ElevenGUI

ElevenGUI is a graphical user interface for the ElevenLabs API. It can also utilize OpenAI's Whisper for speech-to-text transcription, if installed.

Features

With ElevenGUI, you can:

• Interact with the ElevenLabs API in real-time
• Record or upload audio files for transcription via OpenAI's Whisper (optional)
• Convert text to audio using ElevenLabs
• View and play back your ElevenLabs sample history

Installation

tutorial1.mp4

Ensure you have Python 3.9 or higher installed. Creating a Python virtual environment before the installation is recommended.

To install the application, first clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/winedarkmoon/ElevenGUI.git

Then navigate into the directory and install the package using pip:

cd ElevenGUI
pip install .

To use OpenAI's Whisper API or a local Whisper implementation for transcription, you can install the extras like this:

pip install .[whisper_api]

Or:

pip install .[whisper_local]

Or if you want both:

pip install .[whisper_api,whisper_local]

For zsh users (default in macOS Catalina and later)

For zsh users, use quotation marks due to the way zsh handles square brackets:

pip install ".[whisper_api]"

pip install ".[whisper_local]"

Or if you want both:

pip install ".[whisper_api,whisper_local]"

🚧 Important notes for Linux and macOS users 🚧

Tkinter Installation

For Linux: Make sure tkinter is installed for your Python environment. You can do this by installing the python3-tk package using your package manager. For example, if you're using Ubuntu, you can install it with:

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

For macOS: Install tkinter via Homebrew:

brew install python-tk@3.9

OpenSSL Issue (macOS only)

If you encounter an error with urllib3: You may need to install or update OpenSSL. Use Homebrew to install OpenSSL:

brew install openssl

If you've already installed OpenSSL but you're still encountering the error, reinstall Python linked with the Homebrew version of OpenSSL:

brew reinstall python

If the error persists, try installing an older version of urllib3:

pip3 install 'urllib3<2.0'

Optional: Installing OpenAI's Whisper

If you plan on using a local installation of OpenAI's Whisper for transcribing audio to text, you'll need to set it up separately. Detailed installation instructions for Whisper can be found in the official Whisper repository.

If you prefer to use OpenAI's Whisper API for transcriptions, you do not need a local installation. You can obtain an API key for this purpose from OpenAI's API key page.

Configuration

This application uses environment variables for configuration. An example environment file is included in the repository as env.example.

1. Create a copy of the env.example file and rename this copy to .env.

2. Open the newly created .env file in a text editor.

3. The env.example file includes all the environmental variables the application needs, with placeholder values. Replace these placeholders with your actual values.

4. Save and close the .env file.

Ensure that the .env file is in the same directory as the main application file (main.py). When you run the application, it will automatically read the configuration from this file.

Usage

Run the main.py script to start the application:

python main.py

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.

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