audio-gen

What This Skill Does

The audio-gen skill is a powerful tool designed to turn abstract ideas into professional-grade audio content. By integrating Claude AI for high-quality script generation and ElevenLabs for industry-leading text-to-speech conversion, this skill automates the entire production lifecycle. Whether you need an immersive audiobook chapter, a captivating podcast episode, or a structured educational module, audio-gen delivers a finished MP3 file directly to your workspace. The skill supports custom pacing, structural tagging for emotional resonance, and varied speech patterns to ensure the final output feels natural and engaging.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/udiedrichsen/audio-gen Ensure you have the necessary API credentials configured for ElevenLabs if required by your environment setup.

Use Cases

• Audiobook Creation: Ideal for authors and storytellers looking to narrate fiction or non-fiction works with emotional depth and narrative structure.
• Podcast Production: Perfect for content creators who need to quickly generate podcast scripts and host-style recordings for marketing or entertainment.
• Educational Content: Highly effective for creating e-learning materials, tutorials, or complex explanation summaries that require clear, paced, and summarized audio delivery.

Example Prompts

1. "Create a 10-minute podcast episode discussing the future of space travel and the challenges of colonizing Mars."
2. "Generate a 5-minute educational audio clip explaining how photosynthesis works for a high school biology student."
3. "Write and produce an 8-minute audiobook chapter about a lonely lighthouse keeper who discovers a secret map in a bottle."

Tips & Limitations

• Word Count Planning: Aim for approximately 75 words per minute. For a 10-minute track, request roughly 750 words to ensure the pacing remains comfortable and not rushed.
• Formatting: Use structural tags like [long pause] or [whispers] within your request to influence how the AI interprets the script's emotional delivery.
• Engagement Limits: While the skill handles up to 30 minutes, the highest listener engagement typically falls within the 5 to 15-minute range. If you need longer content, consider breaking it into multiple parts.