react-native-gtts-lite/index (1).js

🎙️ Lightweight Google Translate TTS for React Native CLI using react-native-fs and react-native-sound.

const Sound = require('react-native-sound');
const RNFS = require('react-native-fs');

const BASE_URL = 'https://translate.google.com/translate_tts';

async function speak(text, lang = 'en') {
  try {
    const url = `${BASE_URL}?ie=UTF-8&q=${encodeURIComponent(text)}&tl=${lang}&client=tw-ob`;
    const tempPath = `${RNFS.CachesDirectoryPath}/gtts_${Date.now()}.mp3`;

    const download = await RNFS.downloadFile({
      fromUrl: url,
      toFile: tempPath,
      headers: {
        'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0',
      },
    }).promise;

    if (download.statusCode !== 200) {
      console.error('Failed to download audio. Status code:', download.statusCode);
      return;
    }

    const sound = new Sound(tempPath, '', (error) => {
      if (error) {
        console.error('Error loading sound:', error);
        return;
      }

      sound.play((success) => {
        if (!success) {
          console.error('Sound playback failed');
        }
        sound.release(); // Clean up
      });
    });
  } catch (err) {
    console.error('Error in speak():', err);
  }
}

module.exports = {
  speak,
};