edge-tts

name edge-tts description Text-to-speech conversion using `uvx edge-tts` for generating audio from text. Use when (1) User requests audio/voice output with the "tts" trigger or keyword. (2) Content needs to be spoken rather than read (multitasking, accessibility, driving, cooking). (3) User wants a specific voice, speed, pitch, or format for TTS output. Edge-TTS Generate high-quality text-to-speech audio using Microsoft Edge's neural TTS service via the uvx edge-tts command. Supports multiple languages, voices, adjustable speed/pitch, and subtitle generation. Usage uvx edge-tts --text "{msg}" --write-media {tempdir}/{filename}.mp3 # With subtitles uvx edge-tts --text "{msg}" --write-media {tempdir}/{filename}.mp3 --write-subtitles - Changing rate(speed), volume and pitch uvx edge-tts --text "{msg}" --write-media {tempdir}/{filename}.mp3 --rate=+50% uvx edge-tts --text "{msg}" --write-media {tempdir}/{filename}.mp3 --volume=+50% --pitch=-50Hz Changing the voice uvx edge-tts --text "{msg}" --write-media {tempdir}/{filename}.mp3 --voice zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural Available voices Name Gender ContentCategories VoicePersonalities en-GB-LibbyNeural Female General Friendly, Positive en-GB-RyanNeural Male General Friendly, Positive en-GB-SoniaNeural Female General Friendly, Positive en-GB-ThomasNeural Male General Friendly, Positive en-HK-SamNeural Male General Friendly, Positive en-HK-YanNeural Female General Friendly, Positive en-US-AnaNeural Female Cartoon, Conversation Cute en-US-AndrewMultilingualNeural Male Conversation, Copilot Warm, Confident, Authentic, Honest en-US-AndrewNeural Male Conversation, Copilot Warm, Confident, Authentic, Honest en-US-AriaNeural Female News, Novel Positive, Confident en-US-AvaMultilingualNeural Female Conversation, Copilot Expressive, Caring, Pleasant, Friendly en-US-AvaNeural Female Conversation, Copilot Expressive, Caring, Pleasant, Friendly en-US-BrianMultilingualNeural Male Conversation, Copilot Approachable, Casual, Sincere en-US-BrianNeural Male Conversation, Copilot Approachable, Casual, Sincere en-US-ChristopherNeural Male News, Novel Reliable, Authority en-US-EmmaMultilingualNeural Female Conversation, Copilot Cheerful, Clear, Conversational en-US-EmmaNeural Female Conversation, Copilot Cheerful, Clear, Conversational en-US-EricNeural Male News, Novel Rational en-US-GuyNeural Male News, Novel Passion en-US-JennyNeural Female General Friendly, Considerate, Comfort en-US-MichelleNeural Female News, Novel Friendly, Pleasant en-US-RogerNeural Male News, Novel Lively en-US-SteffanNeural Male News, Novel Rational fr-FR-DeniseNeural Female General Friendly, Positive fr-FR-HenriNeural Male General Friendly, Positive zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural Female News, Novel Warm zh-CN-YunjianNeural Male Sports, Novel Passion zh-CN-liaoning-XiaobeiNeural Female Dialect Humorous zh-CN-shaanxi-XiaoniNeural Female Dialect Bright zh-HK-HiuGaaiNeural Female General Friendly, Positive zh-HK-WanLungNeural Male General Friendly, Positive zh-TW-HsiaoChenNeural Female General Friendly, Positive zh-TW-YunJheNeural Male General Friendly, Positive Retrieve all available voices using shell commands: uvx edge-tts --list-voices