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Agent Skills: Claude Speak

Speak text aloud using high-quality AI voice synthesis (Kokoro TTS on Apple Silicon). Use when user asks to vocalize, narrate, or speak text out loud.

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leegonzales/aiskills
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pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/leegonzales/AISkills/tree/HEAD/ClaudeSpeak/claude-speak

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Skill Metadata

Name
claude-speak
Description
Speak text aloud using high-quality AI voice synthesis (Kokoro TTS on Apple Silicon). Use when user asks to vocalize, narrate, or speak text out loud.

Claude Speak

Vocalize text using high-quality text-to-speech. British male voice (bm_george) by default.

When to Use

Invoke when user:

  • Asks to "say this out loud" or "speak this"
  • Wants narration or audio feedback
  • Uses /speak command
  • Requests vocalization of content

Core Command

~/Projects/claude-speak/.venv/bin/claude-speak-client "Text to speak"

That's it. The daemon runs in background via launchd - instant response.

TIP: For longer text, append & to run fire-and-forget (see "Long Text" section below).

Options

# Different voice
~/Projects/claude-speak/.venv/bin/claude-speak-client -v af_heart "Warm female voice"

# Adjust speed (default 1.0)
~/Projects/claude-speak/.venv/bin/claude-speak-client -s 1.2 "Speaking faster"

# Quiet mode (suppress errors)
~/Projects/claude-speak/.venv/bin/claude-speak-client -q "Silent on success"

# Custom timeout (default: 300s / 5 min)
~/Projects/claude-speak/.venv/bin/claude-speak-client -t 600 "Very long text..."

Long Text (3+ sentences)

For longer content, use fire-and-forget mode with shell backgrounding:

~/Projects/claude-speak/.venv/bin/claude-speak-client "Your longer text here..." &

The trailing & runs the command in the background at the shell level, so Claude Code doesn't track it as a task. The audio plays while the conversation continues—no timeout errors or false "failed" notifications.

Why this works: Claude Code's run_in_background still monitors the task and may report timeout failures even when audio completes successfully. Shell backgrounding (&) avoids this entirely.

Available Voices

| Voice | Description | |-------|-------------| | bm_george | British male, distinguished (DEFAULT) | | af_heart | American female, warm | | am_adam | American male, deep | | bf_emma | British female, elegant |

Troubleshooting

If "Daemon not running" error:

~/Projects/claude-speak/.venv/bin/claude-speak-daemon start

Best Practices

  • For short text (1-2 sentences): run normally
  • For longer text (paragraphs): use & fire-and-forget
  • Check daemon status if issues arise