Re:Show HN: Aeneas – a Python audio/text aligner
by alpe on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:37PM
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Definitely.
Actually, aeneas can be used as a Python library (rather than just a CLI tool), and you can definitely provide an audio file, a list of audio intervals where the spoken text is, and align "piece-wise". See the "aeneas library tutorial" in the docs.
At the moment, the CLI tool aligns only a single audio interval (possibly chopping the head or the tail of the audio file) --- which is just a special case of the above case.
I remember a user requested this feature in the past. I have not added it yet because:
1. I have not heard much interest about it, and I have not needed it myself;
2. I am not satisfied with the current CLI interface --- (historical reasons mandated it the use of big config strings and strange, long parameter names) --- and hence I think that this kind of new features should be added once aeneas 2.x is out, with a redesigned CLI.
Actually, aeneas can be used as a Python library (rather than just a CLI tool), and you can definitely provide an audio file, a list of audio intervals where the spoken text is, and align "piece-wise". See the "aeneas library tutorial" in the docs.
At the moment, the CLI tool aligns only a single audio interval (possibly chopping the head or the tail of the audio file) --- which is just a special case of the above case.
I remember a user requested this feature in the past. I have not added it yet because:
1. I have not heard much interest about it, and I have not needed it myself;
2. I am not satisfied with the current CLI interface --- (historical reasons mandated it the use of big config strings and strange, long parameter names) --- and hence I think that this kind of new features should be added once aeneas 2.x is out, with a redesigned CLI.