Ardio

Ardio is a web application that converts CTV News articles into mp3 files. Currently, this only works for CTV, but in the future, I am planning on expanding it to more news soruces such as Global News or CNN.

Demo

Try out Ardio, it's free!: https://cp11-assignment-70.donaldklee.repl.co/

Installation

1. Download the code from this repository GitHub

2. install flask, gtts, and bs4

pip install Flask
pip install gtts
pip install bs4

Key Libraries/Modules used:

• Flask - A web framework that allows us to build web applications
• Google Text-to-Speech (gtts) - Used to convert text into a mp3 file
• Beautiful Soup 4 (bs4) - Used for web scrapping CTV articles

Future Implementations:

• The ability to change the language of the article
• Expand to other news outlets such as) Global News, CNN, etc.
• Make the voice less robotic and more human like!

Terms of Service

This program has not been thoroughly tested on other devices.
By using this web app, you will be held accountable for anything that this website potentially causes.
These terms may be changed without notice.