# Podcast TTS Generator

## Overview
The Podcast TTS Generator is a Python application that automates the process of generating text-to-speech output for podcasts. It takes prompts from text files, generates detailed outlines using the ChatGPT API, creates scripts from those outlines, and finally synthesizes speech to produce audio files.

## Project Structure
```
podcast-tts-generator
├── src
│   ├── main.py               # Entry point of the application
│   ├── chatgpt_api.py        # Functions to interact with the ChatGPT API
│   ├── outline_generator.py    # Class to create outlines from prompts
│   ├── script_creator.py      # Class to generate scripts from outlines
│   ├── tts_engine.py          # Class to synthesize speech from scripts
│   └── utils.py               # Utility functions for file handling
├── prompts
│   └── sample_prompt.txt      # Sample text prompt for testing
├── outputs
│   ├── outlines               # Directory for generated outlines
│   ├── scripts                # Directory for generated scripts
│   └── audio                  # Directory for generated audio files
├── requirements.txt           # Project dependencies
└── README.md                  # Project documentation
```

## Installation
1. Clone the repository:
   ```
   git clone <repository-url>
   cd podcast-tts-generator
   ```

2. Install the required dependencies:
   ```
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   ```

## Usage
1. Place your text prompts in the `prompts` directory. You can use the provided `sample_prompt.txt` as a template.
   
2. Run the application:
   ```
   python src/main.py
   ```

3. The generated outlines, scripts, and audio files will be saved in the respective directories under `outputs`.

## Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue for any enhancements or bug fixes.

## License
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.