speak

/speak

skill

Read one reply out loud as a short spoken summary.

On site

Any time: the voice add-on. It can also read f-survey rounds aloud.

Needs scripts/speak.ts, an OpenRouter key and Node.

When

When you'd rather hear a reply than read it.

Say it tap to copy

say that out loudread that backexplain that aloud

It's working if

You hear a short plain-language explainer, not the reply read out word for word.
The spoken version has no code, file paths, headings or bullet points, and runs about 20 to 60 seconds.
The rewritten text is saved to scratch/speak-input.txt and played with npx tsx scripts/speak.ts scratch/speak-input.txt.
The chat reply is only a speaker symbol, plus a one-line note if the script printed an error.
It speaks that one reply only, and later replies stay silent.

How to call it

The two forms it takes, shown exactly as the skill lists them.

/speak            # explain my previous message aloud
/speak <text>     # explain/voice the given text instead

Common questions

What does it read out?: Your previous assistant reply, or the text you pass after /speak. It rewrites it as a short spoken explainer rather than reading it verbatim.
What do I need to set it up?: Node with npx tsx, the bundled scripts/speak.ts and scripts/bootstrap-env.ts, Windows audio playback, and the repo's .env. The default engine is Grok Voice through OpenRouter, so it needs OPENROUTER_API_KEY.
Can I change the voice?: Yes. Set SPEAK_GROK_VOICE to eve, ara, rex, sal or leo (the default). Setting SPEAK_PROVIDER=hume uses a saved Hume voice from SPEAK_VOICE_ID instead.
Does it fall back to another engine if one fails?: No. It uses only the engine named in .env.
How do I keep it on for every reply?: Use /converse. /speak is one reply at a time.
Can I see the text it spoke?: Not by default. Ask and it will show it.

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