Example how to use SpeakVolumes.eu Text-to-Speech API

speakvolumes.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import sys
import base64
import hashlib
from suds.client import Client as SOAPClient

myusername = 'YourUserName'
mypassword = 'YourSecretPassword'

# text files or strings are accepted as arguments
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print "Usage: %s <text> | <filename>" % sys.argv[0]
    sys.exit(1)


TEXT = sys.argv[1]
JOB_NAME = hashlib.md5(TEXT).hexdigest()
FILE_NAME = JOB_NAME

# if argument is a file, not string
if os.path.exists(TEXT):
    JOB_NAME = os.path.basename(TEXT)
    f = open(TEXT, 'r')
    TEXT = f.read()
    f.close()
    FILE_NAME = JOB_NAME.replace('.txt', '')

TEXT = TEXT.strip().decode('UTF8', 'ignore')

print "DEBUG: %s, %s, %s" % (JOB_NAME, FILE_NAME, TEXT)

client = SOAPClient('http://api.speakvolumes.eu/vserver.php?wsdl')

# TODO: change 'irina' to the voice of your choice. Irina speaks Bulgarian.
audio = client.service.wsTtS(myusername, mypassword, JOB_NAME, TEXT, 'irina', 0)
audio = base64.b64decode(audio['data'])

mp3 = open('%s.mp3' % FILE_NAME, 'wb')
mp3.write(audio)
mp3.close()

credits = client.service.queryCredits(myusername, mypassword)
print "REMAINING CREDITS: %s", credits['data']