Added TTS helper

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@ztimson/utils",
-	"version": "0.28.7",
+	"version": "0.28.9",
 	"description": "Utility library",
 	"author": "Zak Timson",
 	"license": "MIT",

src/index.ts

@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ export * from './search';
 export * from './string';
 export * from './template';
 export * from './time';
+export * from './tts';
 export * from './types';
 export * from 'var-persist';

src/string.ts

@@ -135,7 +135,15 @@ export function pascalCase(str?: string): string {
 		.join('');
 }
 
-
+/**
+ * Remove all emojis from a string
+ * @param {string} str Input string with emojis
+ * @returns {string} Sanitized string without emojis
+ */
+export function removeEmojis(str: string): string {
+	const emojiRegex = /(?:[\u2700-\u27bf]|(?:\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]){2}|[\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff]|[\ud83d[\ude00-\ude4f]|[\ud83d[\ude80-\udeff]|[\ud83c[\udd00-\uddff]|[\ud83d[\ude50-\ude7f]|[\u2600-\u26ff]|[\u2700-\u27bf]|[\ud83e[\udd00-\uddff]|[\ud83c[\udf00-\uffff]|[\ud83d[\ude00-\udeff]|[\ud83c[\udde6-\uddff])/g;
+	return str.replace(emojiRegex, '');
+}
 
 /**
  * Generate a random hexadecimal value

src/tts.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+import {removeEmojis} from './string.ts';
+
+export class TTS {
+	private static readonly QUALITY_PATTERNS = ['Google', 'Microsoft', 'Samantha', 'Premium', 'Natural', 'Neural'];
+
+	private _currentUtterance: SpeechSynthesisUtterance | null = null;
+
+	private _rate: number = 1.0;
+	get rate(): number { return this._rate; }
+	set rate(value: number) {
+		this._rate = value;
+		if(this._currentUtterance) this._currentUtterance.rate = value;
+	}
+
+	private _pitch: number = 1.0;
+	get pitch(): number { return this._pitch; }
+	set pitch(value: number) {
+		this._pitch = value;
+		if(this._currentUtterance) this._currentUtterance.pitch = value;
+	}
+
+	private _volume: number = 1.0;
+	get volume(): number { return this._volume; }
+	set volume(value: number) {
+		this._volume = value;
+		if(this._currentUtterance) this._currentUtterance.volume = value;
+	}
+
+	private _voice: SpeechSynthesisVoice | undefined;
+	get voice(): SpeechSynthesisVoice | undefined { return this._voice; }
+	set voice(value: SpeechSynthesisVoice | undefined) {
+		this._voice = value;
+		if(this._currentUtterance && value) this._currentUtterance.voice = value;
+	}
+
+	/** Create a TTS instance with optional configuration */
+	constructor(config?: {rate?: number; pitch?: number; volume?: number; voice?: SpeechSynthesisVoice | null}) {
+		if(config) {
+			if(config.rate !== undefined) this._rate = config.rate;
+			if(config.pitch !== undefined) this._pitch = config.pitch;
+			if(config.volume !== undefined) this._volume = config.volume;
+			this._voice = config.voice === null ? undefined : (config.voice || undefined);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Selects the best available TTS voice, prioritizing high-quality options
+	 * @param lang Speaking language
+	 * @returns Highest quality voice
+	 */
+	private static bestVoice(lang = 'en'): SpeechSynthesisVoice | undefined {
+		const voices = window.speechSynthesis.getVoices();
+		for (const pattern of this.QUALITY_PATTERNS) {
+			const voice = voices.find(v => v.name.includes(pattern) && v.lang.startsWith(lang));
+			if(voice) return voice;
+		}
+		return voices.find(v => v.lang.startsWith(lang));
+	}
+
+	/** Cleans text for TTS by removing emojis, markdown and code block */
+	private static cleanText(text: string): string {
+		return removeEmojis(text)
+			.replace(/```[\s\S]*?```/g, ' code block ')
+			.replace(/[#*_~`]/g, '');
+	}
+
+	/** Creates a speech utterance with current options */
+	private createUtterance(text: string): SpeechSynthesisUtterance {
+		const cleanedText = TTS.cleanText(text);
+		const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(cleanedText);
+		const voice = this._voice || TTS.bestVoice();
+		if(voice) utterance.voice = voice;
+		utterance.rate = this._rate;
+		utterance.pitch = this._pitch;
+		utterance.volume = this._volume;
+		return utterance;
+	}
+
+	/** Speaks text and returns a Promise which resolves once complete */
+	speak(text: string): Promise<void> {
+		if(!text.trim()) return Promise.resolve();
+
+		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+			this._currentUtterance = this.createUtterance(text);
+
+			this._currentUtterance.onend = () => {
+				this._currentUtterance = null;
+				resolve();
+			};
+
+			this._currentUtterance.onerror = (error) => {
+				this._currentUtterance = null;
+				reject(error);
+			};
+
+			window.speechSynthesis.speak(this._currentUtterance);
+		});
+	}
+
+	/** Stops all TTS */
+	stop(): void {
+		window.speechSynthesis.cancel();
+		this._currentUtterance = null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Initialize a stream that chunks text into sentences and speak them.
+	 *
+	 * @example
+	 * const stream = tts.speakStream();
+	 * stream.next("Hello ");
+	 * stream.next("World. How");
+	 * stream.next(" are you?");
+	 * await stream.done();
+	 *
+	 * @returns Object with next function for passing chunk of streamed text and done for completing the stream
+	 */
+	speakStream(): {next: (text: string) => void, done: () => void} {
+		let buffer = '';
+		const sentenceRegex = /[^.!?\n]+[.!?\n]+/g;
+
+		return {
+			next: (text: string): void => {
+				buffer += text;
+				const sentences = buffer.match(sentenceRegex);
+				if(sentences) {
+					sentences.forEach(sentence => this.speak(sentence.trim()));
+					buffer = buffer.replace(sentenceRegex, '');
+				}
+			},
+			done: async (): Promise<void> => {
+				if(buffer.trim()) {
+					await this.speak(buffer.trim());
+					buffer = '';
+				}
+			}
+		};
+	}
+}