feat: add TTSBackendRegistry for backend registration and creation

- TTSBackendRegistry class with register(), list_backends(), get_metadata(), create_backend()
- Global registry singleton with register_backend() and create_backend() convenience functions
- Unit tests for registry operations

abogen/tts_backend_registry.py

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+"""
+TTS Backend Registry
+
+Provides a global registry for TTS backend factories.
+Backends register themselves with metadata and a factory callable.
+The registry is universal and does not know about backend constructors.
+"""
+
+from typing import Callable, Any
+
+from abogen.tts_backend import TTSBackend, TTSBackendMetadata
+
+
+class TTSBackendRegistry:
+    """Registry of TTS backend factories.
+
+    Stores metadata and factory callables for registered backends.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._backends: dict[str, TTSBackendMetadata] = {}
+        self._factories: dict[str, Callable[..., TTSBackend]] = {}
+
+    def register(
+        self,
+        metadata: TTSBackendMetadata,
+        factory: Callable[..., TTSBackend],
+    ) -> None:
+        """Register a backend with its metadata and factory callable."""
+        self._backends[metadata.id] = metadata
+        self._factories[metadata.id] = factory
+
+    def list_backends(self) -> list[TTSBackendMetadata]:
+        """Return metadata for all registered backends."""
+        return list(self._backends.values())
+
+    def get_metadata(self, backend_id: str) -> TTSBackendMetadata:
+        """Get metadata for a specific backend.
+
+        Raises:
+            KeyError: If backend with given id is not registered.
+        """
+        if backend_id not in self._backends:
+            raise KeyError(f"Unknown backend: {backend_id}")
+        return self._backends[backend_id]
+
+    def create_backend(self, backend_id: str, **kwargs: Any) -> TTSBackend:
+        """Create a backend instance by id.
+
+        Raises:
+            KeyError: If backend with given id is not registered.
+        """
+        if backend_id not in self._factories:
+            raise KeyError(f"Unknown backend: {backend_id}")
+        return self._factories[backend_id](**kwargs)
+
+
+_registry = TTSBackendRegistry()
+
+
+def register_backend(
+    metadata: TTSBackendMetadata,
+    factory: Callable[..., TTSBackend],
+) -> None:
+    """Register a TTS backend in the global registry."""
+    _registry.register(metadata, factory)
+
+
+def create_backend(backend_id: str, **kwargs: Any) -> TTSBackend:
+    """Create a TTS backend instance by provider id."""
+    return _registry.create_backend(backend_id, **kwargs)