## 🔥 Feature: External API for Audiobook Generation

README.md

@@ -38,6 +38,30 @@ mlx_audio.tts.generate --text "Hello, world" --file_prefix hello
 mlx_audio.tts.generate --text "Hello, world" --speed 1.4
 ```
 
+### How to call from python
+
+To generate audio with an LLM use:
+
+```python
+from mlx_audio.tts.generate import generate_audio
+
+# Example: Generate an audiobook chapter as audio
+generate_audio(
+    text="In the beginning, the universe was created...",
+    model_path="prince-canuma/Kokoro-82M",
+    voice="af_heart",
+    speed=1.2,
+    lang_code="en",
+    file_prefix="audiobook_chapter1",
+    audio_format="wav",
+    sample_rate=24000,
+    join_audio=True,
+    verbose=True  # Set to False to disable print messages
+)
+
+print("Audiobook chapter successfully generated!")
+
+```
 
 ### Web Interface & API Server
 

mlx_audio/tts/generate.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
-import json
 import os
 import sys
+from typing import Optional
 
 import mlx.core as mx
 import soundfile as sf
@@ -10,109 +10,98 @@
 from .utils import load_model
 
 
-def parse_args():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--model",
-        type=str,
-        default="prince-canuma/Kokoro-82M",
-        help="Path or repo id of the model",
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--text",
-        type=str,
-        default=None,
-        help="Text to generate (leave blank to input via stdin)",
-    )
-    parser.add_argument("--voice", type=str, default="af_heart", help="Voice name")
-    parser.add_argument("--speed", type=float, default=1.0, help="Speed of the audio")
-    parser.add_argument("--lang_code", type=str, default="a", help="Language code")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--file_prefix", type=str, default="audio", help="Output file name prefix"
-    )
-    parser.add_argument("--verbose", action="store_false", help="Print verbose output")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--join_audio", action="store_true", help="Join all audio files into one"
-    )
-    parser.add_argument("--play", action="store_true", help="Play the output audio")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--ref_audio", type=str, default=None, help="Path to reference audio"
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--ref_text", type=str, default=None, help="Caption for reference audio"
-    )
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    if args.text is None:
-        if not sys.stdin.isatty():
-            args.text = sys.stdin.read().strip()
-        else:
-            print("Please enter the text to generate:")
-            args.text = input("> ").strip()
-
-    return args
-
-
-def main():
-    args = parse_args()
+def generate_audio(
+    text: str,
+    model_path: str = "prince-canuma/Kokoro-82M",
+    voice: str = "af_heart",
+    speed: float = 1.0,
+    lang_code: str = "a",
+    ref_audio: Optional[str] = None,
+    ref_text: Optional[str] = None,
+    file_prefix: str = "audio",
+    audio_format: str = "wav",
+    sample_rate: int = 24000,
+    join_audio: bool = False,
+    play: bool = False,
+    verbose: bool = True,
+    from_cli: bool = False,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Generates audio from text using a specified TTS model.
+
+    Parameters:
+    - text (str): The input text to be converted to speech.
+    - model (str): The TTS model to use.
+    - voice (str): The voice style to use.
+    - speed (float): Playback speed multiplier.
+    - lang_code (str): The language code.
+    - ref_audio (mx.array): Reference audio you would like to clone the voice from.
+    - ref_text (str): Caption for reference audio.
+    - file_prefix (str): The output file path without extension.
+    - audio_format (str): Output audio format (e.g., "wav", "flac").
+    - sample_rate (int): Sampling rate in Hz.
+    - join_audio (bool): Whether to join multiple audio files into one.
+    - play (bool): Whether to play the generated audio.
+    - verbose (bool): Whether to print status messages.
+
+    Returns:
+    - None: The function writes the generated audio to a file.
+    """
     try:
-        # load reference audio for voice matching if specified
+        # Load reference audio for voice matching if specified
 
-        ref_audio = None
-        ref_text = None
-
-        if args.ref_audio:
-            if not os.path.exists(args.ref_audio):
-                raise FileNotFoundError(
-                    f"Reference audio file not found: {args.ref_audio}"
-                )
-            if not args.ref_text:
+        if ref_audio:
+            if not os.path.exists(ref_audio):
+                raise FileNotFoundError(f"Reference audio file not found: {ref_audio}")
+            if not ref_text:
                 raise ValueError(
                     "Reference text is required when using reference audio."
                 )
 
-            ref_audio, ref_sr = sf.read(args.ref_audio)
+            ref_audio, ref_sr = sf.read(ref_audio)
             if ref_sr != 24000:
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"Reference audio sample rate must be 24000 Hz, but got {ref_sr} Hz."
