diff --git a/epub2mp3.py b/epub2mp3.py
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+import os
+import sys
+import ebooklib
+from ebooklib import epub
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+import subprocess
+import time
+
+# Function to extract text from epub file
+def epub_to_text(epub_path):
+    book = epub.read_epub(epub_path)
+    chapters = []
+    for item in book.get_items():
+        if item.get_type() == ebooklib.ITEM_DOCUMENT:
+            content = item.get_content().decode('utf-8')
+            soup = BeautifulSoup(content, features="html.parser")
+            chapters.append(soup.get_text())
+    return chapters
+
+# Function to convert text to speech
+def text_to_speech(text, epub_name, chapter_num, output_dir):
+    chunk_file = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{epub_name}_{chapter_num}.aiff")
+    subprocess.call(['say', text, '-o', chunk_file])
+    # Convert aiff to mp3
+    subprocess.call(['ffmpeg', '-i', chunk_file, os.path.join(output_dir, f"{epub_name}_{chapter_num}.mp3")])
+    # Remove the aiff file
+    os.remove(chunk_file)
+    # Pause to allow 'say' command to process the text
+    time.sleep(2)
+
+# Check if user provided an epub file path
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    print("Usage: python epub2mp3.py <epub_file>")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# Input epub file path from command line
+epub_file = sys.argv[1]
+epub_name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(epub_file))[0]
+output_dir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), epub_name)
+
+# Create output directory if it doesn't exist
+os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+# Extract text from epub file
+text_chapters = epub_to_text(epub_file)
+print(f"Extracted {len(text_chapters)} chapters")
+
+# Convert text to speech
+# This may take some time if the text is large
+for idx, chapter in enumerate(text_chapters):
+    print(f"Converting chapter {idx + 1}")
+    text_to_speech(chapter, epub_name, idx + 1, output_dir)
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+ebooklib==0.17.1
+beautifulsoup4==4.9.3
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