feat: Enhance text normalization and chunking logic to preserve original whitespace and handle abbreviations

abogen/chunking.py

@@ -5,11 +5,19 @@ from typing import Dict, Iterable, Iterator, List, Literal, Optional
 
 import re
 
+from abogen.kokoro_text_normalization import ApostropheConfig, normalize_for_pipeline
+
 ChunkLevel = Literal["paragraph", "sentence"]
 
 _SENTENCE_SPLIT_REGEX = re.compile(r"(?<!\b[A-Z])[.!?][\s\n]+")
 _WHITESPACE_REGEX = re.compile(r"\s+")
 _PARAGRAPH_SPLIT_REGEX = re.compile(r"(?:\r?\n){2,}")
+_ABBREVIATION_END_RE = re.compile(
+    r"\b(?:Mr|Mrs|Ms|Dr|Prof|Rev|Sr|Jr|St|Gen|Lt|Col|Sgt|Capt|Adm|Cmdr|vs|etc)\.$",
+    re.IGNORECASE,
+)
+
+_PIPELINE_APOSTROPHE_CONFIG = ApostropheConfig()
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -64,6 +72,37 @@ def _normalize_whitespace(value: str) -> str:
     return _WHITESPACE_REGEX.sub(" ", value).strip()
 
 
+def _normalize_chunk_text(value: str) -> str:
+    normalized = normalize_for_pipeline(value, config=_PIPELINE_APOSTROPHE_CONFIG)
+    return _normalize_whitespace(normalized)
+
+
+def _split_sentences(paragraph: str) -> List[str]:
+    sentences = list(_iter_sentences(paragraph))
+    if not sentences:
+        return []
+
+    merged: List[str] = []
+    buffer: List[str] = []
+
+    for sentence in sentences:
+        if buffer:
+            buffer.append(sentence)
+        else:
+            buffer = [sentence]
+
+        if _ABBREVIATION_END_RE.search(sentence.rstrip()):
+            continue
+
+        merged.append(" ".join(buffer))
+        buffer = []
+
+    if buffer:
+        merged.append(" ".join(buffer))
+
+    return merged
+
+
 def chunk_text(
     *,
     chapter_index: int,
@@ -88,19 +127,19 @@ def chunk_text(
             if not normalized:
                 continue
             chunk_id = f"{prefix}_p{para_index:04d}"
-            chunks.append(
+            payload = Chunk(
-                Chunk(
+                id=chunk_id,
-                    id=chunk_id,
+                chapter_index=chapter_index,
-                    chapter_index=chapter_index,
+                chunk_index=len(chunks),
-                    chunk_index=len(chunks),
+                level=level,
-                    level=level,
+                text=normalized,
-                    text=normalized,
+                speaker_id=speaker_id,
-                    speaker_id=speaker_id,
+                voice=voice,
-                    voice=voice,
+                voice_profile=voice_profile,
-                    voice_profile=voice_profile,
+                voice_formula=voice_formula,
-                    voice_formula=voice_formula,
+            ).as_dict()
-                ).as_dict()
+            payload["normalized_text"] = _normalize_chunk_text(paragraph)
-            )
+            chunks.append(payload)
         return chunks
 
     # Sentence level – flatten paragraphs into individual sentences
@@ -109,25 +148,25 @@ def chunk_text(
         normalized_para = _normalize_whitespace(paragraph)
         if not normalized_para:
             continue
-        sentences = list(_iter_sentences(normalized_para)) or [normalized_para]
+        sentences = _split_sentences(normalized_para) or [normalized_para]
         for sent_local_index, sentence in enumerate(sentences):
             normalized_sentence = _normalize_whitespace(sentence)
             if not normalized_sentence:
                 continue
             chunk_id = f"{prefix}_p{para_index:04d}_s{sent_local_index:04d}"
-            chunks.append(
+            payload = Chunk(
-                Chunk(
+                id=chunk_id,
-                    id=chunk_id,
+                chapter_index=chapter_index,
-                    chapter_index=chapter_index,
+                chunk_index=sentence_index,
-                    chunk_index=sentence_index,
+                level=level,
-                    level=level,
+                text=normalized_sentence,
-                    text=normalized_sentence,
+                speaker_id=speaker_id,
-                    speaker_id=speaker_id,
+                voice=voice,
-                    voice=voice,
+                voice_profile=voice_profile,
-                    voice_profile=voice_profile,
+                voice_formula=voice_formula,
-                    voice_formula=voice_formula,
+            ).as_dict()
-                ).as_dict()
+            payload["normalized_text"] = _normalize_chunk_text(sentence)
-            )
+            chunks.append(payload)
             sentence_index += 1
 
