@dreary.bsky.social: "oh yea in case it wasn’t clear i don’t use a local tts thing unfortunately"

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@dreary.bsky.socialFeb 7, 2025

it’s consistent and free and i haven’t modified my practices in years but google tts is pretty serviceable tbh

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oh yea in case it wasn’t clear i don’t use a local tts thing unfortunately

Optional - Balabolka TTS

Download Balabolka as an alternative to gTTS

This is my preferred free Text-to-Speech method. gTTS gets rate limited very quickly.
If you are not on Windows, Balabolka runs through Wine. You can configure a Wine prefix if desired.
Ctrl+K for Skin options. "FM" is my preference.
Ctrl+Shift+D for Use Online TTS Service. "Google [1] - English (US)" is my preference.

https://github.com/DrearyWillow/pdfp?tab=readme-ov-file#optional---balabolka-tts

February 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM