The goal of loquiAPI is to empower users to programmatically generate
automated videos from Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint slides. By
utilizing the API hosted on Fred Hutch’s servers, accessible at
https://loquiapi.fredhutch.org/__docs__/, and using R functions like
generate_from_gs(), users gain the ability to produce numerous videos
simultaneously from various sets of slides in Google Slides or
PowerPoint.
The API performs optimally when the user is connected to the Fred Hutch VPN.
Inspiration for R code packaged together with aplumber API was drawn from this Posit Community post.
You can install the development version of loquiAPI from GitHub with:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("FredHutch/loquiAPI")When you want to generate a video of your Google Slides, run
generate_from_gs(link) and you should see the output file path to your
video mp4 file.
library(loquiAPI)
generate_from_gs(link = "https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Dw_rBb1hySN_76xh9-x5J2dWF_das9BAUjQigf2fN-E/edit#slide=id.p")If you’d like to explore different voices but aren’t certain about the available options, you can visit the CoquiTTS Hugging Face Space. Once you find a voice you like, please let me know by submitting a GitHub issue and I will make sure to include it.