Build a Smart Audio Book with Python (Beginner Friendly Project) 🎧📚

Hey developers! 👋

I just built a Smart Audio Book using Python that can read any PDF file aloud — and it's super beginner-friendly! 🧠🔊

🎯 What It Does

• Reads any PDF aloud using Python
• Custom speech speed and volume
• Works completely offline
• Optional: Save audio as .mp3

🧠 Tech Used

• PyPDF2 for reading PDF
• pyttsx3 for offline text-to-speech (TTS)

💻 Sample Code

import pyttsx3
from PyPDF2 import PdfReader

book = open('yourfile.pdf', 'rb')
reader = PdfReader(book)
pages = len(reader.pages)

engine = pyttsx3.init()
engine.setProperty('rate', 180)
engine.setProperty('volume', 1.0)

for i in range(pages):
    text = reader.pages[i].extract_text()
    if text:
        engine.say(text)
        engine.runAndWait()

📦 GitHub Repo

🔗 Smart Audio Book Project on GitHub

🚀 Future Ideas

• Add voice chooser (male/female)
• Save as .mp3 file
• Build a GUI with Tkinter
• Add keyboard pause/resume

👨‍💻 Why I Made This

I'm learning Python and wanted to build something useful, smart, and beginner-friendly. This helped me practice:

• Loops
• File handling
• Voice engine setup
• Real-world automation

Let me know what you think! Feedback or stars on GitHub are super appreciated 💙