voice-ai-tts

What This Skill Does

The voice-ai-tts skill provides a high-fidelity interface for the Voice.ai text-to-speech engine directly within the OpenClaw agent ecosystem. It allows users to synthesize natural-sounding speech from text using a selection of 9 specialized voice personas and support for 11 distinct languages. This skill is designed for seamless integration, offering both standard file-based synthesis for offline use and a real-time streaming mode that delivers audio chunks as they are generated, minimizing latency for conversational interactions. By utilizing the official Voice.ai API, it ensures high-quality acoustic performance suitable for creative projects, accessibility tools, or automated notifications.

Installation

Installation of this skill is streamlined through the OpenClaw ecosystem. Because the skill bundles its own Node.js SDK and CLI dependencies, there is no manual npm install process required. Simply run the following command in your terminal to initialize the skill in your environment:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/gizmogremlin/voice-ai-voices

Once installed, ensure you have obtained your API credentials from the Voice.ai dashboard and set them as an environment variable in your shell configuration to authorize requests:

export VOICE_AI_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

Use Cases

This skill is versatile and can be applied to several professional and creative workflows. Use it to generate natural-sounding voice-overs for video content or podcasts directly through your agent interface. It is perfect for enhancing application accessibility by converting documentation or status updates into audio formats. Developers can use the streaming mode for real-time interactive avatars or AI assistants that require instantaneous audio feedback. Additionally, it serves as an excellent prototyping tool for game developers who need placeholder voice lines generated on-the-fly.

Example Prompts

1. "/tts --voice ellie Could you please read the meeting notes aloud for me?"
2. "/tts --stream Welcome to our demo; I am using the streaming feature to generate this audio in real-time."
3. "/voices"

Tips & Limitations

To get the most out of voice-ai-tts, experiment with the available voice personas to match the tone of your content—some are optimized for clarity while others focus on emotional range. For long-form text, always use the --stream flag to reduce the wait time before audio playback begins. Note that this skill requires an active internet connection to communicate with the Voice.ai servers, and generation performance may fluctuate based on network latency. Since the skill writes to the local file system, ensure your directory permissions allow creating new .mp3 files.