
Locale: am-ET
Name: Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (ar-EG, SalmaNeural)
ShortName: ar-EG-SalmaNeural
Gender: Female
Locale: ar-EG
Name: Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (ar-SA, ZariyahNeural)
ShortName: ar-SA-ZariyahNeural
Gender: Female
Locale: ar-SA
...
$ edge-tts --voice ar-EG-SalmaNeural --text "مرحبا كيف حالك؟" --write-media hello_in_arabic.mp3 --write-subtitles hello_in_arabic.vtt
### Custom SSML
Support for custom SSML has been removed since 5.0.0 because Microsoft has taken the initiative to prevent it from working. You cannot use custom SSML anymore.
### Changing rate, volume and pitch
It is possible to make minor changes to the generated speech.
$ edge-tts --rate=-50% --text "Hello, world!" --write-media hello_with_rate_halved.mp3 --write-subtitles hello_with_rate_halved.vtt
$ edge-tts --volume=-50% --text "Hello, world!" --write-media hello_with_volume_halved.mp3 --write-subtitles hello_with_volume_halved.vtt
$ edge-tts --pitch=-50Hz --text "Hello, world!" --write-media hello_with_pitch_halved.mp3 --write-subtitles hello_with_pitch_halved.vtt
In addition, it is required to use `--rate=-50%` instead of `--rate -50%` (note the lack of an equal sign) otherwise the `-50%` would be interpreted as just another argument.
### Note on the `edge-playback` command
`edge-playback` is just a wrapper around `edge-tts` that plays back the generated speech. It takes the same arguments as the `edge-tts` option.
## Python module
It is possible to use the `edge-tts` module directly from Python. For a list of example applications:
* https://github.com/rany2/edge-tts/tree/master/examples
* https://github.com/rany2/edge-tts/blob/master/src/edge_tts/util.py
* https://github.com/hasscc/hass-edge-tts/blob/main/custom_components/edge_tts/tts.py