     return chunks

abogen/epub3/exporter.py

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import html
+import re
 import shutil
 import uuid
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Sequence
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Pattern, Sequence, Tuple
 import zipfile
 
 from abogen.text_extractor import ExtractedChapter, ExtractionResult
@@ -259,6 +260,13 @@ class EPUB3PackageBuilder:
                 )
             )
 
+        chapter_text = ""
+        if 0 <= chapter_index < len(self.extraction.chapters):
+            chapter_entry = self.extraction.chapters[chapter_index]
+            chapter_text = getattr(chapter_entry, "text", "") or ""
+
+        _restore_original_chunk_text(chapter_text, overlays)
+
         return overlays
 
     def _render_chapter_xhtml(self, chapter: ChapterDocument) -> str:
@@ -617,35 +625,18 @@ def _render_chunk_html(chunk: ChunkOverlay) -> str:
     escaped_id = html.escape(chunk.id)
     speaker_attr = f" data-speaker=\"{html.escape(chunk.speaker_id)}\"" if chunk.speaker_id else ""
     voice_attr = f" data-voice=\"{html.escape(chunk.voice)}\"" if chunk.voice else ""
-    paragraphs = _split_paragraphs(chunk.text)
+    raw_text = chunk.text or ""
-    if not paragraphs:
+    escaped_text = html.escape(raw_text)
-        paragraphs = ["&nbsp;"]
+    if not escaped_text:
-    return "      <div class=\"chunk\" id=\"{id}\"{speaker}{voice}>\n{body}\n      </div>".format(
+        escaped_text = "&nbsp;"
-        id=escaped_id,
+    body = escaped_text.replace("\n", "\n        ")
-        speaker=speaker_attr,
+    return (
-        voice=voice_attr,
+        f"      <div class=\"chunk\" id=\"{escaped_id}\"{speaker_attr}{voice_attr}>\n"
-        body="\n".join(f"        <p>{para}</p>" for para in paragraphs),
+        f"        {body}\n"
+        "      </div>"
     )
 
 
-def _split_paragraphs(text: str) -> List[str]:
-    if not text:
-        return []
-    segments = [segment.strip() for segment in text.replace("\r", "").split("\n\n")]
-    paragraphs: List[str] = []
-    for segment in segments:
-        if not segment:
-            continue
-        lines = [html.escape(line.strip()) for line in segment.split("\n") if line.strip()]
-        if not lines:
-            continue
-        if len(lines) == 1:
-            paragraphs.append(lines[0])
-        else:
-            paragraphs.append("<br />".join(lines))
-    return paragraphs
-
-
 def _format_smil_time(value: Optional[float]) -> str:
     if value is None or value < 0:
         value = 0.0
@@ -672,6 +663,49 @@ def _safe_float(value: Any) -> Optional[float]:
         return None
 
 
+def _restore_original_chunk_text(chapter_text: str, overlays: List[ChunkOverlay]) -> None:
+    if not chapter_text or not overlays:
+        return
+
+    cursor = 0
+    for chunk in overlays:
+        candidate = chunk.text or ""
+        if not candidate:
+            continue
+        match = _search_original_span(chapter_text, candidate, cursor)
+        if match is None and cursor:
+            match = _search_original_span(chapter_text, candidate, 0)
+        if match is None:
+            continue
+        start, end = match
+        chunk.text = chapter_text[start:end]
+        cursor = end
+
+
+def _search_original_span(source: str, normalized: str, start: int) -> Optional[Tuple[int, int]]:
+    if not normalized:
+        return None
+    pattern = _build_chunk_pattern(normalized)
+    match = pattern.search(source, start)
+    if not match:
+        return None
+    return match.start(1), match.end(1)
+
+
+_CHUNK_REGEX_CACHE: Dict[str, Pattern[str]] = {}
+
+
+def _build_chunk_pattern(text: str) -> Pattern[str]:
+    cached = _CHUNK_REGEX_CACHE.get(text)
+    if cached is not None:
+        return cached
+    escaped = re.escape(text)
+    escaped = escaped.replace(r"\ ", r"\s+")
+    pattern = re.compile(r"(\s*" + escaped + r"\s*)", re.DOTALL)
+    _CHUNK_REGEX_CACHE[text] = pattern
+    return pattern
+
+
 def _render_metadata_xml(
     title: str,
     authors: Sequence[str],