                 )
             ref_audio = mx.array(ref_audio, dtype=mx.float32)
-            ref_text = args.ref_text
 
-        player = AudioPlayer() if args.play else None
+        # Load AudioPlayer
+        player = AudioPlayer() if play else None
 
-        model = load_model(model_path=args.model)
+        # Load model
+        model = load_model(model_path=model_path)
         print(
-            f"\n\033[94mModel:\033[0m {args.model}\n"
-            f"\033[94mText:\033[0m {args.text}\n"
-            f"\033[94mVoice:\033[0m {args.voice}\n"
-            f"\033[94mSpeed:\033[0m {args.speed}x\n"
-            f"\033[94mLanguage:\033[0m {args.lang_code}"
+            f"\n\033[94mModel:\033[0m {model_path}\n"
+            f"\033[94mText:\033[0m {text}\n"
+            f"\033[94mVoice:\033[0m {voice}\n"
+            f"\033[94mSpeed:\033[0m {speed}x\n"
+            f"\033[94mLanguage:\033[0m {lang_code}"
         )
-        print("==========")
+
         results = model.generate(
-            text=args.text,
-            voice=args.voice,
-            speed=args.speed,
-            lang_code=args.lang_code,
+            text=text,
+            voice=voice,
+            speed=speed,
+            lang_code=lang_code,
             ref_audio=ref_audio,
             ref_text=ref_text,
             verbose=True,
         )
-        print(
-            f"\033[92mAudio generated successfully, saving to\033[0m {args.file_prefix}!"
-        )
 
         audio_list = []
+        file_name = f"{file_prefix}.{audio_format}"
         for i, result in enumerate(results):
-            if args.play:
+            if play:
                 player.queue_audio(result.audio)
-            if args.join_audio:
+            if join_audio:
                 audio_list.append(result.audio)
+
             else:
-                sf.write(f"{args.file_prefix}_{i:03d}.wav", result.audio, 24000)
+                file_name = f"{file_prefix}_{i:03d}.{audio_format}"
+                sf.write(file_name, result.audio, 24000)
+
+            if verbose:
 
-            if args.verbose:
                 print("==========")
                 print(f"Duration:              {result.audio_duration}")
                 print(
@@ -127,15 +116,18 @@ def main():
                 print(f"Real-time factor:      {result.real_time_factor:.2f}x")
                 print(f"Processing time:       {result.processing_time_seconds:.2f}s")
                 print(f"Peak memory usage:     {result.peak_memory_usage:.2f}GB")
+                print(f"✅ Audio successfully generated and saving as: {file_name}")
 
-        if args.join_audio:
-            print(f"Joining {len(audio_list)} audio files")
+        if join_audio:
+            if verbose:
+                print(f"Joining {len(audio_list)} audio files")
             audio = mx.concatenate(audio_list, axis=0)
-            sf.write(f"{args.file_prefix}.wav", audio, 24000)
+            sf.write(f"{file_prefix}.{audio_format}", audio, 24000)
 
-        if args.play:
+        if play:
             player.wait_for_drain()
             player.stop()
+
     except ImportError as e:
         print(f"Import error: {e}")
         print(
@@ -148,5 +140,75 @@ def main():
         traceback.print_exc()
 
 
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Generate audio from text using TTS.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model",
+        type=str,
+        default="mlx-community/Kokoro-82M-bf16",
+        help="Path or repo id of the model",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--text",
+        type=str,
+        default=None,
+        help="Text to generate (leave blank to input via stdin)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--voice", type=str, default="af_heart", help="Voice name")
+    parser.add_argument("--speed", type=float, default=1.0, help="Speed of the audio")
+    parser.add_argument("--lang_code", type=str, default="a", help="Language code")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--file_prefix", type=str, default="audio", help="Output file name prefix"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--verbose", action="store_false", help="Print verbose output")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--join_audio", action="store_true", help="Join all audio files into one"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--play", action="store_true", help="Play the output audio")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--audio_format", type=str, default="wav", help="Output audio format"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--sample_rate", type=int, default=24000, help="Audio sample rate in Hz"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--ref_audio", type=str, default=None, help="Path to reference audio"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--ref_text", type=str, default=None, help="Caption for reference audio"
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.text is None:
+        if not sys.stdin.isatty():
+            args.text = sys.stdin.read().strip()
+        else:
+            print("Please enter the text to generate:")
+            args.text = input("> ").strip()
+
+    return args
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+
+    generate_audio(
+        text=args.text,
+        model_path=args.model,
+        voice=args.voice,
+        speed=args.speed,
+        lang_code=args.lang_code,
+        ref_audio=args.ref_audio,
+        ref_text=args.ref_text,
+        file_prefix=args.file_prefix,
+        audio_format=args.audio_format,
+        sample_rate=args.sample_rate,
+        join_audio=args.join_audio,
+        play=args.play,
+        verbose=args.verbose,
+    )
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()