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      <title>Build a Smart Audio Book with Python (Beginner Friendly Project) 🎧📚</title>
      <dc:creator>Tasib </dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 05:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/nasakib143/build-a-smart-audio-book-with-python-beginner-friendly-project-5ig</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/nasakib143/build-a-smart-audio-book-with-python-beginner-friendly-project-5ig</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hey developers! 👋&lt;/p&gt;

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




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  🎯 What It Does
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Reads any PDF aloud using Python&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Custom speech speed and volume&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Works completely offline&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Optional: Save audio as &lt;code&gt;.mp3&lt;/code&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  🧠 Tech Used
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;code&gt;PyPDF2&lt;/code&gt; for reading PDF&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;code&gt;pyttsx3&lt;/code&gt; for offline text-to-speech (TTS)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  💻 Sample Code
&lt;/h2&gt;



&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight python"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="kn"&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;pyttsx3&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="kn"&gt;from&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;PyPDF2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kn"&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;PdfReader&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="n"&gt;book&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nf"&gt;open&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;yourfile.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;rb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="n"&gt;reader&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nc"&gt;PdfReader&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;book&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="n"&gt;pages&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nf"&gt;len&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;reader&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;pages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="n"&gt;engine&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;pyttsx3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;init&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="n"&gt;engine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;setProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;rate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mi"&gt;180&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="n"&gt;engine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;setProperty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;volume&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mf"&gt;1.0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="k"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="ow"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nf"&gt;range&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;pages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;text&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;reader&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;pages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;].&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;extract_text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="k"&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="n"&gt;engine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;say&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="n"&gt;engine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;runAndWait&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

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&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  📦 GitHub Repo
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;🔗 &lt;a href="https://github.com/NASakib143/Smart-Audio-Book-for-beginner-Python-" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Smart Audio Book Project on GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  🚀 Future Ideas
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Add voice chooser (male/female)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Save as &lt;code&gt;.mp3&lt;/code&gt; file&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Build a GUI with Tkinter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Add keyboard pause/resume&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  👨‍💻 Why I Made This
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm learning Python and wanted to build something useful, smart, and beginner-friendly. This helped me practice:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Loops&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;File handling&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Voice engine setup&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Real-world automation&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;




&lt;p&gt;Let me know what you think! Feedback or stars on GitHub are super appreciated 💙&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Build a Simple Number Guessing Game in Python 🎯 (Beginner Friendly)</title>
      <dc:creator>Tasib </dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/nasakib143/build-a-simple-number-guessing-game-in-python-beginner-friendly-2ji</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/nasakib143/build-a-simple-number-guessing-game-in-python-beginner-friendly-2ji</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hey devs! 👋&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here’s a fun and beginner-friendly project: a &lt;strong&gt;Number Guessing Game&lt;/strong&gt; using Python! 🎯&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  💡 What It Does
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Randomly picks a number between 1 and 100&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;7,5,3 attempts(based on your level) to guess the correct number&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Friendly feedback: 📉 Too low / 📈 Too high&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tells you if your guess is too high or too low&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Includes input validation and emojis for fun!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  🧠 The Code
&lt;/h2&gt;



&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight python"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="kn"&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;random&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="n"&gt;number_to_guess&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;random&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;randint&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mi"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mi"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="n"&gt;attempts&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mi"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="nf"&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Welcome to the Number Guessing Game!🎯&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="nf"&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;m thinking of a number between 1 and 10.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="n"&gt;level&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nf"&gt;input&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Choose difficulty (easy, medium, hard): &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;lower&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;()&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="k"&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;level&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;easy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;attempts&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mi"&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="k"&gt;elif&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;level&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;medium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;attempts&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mi"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="k"&gt;elif&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;level&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;hard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="n"&gt;attempts&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mi"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="nf"&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sa"&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;You have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="si"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;attempts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="si"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt; attempts to guess the number.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="se"&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Good luck!🍀&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="k"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;attempt&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="ow"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nf"&gt;range&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;attempts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;):&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="k"&gt;try&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="n"&gt;guess&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nf"&gt;int&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;input&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Enter your guess: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="k"&gt;except&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nb"&gt;ValueError&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="nf"&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Invalid input! Please enter a number.❌&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="k"&gt;continue&lt;/span&gt;

    &lt;span class="k"&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;guess&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;==&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;number_to_guess&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="nf"&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Congratulations! You guessed the number correctly.✅&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="k"&gt;break&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="k"&gt;elif&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;guess&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;number_to_guess&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="nf"&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Your guess is too low. Try again.📉&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="k"&gt;elif&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;guess&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;number_to_guess&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
        &lt;span class="nf"&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Your guess is too high. Try again.📈&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="k"&gt;else&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="nf"&gt;print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sa"&gt;f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;Game over! The correct number was &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="si"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;number_to_guess&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="si"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;❌&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;






&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  📦 GitHub Repository
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;🔗 &lt;a href="https://github.com/NASakib143/Number-guessing-game" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Check out the full code on GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  🚀 Future Ideas
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Add difficulty levels&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Add a “Play Again” option&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Track guess history&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;




&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps fellow learners! 💻✨&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Feel free to fork and improve!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Leave a comment if you built something similar 😊&lt;/p&gt;

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