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+# tokenizer
+
+import re
+
+import torch
+from transformers import PreTrainedTokenizer
+
+try:
+    from unidecode import unidecode
+except:
+    print("unidecode is not installed")
+    pass
+
+try:
+    import inflect
+except:
+    print("inflect is not installed")
+    pass
+
+
+valid_symbols = [
+  'AA', 'AA0', 'AA1', 'AA2', 'AE', 'AE0', 'AE1', 'AE2', 'AH', 'AH0', 'AH1', 'AH2',
+  'AO', 'AO0', 'AO1', 'AO2', 'AW', 'AW0', 'AW1', 'AW2', 'AY', 'AY0', 'AY1', 'AY2',
+  'B', 'CH', 'D', 'DH', 'EH', 'EH0', 'EH1', 'EH2', 'ER', 'ER0', 'ER1', 'ER2', 'EY',
+  'EY0', 'EY1', 'EY2', 'F', 'G', 'HH', 'IH', 'IH0', 'IH1', 'IH2', 'IY', 'IY0', 'IY1',
+  'IY2', 'JH', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'NG', 'OW', 'OW0', 'OW1', 'OW2', 'OY', 'OY0',
+  'OY1', 'OY2', 'P', 'R', 'S', 'SH', 'T', 'TH', 'UH', 'UH0', 'UH1', 'UH2', 'UW',
+  'UW0', 'UW1', 'UW2', 'V', 'W', 'Y', 'Z', 'ZH'
+]
+
+_valid_symbol_set = set(valid_symbols)
+
+def intersperse(lst, item):
+    # Adds blank symbol
+    result = [item] * (len(lst) * 2 + 1)
+    result[1::2] = lst
+    return result
+
+
+class CMUDict:
+    def __init__(self, file_or_path, keep_ambiguous=True):
+        if isinstance(file_or_path, str):
+            with open(file_or_path, encoding='latin-1') as f:
+                entries = _parse_cmudict(f)
+        else:
+            entries = _parse_cmudict(file_or_path)
+        if not keep_ambiguous:
+            entries = {word: pron for word, pron in entries.items() if len(pron) == 1}
+        self._entries = entries
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self._entries)
+
+    def lookup(self, word):
+        return self._entries.get(word.upper())
+
+
+_alt_re = re.compile(r'\([0-9]+\)')
+
+
+def _parse_cmudict(file):
+    cmudict = {}
+    for line in file:
+        if len(line) and (line[0] >= 'A' and line[0] <= 'Z' or line[0] == "'"):
+            parts = line.split('  ')
+            word = re.sub(_alt_re, '', parts[0])
+            pronunciation = _get_pronunciation(parts[1])
+            if pronunciation:
+                if word in cmudict:
+                    cmudict[word].append(pronunciation)
+                else:
+                    cmudict[word] = [pronunciation]
+    return cmudict
+
+
+def _get_pronunciation(s):
+    parts = s.strip().split(' ')
+    for part in parts:
+        if part not in _valid_symbol_set:
+            return None
+    return ' '.join(parts)
+
+
+
+_whitespace_re = re.compile(r'\s+')
+
+_abbreviations = [(re.compile('\\b%s\\.' % x[0], re.IGNORECASE), x[1]) for x in [
+    ('mrs', 'misess'),
+    ('mr', 'mister'),
+    ('dr', 'doctor'),
+    ('st', 'saint'),
+    ('co', 'company'),
+    ('jr', 'junior'),
+    ('maj', 'major'),
+    ('gen', 'general'),
+    ('drs', 'doctors'),
+    ('rev', 'reverend'),
+    ('lt', 'lieutenant'),
+    ('hon', 'honorable'),
+    ('sgt', 'sergeant'),
+    ('capt', 'captain'),
+    ('esq', 'esquire'),
+    ('ltd', 'limited'),
+    ('col', 'colonel'),
+    ('ft', 'fort'),
+]]
+
+
+def expand_abbreviations(text):
+    for regex, replacement in _abbreviations:
+        text = re.sub(regex, replacement, text)
+    return text
+
+
+def expand_numbers(text):
+    return normalize_numbers(text)
+
+
+def lowercase(text):
+    return text.lower()
+
+
+def collapse_whitespace(text):
+    return re.sub(_whitespace_re, ' ', text)
+
+
+def convert_to_ascii(text):
+    return unidecode(text)
+
+
+def basic_cleaners(text):
+    text = lowercase(text)
+    text = collapse_whitespace(text)
+    return text
+
+
+def transliteration_cleaners(text):
