#programs importing this file as a library should load() the phenomes then use talk() to speak import os import requests def talk(word, dict): print("<", dict[word.upper()]) def load(): ps = {} if not os.path.isfile("cmudict.txt"): print("downloading phenomes...") f = open("cmudict.txt", "w", encoding="utf-8") f.write(requests.get("http://svn.code.sf.net/p/cmusphinx/code/trunk/cmudict/cmudict-0.7b").text) f.close() print("loading phenomes...") f = open("cmudict.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") for line in f.read().split("\n"): if line.startswith(";") or line == "": continue sp1 = line.split(" ") ps[sp1[0]] = sp1[1].split(" ") print("succesfully loaded phenomes") return ps def main(): ps = load() while True: inp = input("> ") try: for word in inp.split(" "): talk(word, ps) except: print("word(s) not in phenome dictionary") if __name__ == "__main__": main()