abogen/kokoro_text_normalization.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import re
 import unicodedata
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import List, Tuple, Iterable, Callable
+from typing import List, Tuple, Iterable, Callable, Optional
 
 # ---------- Configuration Dataclass ----------
 
@@ -416,6 +416,26 @@ def apply_phoneme_hints(text: str, iz_marker="‹IZ›") -> str:
     """
     return text.replace(iz_marker, " iz")
 
+
+DEFAULT_APOSTROPHE_CONFIG = ApostropheConfig()
+
+
+def normalize_for_pipeline(text: str, *, config: Optional[ApostropheConfig] = None) -> str:
+    """Normalize text for the synthesis pipeline.
+
+    This expands contractions, normalizes apostrophes, and adds phoneme hints
+    using the provided configuration so downstream chunking and synthesis share
+    the same representation.
+    """
+
+    cfg = config or DEFAULT_APOSTROPHE_CONFIG
+    normalized, _details = normalize_apostrophes(text, cfg)
+    normalized = expand_titles_and_suffixes(normalized)
+    normalized = ensure_terminal_punctuation(normalized)
+    if cfg.add_phoneme_hints:
+        normalized = apply_phoneme_hints(normalized, iz_marker=cfg.sibilant_iz_marker)
+    return normalized
+
 # ---------- Example Usage ----------
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

abogen/speaker_analysis.py

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def analyze_speakers(
 
     for chunk in ordered_chunks:
         chunk_id = str(chunk.get("id") or "")
-        text = str(chunk.get("text") or "")
+        text = str(chunk.get("normalized_text") or chunk.get("text") or "")
         speaker_id, confidence, quote = _infer_chunk_speaker(text, last_explicit)
         if speaker_id is None:
             speaker_id = last_explicit or narrator_id

abogen/web/conversion_runner.py

@@ -20,13 +20,7 @@ import static_ffmpeg
 
 from abogen.constants import VOICES_INTERNAL
 from abogen.epub3.exporter import build_epub3_package
-from abogen.kokoro_text_normalization import (
+from abogen.kokoro_text_normalization import ApostropheConfig, normalize_for_pipeline
-    ApostropheConfig,
-    apply_phoneme_hints,
-    expand_titles_and_suffixes,
-    ensure_terminal_punctuation,
-    normalize_apostrophes,
-)
 from abogen.text_extractor import ExtractedChapter, extract_from_path
 from abogen.utils import (
     calculate_text_length,
@@ -402,12 +396,7 @@ _APOSTROPHE_CONFIG = ApostropheConfig()
 
 
 def _normalize_for_pipeline(text: str) -> str:
-    normalized, _details = normalize_apostrophes(text, _APOSTROPHE_CONFIG)
+    return normalize_for_pipeline(text, config=_APOSTROPHE_CONFIG)
-    normalized = expand_titles_and_suffixes(normalized)
-    normalized = ensure_terminal_punctuation(normalized)
-    if _APOSTROPHE_CONFIG.add_phoneme_hints:
-        return apply_phoneme_hints(normalized, iz_marker=_APOSTROPHE_CONFIG.sibilant_iz_marker)
-    return normalized
 
 
 def _chapter_voice_spec(job: Job, override: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> str:
@@ -988,7 +977,11 @@ def run_conversion_job(job: Job) -> None:
                         level="debug",
                     )
                 for chunk_entry in chunks_for_chapter:
-                    chunk_text = str(chunk_entry.get("text") or "").strip()
+                    chunk_text = str(
+                        chunk_entry.get("normalized_text")
+                        or chunk_entry.get("text")
+                        or ""
+                    ).strip()
                     if not chunk_text:
                         continue
 

abogen/web/service.py

@@ -1084,6 +1084,10 @@ class ConversionService:
             else:
                 chunk["text"] = ""
 
