react-native-gtts-lite/index (2).js

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

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

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

/**
 * Speak the given text using Google Translate TTS (streamed).
 * Requires Internet connection. This version uses only react-native-sound.
 */
async function speak(text, lang = 'en') {
  try {
    const url = `${BASE_URL}?ie=UTF-8&q=${encodeURIComponent(text)}&tl=${lang}&client=tw-ob`;

    // NOTE: react-native-sound does not support direct streaming from URL.
    // This version attempts playback but may not work on all devices without local download.
    const sound = new Sound(url, null, (error) => {
      if (error) {
        console.error('Sound load error:', error);
        return;
      }

      sound.play((success) => {
        if (!success) {
          console.error('Playback failed');
        }
        sound.release(); // clean up
      });
    });
  } catch (err) {
    console.error('speak() failed:', err);
  }
}

module.exports = {
  speak,
};