Task 1: Set up project structure and dependencies

- Created backend directory with FastAPI project structure
- Created frontend directory with React + TypeScript + Vite
- Configured Python virtual environment and installed dependencies (fastapi, uvicorn, kokoro, soundfile, python-multipart)
- Verified espeak-ng system dependency is installed
- Configured Node.js project with TypeScript, React, and Vite
- Set up Tailwind CSS for styling
- Set up environment variable configuration for both projects
- Created comprehensive README documentation

Requirements: 9.6, 10.2, 11.1

backend/main.py

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+"""
+FastAPI backend for Text to Audiobook application.
+"""
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+
+app = FastAPI(title="Text to Audiobook API")
+
+# Configure CORS
+app.add_middleware(
+    CORSMiddleware,
+    allow_origins=["http://localhost:5173", "http://localhost:3000"],
+    allow_credentials=True,
+    allow_methods=["*"],
+    allow_headers=["*"],
+)
+
+
+@app.get("/api/health")
+async def health_check():
+    """Health check endpoint."""
+    return {"status": "ok"}