# TTS Research Summary

## Recommended Approach
**Piper (Open-source) + GitHub Pages Hosting**
- Quality: High (Mimics human speech)
- Cost: Free (open-source)
- Setup: Python + pre-trained models
- Pros: No API limits, full control
- Cons: Requires technical setup

## Free TTS API Options
1. **Google Cloud TTS**
   - Free tier: 1000 chars/month
   - Quality: Professional-grade
   - Cost: Free for small usage
   - [Learn more](https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech)

2. **AWS Polly**
   - Free tier: 5 million characters/month
   - Quality: Industry-leading
   - Cost: Free for initial usage
   - [Learn more](https://aws.amazon.com/polly/)

3. **ElevenLabs**
   - Free tier: 1000 credits/month
   - Quality: High (emotional voices)
   - Cost: Free for basic use
   - [Learn more](https://elevenlabs.io/)

## Browser-Based TTS
- Chrome's built-in TTS
- [Balabolka](https://www.balabolka.net/) (Windows)
- [Lingua](https://lingua.io/) (browser extension)

## RSS Feed Generation
- [Podbean](https://podbean.com/)
- [RSS2Email](https://www.rss2email.com/)
- [FeedBurner](https://feedburner.google.com/)

## Audio Hosting Options
1. **GitHub Pages** (free, static files)
2. **Dropbox** (free 2GB storage)
3. **SoundCloud** (free, streaming)
4. **Amazon S3** (free tier: 5GB storage)

## Sample Implementation
```bash
# Install Piper
pip install piper

# Generate audio
piper --model en_US-ljspeech --text "Your blog post text here" --output audio.mp3

# Host on GitHub Pages
# 1. Create GitHub repo
# 2. Upload audio.mp3
# 3. Enable GitHub Pages in settings
```

**Note**: Web search results were not available due to missing Brave API key. This document uses general knowledge. Consider configuring the API key for more detailed research.