node-balcon

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Requirements

• Windows
• Node 16.7.0+
• Balcon in the PATH variable or a path to Balcon

Installation

npm:

npm install node-balcon

Usage

Save to a buffer:

const { Balabolka } = require("./index.js");

const bala = new Balabolka()
	.voice("Microsoft David Desktop")
	.text("you are so grounded grounded");

bala.generate().then((buffer) => {
	console.log(buffer); // <Buffer 52 49 46 46 26 31 01 00 57 41 56 45 66 6d 74 ... >
}).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Save to a file:

const { Balabolka } = require("./index.js");

const bala = new Balabolka()
	.voice("Microsoft David Desktop")
	.text("you are so grounded grounded");

bala.generate("./voice.wav").then((filepath) => {
	console.log(filepath); // C:\...
}).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Voice listing

const { listVoices } = require("./index.js");

listVoices().then((voices) => {
	console.log(voices);
	/*
	{
		'SAPI 5:': {
			'Cepstral Whispery': {
				description: 'Cepstral Whispery',
				vendor: 'Cepstral',
				age: '30',
				gender: 'U',
				lang: 'en',
				channels: 1,
				sampleRate: 16000,
				bitDepth: 16
			},
	*/
}).catch((err) => console.error(err));