+    text = convert_to_ascii(text)
+    text = lowercase(text)
+    text = collapse_whitespace(text)
+    return text
+
+
+def english_cleaners(text):
+    text = convert_to_ascii(text)
+    text = lowercase(text)
+    text = expand_numbers(text)
+    text = expand_abbreviations(text)
+    text = collapse_whitespace(text)
+    return text
+
+
+
+
+
+
+_inflect = inflect.engine()
+_comma_number_re = re.compile(r'([0-9][0-9\,]+[0-9])')
+_decimal_number_re = re.compile(r'([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)')
+_pounds_re = re.compile(r'£([0-9\,]*[0-9]+)')
+_dollars_re = re.compile(r'\$([0-9\.\,]*[0-9]+)')
+_ordinal_re = re.compile(r'[0-9]+(st|nd|rd|th)')
+_number_re = re.compile(r'[0-9]+')
+
+
+def _remove_commas(m):
+    return m.group(1).replace(',', '')
+
+
+def _expand_decimal_point(m):
+    return m.group(1).replace('.', ' point ')
+
+
+def _expand_dollars(m):
+    match = m.group(1)
+    parts = match.split('.')
+    if len(parts) > 2:
+        return match + ' dollars'
+    dollars = int(parts[0]) if parts[0] else 0
+    cents = int(parts[1]) if len(parts) > 1 and parts[1] else 0
+    if dollars and cents:
+        dollar_unit = 'dollar' if dollars == 1 else 'dollars'
+        cent_unit = 'cent' if cents == 1 else 'cents'
+        return '%s %s, %s %s' % (dollars, dollar_unit, cents, cent_unit)
+    elif dollars:
+        dollar_unit = 'dollar' if dollars == 1 else 'dollars'
+        return '%s %s' % (dollars, dollar_unit)
+    elif cents:
+        cent_unit = 'cent' if cents == 1 else 'cents'
+        return '%s %s' % (cents, cent_unit)
+    else:
+        return 'zero dollars'
+
+
+def _expand_ordinal(m):
+    return _inflect.number_to_words(m.group(0))
+
+
+def _expand_number(m):
+    num = int(m.group(0))
+    if num > 1000 and num < 3000:
+        if num == 2000:
+            return 'two thousand'
+        elif num > 2000 and num < 2010:
+            return 'two thousand ' + _inflect.number_to_words(num % 100)
+        elif num % 100 == 0:
+            return _inflect.number_to_words(num // 100) + ' hundred'
+        else:
+            return _inflect.number_to_words(num, andword='', zero='oh', 
+                                            group=2).replace(', ', ' ')
+    else:
+        return _inflect.number_to_words(num, andword='')
+
+
+def normalize_numbers(text):
+    text = re.sub(_comma_number_re, _remove_commas, text)
+    text = re.sub(_pounds_re, r'\1 pounds', text)
+    text = re.sub(_dollars_re, _expand_dollars, text)
+    text = re.sub(_decimal_number_re, _expand_decimal_point, text)
+    text = re.sub(_ordinal_re, _expand_ordinal, text)
+    text = re.sub(_number_re, _expand_number, text)
+    return text
+
+""" from https://github.com/keithito/tacotron """
+
+
+_pad        = '_'
+_punctuation = '!\'(),.:;? '
+_special = '-'
+_letters = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+
+# Prepend "@" to ARPAbet symbols to ensure uniqueness:
+_arpabet = ['@' + s for s in valid_symbols]
+
+# Export all symbols:
+symbols = [_pad] + list(_special) + list(_punctuation) + list(_letters) + _arpabet
+
+
+_symbol_to_id = {s: i for i, s in enumerate(symbols)}
+_id_to_symbol = {i: s for i, s in enumerate(symbols)}
+
+_curly_re = re.compile(r'(.*?)\{(.+?)\}(.*)')
+
+
+def get_arpabet(word, dictionary):
+    word_arpabet = dictionary.lookup(word)
+    if word_arpabet is not None:
+        return "{" + word_arpabet[0] + "}"
+    else:
+        return word
+
+
+def text_to_sequence(text, cleaner_names=[english_cleaners], dictionary=None):
+    '''Converts a string of text to a sequence of IDs corresponding to the symbols in the text.
+
+    The text can optionally have ARPAbet sequences enclosed in curly braces embedded
+    in it. For example, "Turn left on {HH AW1 S S T AH0 N} Street."
+
+    Args:
+      text: string to convert to a sequence
+      cleaner_names: names of the cleaner functions to run the text through
+      dictionary: arpabet class with arpabet dictionary
+
+    Returns:
+      List of integers corresponding to the symbols in the text
+    '''
+    sequence = []
+    space = _symbols_to_sequence(' ')
+    # Check for curly braces and treat their contents as ARPAbet:
+    while len(text):
+        m = _curly_re.match(text)
+        if not m:
+            clean_text = _clean_text(text, cleaner_names)
+            if dictionary is not None:
+                clean_text = [get_arpabet(w, dictionary) for w in clean_text.split(" ")]
+                for i in range(len(clean_text)):
+                    t = clean_text[i]
+                    if t.startswith("{"):
+                        sequence += _arpabet_to_sequence(t[1:-1])
+                    else:
+                        sequence += _symbols_to_sequence(t)
+                    sequence += space
+            else:
+                sequence += _symbols_to_sequence(clean_text)
+            break
+        sequence += _symbols_to_sequence(_clean_text(m.group(1), cleaner_names))
+        sequence += _arpabet_to_sequence(m.group(2))
+        text = m.group(3)
+  
+    # remove trailing space
+    if dictionary is not None:
+        sequence = sequence[:-1] if sequence[-1] == space[0] else sequence
+    return sequence
+
+
+def sequence_to_text(sequence):
+    '''Converts a sequence of IDs back to a string'''
+    result = ''
+    for symbol_id in sequence:
+        if symbol_id in _id_to_symbol:
+            s = _id_to_symbol[symbol_id]
+            # Enclose ARPAbet back in curly braces:
+            if len(s) > 1 and s[0] == '@':
+                s = '{%s}' % s[1:]
+            result += s
+    return result.replace('}{', ' ')
+
+
+def _clean_text(text, cleaner_names):
+    for cleaner in cleaner_names:
+        text = cleaner(text)
+    return text
+
+
+def _symbols_to_sequence(symbols):
+    return [_symbol_to_id[s] for s in symbols if _should_keep_symbol(s)]
+
+
+def _arpabet_to_sequence(text):
+    return _symbols_to_sequence(['@' + s for s in text.split()])
+
+
+def _should_keep_symbol(s):
+    return s in _symbol_to_id and s != '_' and s != '~'
+
+
+VOCAB_FILES_NAMES = {
+    "dict_file": "merges.txt",
+}
+
+class GradTTSTokenizer(PreTrainedTokenizer):
+    vocab_files_names = VOCAB_FILES_NAMES
+    
+    def __init__(self, dict_file, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.cmu = CMUDict(dict_file)
+    
+    def __call__(self, text):
+        x = torch.LongTensor(intersperse(text_to_sequence(text, dictionary=self.cmu), len(symbols)))[None]
+        x_lengths = torch.LongTensor([x.shape[-1]])
+        return x.shape, x_lengths