audiobook

1# Audiobook Creation Guide
2 
3Create audiobooks from web articles, essays, or text files. This skill covers the full pipeline: content fetching, text processing, and audio generation.
4 
5## Quick Start
6 
7```python
8import os
9 
10# 1. Check which TTS API is available
11def get_tts_provider():
12    if os.environ.get("ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"):
13        return "elevenlabs"
14    elif os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"):
15        return "openai"
16    else:
17        return "gtts"  # Free, no API key needed
18 
19provider = get_tts_provider()
20print(f"Using TTS provider: {provider}")
21```
22 
23## Step 1: Fetching Web Content
24 
25### IMPORTANT: Verify fetched content is complete
26 
27WebFetch and similar tools may return summaries instead of full text. Always verify:
28 
29```python
30import subprocess
31 
32def fetch_article_content(url):
33    """Fetch article content using curl for reliability."""
34    # Use curl to get raw HTML - more reliable than web fetch tools
35    result = subprocess.run(
36        ["curl", "-s", url],
37        capture_output=True,
38        text=True
39    )
40    html = result.stdout
41 
42    # Strip HTML tags (basic approach)
43    import re
44    text = re.sub(r'<script[^>]*>.*?</script>', '', html, flags=re.DOTALL)
45    text = re.sub(r'<style[^>]*>.*?</style>', '', html, flags=re.DOTALL)
46    text = re.sub(r'<[^>]+>', ' ', text)
47    text = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', text).strip()
48 
49    return text
50```
51 
52### Content verification checklist
53 
54Before converting to audio, verify:
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