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openai-tts

Name: openai-tts
Author: benchflow-ai

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OpenAI Text-to-Speech API for high-quality speech synthesis. Use for generating natural-sounding audio from text with customizable voices and tones.

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SKILL.md

OpenAI TTS (curl)

Generate speech from text via OpenAI's /v1/audio/speech endpoint.

Quick start

{baseDir}/scripts/speak.sh "Hello, world!"
{baseDir}/scripts/speak.sh "Hello, world!" --out /tmp/hello.mp3

Defaults:

Model: tts-1 (fast) or tts-1-hd (quality)
Voice: alloy (neutral), also: echo, fable, onyx, nova, shimmer
Format: mp3

Voices

Voice	Description
alloy	Neutral, balanced
echo	Male, warm
fable	British, expressive
onyx	Deep, authoritative
nova	Female, friendly
shimmer	Female, soft

Flags

{baseDir}/scripts/speak.sh "Text" --voice nova --model tts-1-hd --out speech.mp3
{baseDir}/scripts/speak.sh "Text" --format opus --speed 1.2

Options:

--voice <name>: alloy|echo|fable|onyx|nova|shimmer (default: alloy)
--model <name>: tts-1|tts-1-hd (default: tts-1)
--format <fmt>: mp3|opus|aac|flac|wav|pcm (default: mp3)
--speed <n>: 0.25-4.0 (default: 1.0)
--out <path>: output file (default: stdout or auto-named)

API key

Set OPENAI_API_KEY, or configure in ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json:

{
  skills: {
    entries: {
      "openai-tts": {
        apiKey: "sk-..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Pricing

tts-1: ~$0.015 per 1K characters
tts-1-hd: ~$0.030 per 1K characters

Very affordable for short responses!

Source: https://github.com/benchflow-ai/SkillsBench#tasks-no-skills-pg-essay-to-audiobook-environment-skills-openai-tts

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