why google api is not free, but microsoft is free offline.? grok answer

 

No, there is no free, offline Python library that provides Google's specific "te-IN-Standard-A" voice (or similar Google Cloud TTS voices) for Telugu.

Why Not?

• te-IN-Standard-A is a premium neural voice from Google Cloud Text-to-Speech API (WaveNet/Neural2/Chirp quality).
• Google does not release these voices for offline/local use. They are cloud-only and require an internet connection + API key (with billing after free tier).
• Your current setup (edge-tts for Microsoft voices + pydub for processing) is offline-capable because Microsoft Edge voices can be accessed locally via edge-tts, but Google does not offer an equivalent.

Alternatives for Telugu TTS in Python

Here are your practical options:

1. Best match for Google-like quality (cloud, paid but high-quality): Use Google Cloud Text-to-Speech directly.
   • Install: pip install google-cloud-texttospeech
   • Supports Telugu voices like te-IN-Standard-A (female) and te-IN-Standard-B (male).
   • Example code:
     Python

     from google.cloud import texttospeech
     
     client = texttospeech.TextToSpeechClient()
     
     input_text = texttospeech.SynthesisInput(text="హాయ్, ఇది టెస్ట్.")
     voice = texttospeech.VoiceSelectionParams(
         language_code="te-IN",
         name="te-IN-Standard-A"  # or "te-IN-Standard-B" for male
     )
     audio_config = texttospeech.AudioConfig(audio_encoding=texttospeech.AudioEncoding.MP3)
     
     response = client.synthesize_speech(input=input_text, voice=voice, audio_config=audio_config)
     
     with open("output.mp3", "wb") as out:
         out.write(response.audio_content)
   • Requires Google Cloud setup (free tier: ~1 million characters/month).
2. Free & simple (online, no setup): Use gTTS (Google Translate TTS backend).
   • Install: pip install gtts
   • Supports Telugu (lang='te'). Voice is decent but not as natural as Cloud TTS "Standard-A".
   • Example:
     Python

     from gtts import gTTS
     tts = gTTS(text="హాయ్, ఇది టెస్ట్.", lang='te')
     tts.save("output.mp3")
   • Internet required, no specific voice selection.
3. Offline options (lower quality than Google):
   • pyttsx3 (uses system engines like eSpeak): Supports Telugu but sounds robotic. pip install pyttsx3
   • Coqui TTS or other open-source models: You can download Telugu-compatible models, but quality varies and setup is more complex.

If you specifically need te-IN-Standard-A quality offline, it's not possible without violating Google's terms. The closest free alternative is gTTS for basic Telugu speech.

Let me know if you want help setting up Google Cloud TTS or combining it with your existing pydub processing!

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!pip install edge-tts pydub --quiet !apt install ffmpeg --quiet !pip download edge-tts pydub -d /content/drive/MyDrive/Lib/ i have these liib , these microsoft telugu voice lib, but i need lib for te-IN-Standard-A of google , can i get it?