+            normalized_value = entry.get("normalized_text")
+            if normalized_value is not None:
+                chunk["normalized_text"] = str(normalized_value)
+
             speaker_value = entry.get("speaker_id", entry.get("speaker"))
             chunk["speaker_id"] = str(speaker_value) if speaker_value else "narrator"
 

abogen/web/templates/reader_embed.html

@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@
       outline-offset: 4px;
     }
 
+    #reader .chunk {
+      margin-bottom: 1.75rem;
+      white-space: pre-wrap;
+      word-wrap: break-word;
+    }
+
     #reader p,
     #reader li,
     #reader blockquote {

tests/test_chunk_helpers.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 
+from abogen.chunking import chunk_text
 from abogen.web.conversion_runner import _chunk_voice_spec, _group_chunks_by_chapter
 
 
@@ -37,3 +38,22 @@ def test_chunk_voice_spec_uses_fallback_when_no_overrides() -> None:
     chunk = {"speaker_id": "unknown"}
 
     assert _chunk_voice_spec(job, chunk, "fallback") == "fallback"
+
+
+def test_chunk_text_merges_title_abbreviations() -> None:
+    text = "Dr. Watson met Mr. Holmes at 5 p.m."
+
+    chunks = chunk_text(
+        chapter_index=0,
+        chapter_title="Chapter 1",
+        text=text,
+        level="sentence",
+    )
+
+    assert len(chunks) == 1
+    chunk = chunks[0]
+    text_value = str(chunk["text"])
+    normalized_value = str(chunk.get("normalized_text") or "")
+    assert normalized_value
+    assert text_value.startswith("Dr.")
+    assert "Doctor" in normalized_value

tests/test_epub_exporter.py

@@ -104,4 +104,68 @@ def test_build_epub3_package_handles_missing_markers(tmp_path) -> None:
         nav_doc = archive.read("OEBPS/nav.xhtml").decode("utf-8")
         assert "Chapter 1" in nav_doc
         chapter_doc = archive.read("OEBPS/text/chapter_0001.xhtml").decode("utf-8")
-        assert "Hello world." in chapter_doc
+        assert "Hello world." in chapter_doc
+
+
+def test_epub3_preserves_original_whitespace(tmp_path) -> None:
+    extraction = ExtractionResult(
+        chapters=[
+            ExtractedChapter(
+                title="Intro",
+                text="Line one  with  double spaces.\nSecond line\n\nThird paragraph.",
+            )
+        ],
+        metadata={"title": "Sample", "artist": "Author", "language": "en"},
+    )
+
+    chunks = [
+        {
+            "id": "chap0000_p0000",
+            "chapter_index": 0,
+            "chunk_index": 0,
+            "text": "Line one with double spaces.",
+            "speaker_id": "narrator",
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "chap0000_p0001",
+            "chapter_index": 0,
+            "chunk_index": 1,
+            "text": "Second line",
+            "speaker_id": "narrator",
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "chap0000_p0002",
+            "chapter_index": 0,
+            "chunk_index": 2,
+            "text": "Third paragraph.",
+            "speaker_id": "narrator",
+        },
+    ]
+
+    chunk_markers = [
+        {"id": chunk["id"], "chapter_index": 0, "chunk_index": chunk["chunk_index"], "start": None, "end": None}
+        for chunk in chunks
+    ]
+
+    metadata_tags = {"title": "Sample", "artist": "Author", "language": "en"}
+    audio_path = tmp_path / "audio.mp3"
+    audio_path.write_bytes(b"ID3 audio")
+    output_path = tmp_path / "output.epub"
+
+    build_epub3_package(
+        output_path=output_path,
+        book_id="job-whitespace",
+        extraction=extraction,
+        metadata_tags=metadata_tags,
+        chapter_markers=[],
+        chunk_markers=chunk_markers,
+        chunks=chunks,
+        audio_path=audio_path,
+        speaker_mode="single",
+    )
+
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(output_path) as archive:
+        chapter_doc = archive.read("OEBPS/text/chapter_0001.xhtml").decode("utf-8")
+    assert "Line one  with  double spaces." in chapter_doc
+    normalized = chapter_doc.replace("        ", "")
+    assert "Second line\n\nThird paragraph." in normalized