README.md

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title: Amharic Text-to-Speech (TTS) emoji: 🇪🇹 colorFrom: red colorTo: yellow sdk: gradio sdk_version: "4.13.0" app_file: app.py pinned: false license: mit

Amharic Text-to-Speech (TTS) Application

Convert Amharic text to natural-sounding speech directly in your browser

Features ✨

• 🗣️ Native Amharic voice support (Male & Female)
• 🌍 Web interface with Amharic localization
• ⚡ Real-time speech synthesis
• 🎧 Direct audio playback in browser
• 🛠️ Error handling with Amharic/English messages
• ⏱️ 30-second timeout protection

Supported Voices 🎶

Name	Gender	Voice ID
Ameha	Male	am-ET-AmehaNeural
Mekdes	Female	am-ET-MekdesNeural

How to Use 🚀

1. Type/paste Amharic text in the input box
2. Select preferred voice (Ameha or Mekdes)
3. Click "ድምፅ ፍጠር" (Generate Audio)
4. Play the generated audio using the built-in player

Technical Details 🔧

graph TD
    A[User Interface] --> B(Gradio Frontend)
    B --> C[Edge TTS Service]
    C --> D[Microsoft Cognitive Services]

Built With

• 🐍 Python 3.10+
• 🎛️ Gradio (Web Interface)
• 🔊 edge-tts (TTS Engine)
• ⚡ asyncio (Async Operations)

License 📄

This project is licensed under the MIT License

Acknowledgments 🙏

• Microsoft Edge TTS services
• Hugging Face for hosting
• Gradio team for the web framework
• Ethiopian tech community for support

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