From 5da2d074bc0bbf0bfe47d038f04189fa4c92d575 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurent <laurent.mazare@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 18:58:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Handle stdin in the mlx tts example.

---
 scripts/tts_mlx.py | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/tts_mlx.py b/scripts/tts_mlx.py
index 050fce5..70dca65 100644
--- a/scripts/tts_mlx.py
+++ b/scripts/tts_mlx.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 import argparse
 import json
-from pathlib import Path
 import queue
+import sys
 import time
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -105,8 +105,13 @@ def main():
     mimi = tts_model.mimi
 
     log("info", f"reading input from {args.inp}")
-    with open(args.inp, "r") as fobj:
-        text_to_tts = fobj.read().strip()
+    if args.inp == "-":
+        if sys.stdin.isatty():  # Interactive
+            print("Enter text to synthesize (Ctrl+D to end input):")
+        text_to_tts = sys.stdin.read().strip()
+    else:
+        with open(args.inp, "r") as fobj:
+            text_to_tts = fobj.read().strip()
 
     all_entries = [tts_model.prepare_script([text_to_tts])]
     if tts_model.multi_speaker: