Load right char class dynamically

TTS/tts/utils/text/tokenizer.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Union
 from TTS.tts.utils.text import cleaners
 from TTS.tts.utils.text.characters import Graphemes, IPAPhonemes
 from TTS.tts.utils.text.phonemizers import DEF_LANG_TO_PHONEMIZER, get_phonemizer_by_name
+from TTS.utils.generic_utils import get_import_path, import_class
 
 
 class TTSTokenizer:
@@ -152,15 +153,25 @@ class TTSTokenizer:
 
         # init characters
         if characters is None:
-            if config.use_phonemes:
-                # init phoneme set
-                characters, new_config = IPAPhonemes().init_from_config(config)
+            # set characters based on defined characters class
+            if config.characters and config.characters.characters_class:
+                CharactersClass = import_class(config.characters.characters_class)
+                characters, new_config = CharactersClass.init_from_config(config)
+            # set characters based on config
             else:
-                # init character set
-                characters, new_config = Graphemes().init_from_config(config)
+                if config.use_phonemes:
+                    # init phoneme set
+                    characters, new_config = IPAPhonemes().init_from_config(config)
+                else:
+                    # init character set
+                    characters, new_config = Graphemes().init_from_config(config)
+
         else:
             characters, new_config = characters.init_from_config(config)
 
+        # set characters class
+        new_config.characters.characters_class = get_import_path(characters)
+
         # init phonemizer
         phonemizer = None
         if config.use_phonemes:

TTS/utils/generic_utils.py

@@ -95,6 +95,33 @@ def find_module(module_path: str, module_name: str) -> object:
     return getattr(module, class_name)
 
 
+def import_class(module_path: str) -> object:
+    """Import a class from a module path.
+
+    Args:
+        module_path (str): The module path of the class.
+
+    Returns:
+        object: The imported class.
+    """
+    class_name = module_path.split(".")[-1]
+    module_path = ".".join(module_path.split(".")[:-1])
+    module = importlib.import_module(module_path)
+    return getattr(module, class_name)
+
+
+def get_import_path(obj: object) -> str:
+    """Get the import path of a class.
+
+    Args:
+        obj (object): The class object.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: The import path of the class.
+    """
+    return ".".join([type(obj).__module__, type(obj).__name__])
+
+
 def get_user_data_dir(appname):
     if sys.platform == "win32":
         import winreg  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel