diff --git a/pdf2speech.py b/pdf2speech.py
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+"""Audio book in python
+original author: ashraf minhaj
+mail: ashraf_minhaj@yahoo.com
+original code: https://github.com/ProgrammingHero1/audiobook
+Code forked by Samuel Githinji
+mail: samuelwgithinji@gmail.com
+"""
+
+import PyPDF3  # to extract text from pdf file
+import pyttsx3  # to convert text into speech
+import os  # to pick path of the pdf file
+import sys  # to get rid of possible errors & to exit program
+from tkinter import filedialog  # to enable user to choose file of choice
+from PyPDF3 import PdfFileReader  # to read file
+
+# to get rid of the possible warnings
+if not sys.warnoptions:
+    import warnings
+    warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
+
+print('-------------------------------------------------------')
+print("Welcome to Sam's pdf2speech Program. Enjoy!")
+print('-------------------------------------------------------')
+
+# select PDF file
+file_name = filedialog.askopenfilename()
+reader = PdfFileReader(file_name, strict=False)
+numPages = reader.numPages
+reading_speed = 200  # words per minute
+voice_id = 1  # 1 -female voice, 0 -male voice
+
+
+fileName = os.path.basename(file_name)[0:-4]  # to truncate .ext
+print('\nBook Name: ' + fileName)  # to see the name of the book
+print(numPages.__str__() + ' Pages')  # to see number of pages
+print("\nNote: If program is just reading out page numbers your PDf file has an issue!")
+print('\n-------------------------------------------------------')
+print("Coded by Samuel Githinji")
+print('Email: samuelwgithinji@gmail.com')
+print('-------------------------------------------------------')
+
+speaker = pyttsx3.init()  # initialize pyttsx3 engine
+fileObj = open(file_name, 'rb')  # open the file in read and binary mode
+pdfReader = PyPDF3.PdfFileReader(fileObj)  # create a file object
+pages_num = pdfReader.numPages  # get num of pages in our file
+
+for num in range(pages_num):
+    pageObj = pdfReader.getPage(num)  # select a page by number (We count from 0, mind it)
+    text = pageObj.extractText()  # get the text from our file
+    voices = speaker.getProperty('voices')
+    speaker.setProperty('voice', voices[voice_id].id)
+    volume = speaker.getProperty('volume')
+    speaker.setProperty('volume', 1.0)
+    # speak the page number, then the text
+    speaker.say(f"Page {num + 1}" + ", -" + text)  # convert the text into speech (,- used to create a delay)
+    speaker.setProperty('rate', reading_speed)
+    speaker.runAndWait()  # run until finish
+    speaker.save_to_file(text, fileName + '.mp3')
+    speaker.runAndWait()
+
+fileObj.close()  # close the file we opened before finishing
+
+sys.exit()
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diff --git a/python - PDF to speech .py b/python - PDF to speech .py
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+"""Audio book in python
+original author: ashraf minhaj
+mail: ashraf_minhaj@yahoo.com
+original code: https://github.com/ProgrammingHero1/audiobook
+Code forked by Samuel Githinji
+mail: samuelwgithinji@gmail.com
+"""
+
+import PyPDF3  # to extract text from pdf file
+import pyttsx3  # to convert text into speech
+import os  # to pick path of the pdf file
+import sys  # to get rid of possible errors & to exit program
+from tkinter import filedialog  # to enable user to choose file of choice
+from PyPDF3 import PdfFileReader  # to read file
+
+# to get rid of the possible warnings
+if not sys.warnoptions:
+    import warnings
+    warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
+
+# select PDF file
+file_name = filedialog.askopenfilename()
+reader = PdfFileReader(file_name, strict=False)
+numPages = reader.numPages
+reading_speed = 200  # words per minute
+voice_id = 1  # 1 -female voice, 0 -male voice
+
+fileName = os.path.basename(file_name)[0:-4]  # to truncate .ext
+print('Book Name: ' + fileName)  # to see the name of the book
+print(numPages.__str__() + ' Pages')  # to see number of pages
+
+speaker = pyttsx3.init()  # initialize pyttsx3 engine
+fileObj = open(file_name, 'rb')  # open the file in read and binary mode
+pdfReader = PyPDF3.PdfFileReader(fileObj)  # create a file object
+pages_num = pdfReader.numPages  # get num of pages in our file
+
+for num in range(pages_num):
+    pageObj = pdfReader.getPage(num)  # select a page by number (We count from 0, mind it)
+    text = pageObj.extractText()  # get the text from our file
+    voices = speaker.getProperty('voices')
+    speaker.setProperty('voice', voices[voice_id].id)
+    volume = speaker.getProperty('volume')
+    speaker.setProperty('volume', 1.0)
+    # speak the page number, then the text
+    speaker.say(f"Page {num + 1}" + ", -" + text)  # convert the text into speech (,- used to create a delay)
+    speaker.setProperty('rate', reading_speed)
+    speaker.runAndWait()  # run until finish
+    speaker.save_to_file(text, fileName + '.mp3')
+    speaker.runAndWait()
+
+fileObj.close()  # close the file we opened before finishing
+
+sys.exit()
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