limit input text length

README.md

@@ -10,22 +10,15 @@ pinned: false
 python_version: 3.11
 ---
 
-### Action items
+### Action Items / Ideas
 
-- voices
-    - filter to use only best voices
 - intonations
-    - add context 
+    - add context
 - audio effects
     - add context
     - filter, apply only for long phrases
-    - only for narrator?
-- stability
-    - add limit on input text size (5000 chars)
 - improve UI
-    - add error box
     - show character parts
-- prepare slides / story
 - testing
     - eval current execution time
 - optimizations

app.py

@@ -58,11 +58,17 @@ async def respond(
             logger.exception(e)
             return (None, str(e))
 
-    if len(text) > MAX_TEXT_LEN:
-        raise ValueError(len(text))  # TODO
+    if (text_len := len(text)) > MAX_TEXT_LEN:
+        gr.Warning(
+            f"Input text length of {text_len} characters "
+            f"exceeded current limit of {MAX_TEXT_LEN} characters. "
+            "Please input a shorter text."
+        )
+        return None, ""
 
     builder = AudiobookBuilder()
     audio_fp = await builder.run(text=text, generate_effects=generate_effects)
+
     return audio_fp, ""
 
 

src/select_voice_chain.py

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ class VoiceSelector:
         if "manual_quality_review" in df.columns:
             logger.info('filtering df by "manual_quality_review" column')
 
+            # TODO: may need to use clever sampling, since we limit number of voices available.
+            # some property groups have small number of voices left.
             # ix_to_drop = df[df["manual_quality_review"].isin(["very bad"])].index
             ix_to_drop = df[df["manual_quality_review"].isin(["very bad", "bad"])].index