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Convert Incoming Twilio Messages to Audio with Transformers.js

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Date Published
Author
Carlos Mucuho
Word Count
7,211
Language
English
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Summary

This summary provides a concise overview of the tutorial on building a web application that retrieves and displays incoming messages from a Twilio phone number, converts them into audio using Text-to-Speech (TTS), and visualizes the audio waveforms. The application uses various libraries and APIs, including Transformers.js, wavefile, Audiomotion-analyzer, IDB-Keyval, and Twilio Sync, to achieve this functionality. The tutorial covers setting up a server-side application with Express.js, configuring Twilio Sync for real-time message synchronization, and implementing the TTS conversion using Transformers.js. Additionally, it discusses storing and retrieving generated audio using IndexedDB. Throughout the tutorial, you'll learn how to create a web application that seamlessly integrates these technologies to provide an engaging user experience.