Elevenlabs Voices

ElevenLabs Voice Personas v2.0

Comprehensive voice synthesis toolkit using ElevenLabs API.

✨ Features

• 18 Voice Personas - Carefully curated voices for different use cases
• 32 Languages - Multi-language synthesis with the multilingual v2 model
• Streaming Mode - Real-time audio output as it generates
• Sound Effects (SFX) - AI-generated sound effects from text prompts
• Batch Processing - Process multiple texts in one go
• Cost Tracking - Monitor character usage and estimated costs
• Voice Design - Create custom voices from descriptions
• Pronunciation Dictionary - Custom word pronunciation rules
• Agent Integration - Works with any AI agent's built-in TTS

🎙️ Available Voices

🎯 Quick Presets

• default → rachel (warm, friendly)
• narrator → adam (documentaries)
• professional → matilda (corporate)
• storyteller → george (audiobooks)
• educator → alice (tutorials)
• calm → brian (meditation)
• energetic → liam (social media)
• trustworthy → eric (business)
• neutral → river (inclusive)
• british → george
• australian → charlie
• broadcaster → daniel (news)

🌍 Supported Languages (32)

The multilingual v2 model supports these languages:

# Synthesize in German
python3 tts.py --text "Guten Tag!" --voice rachel --lang de

# Synthesize in French
python3 tts.py --text "Bonjour le monde!" --voice adam --lang fr

# List all languages
python3 tts.py --languages

💻 CLI Usage

Basic Text-to-Speech

# List all voices
python3 scripts/tts.py --list

# Generate speech
python3 scripts/tts.py --text "Hello world" --voice rachel --output hello.mp3

# Use a preset
python3 scripts/tts.py --text "Breaking news..." --voice broadcaster --output news.mp3

# Multi-language
python3 scripts/tts.py --text "Bonjour!" --voice rachel --lang fr --output french.mp3

Streaming Mode

Generate audio with real-time streaming (good for long texts):

# Stream audio as it generates
python3 scripts/tts.py --text "This is a long story..." --voice adam --stream

# Streaming with custom output
python3 scripts/tts.py --text "Chapter one..." --voice george --stream --output chapter1.mp3

Batch Processing

Process multiple texts from a file:

# From newline-separated text file
python3 scripts/tts.py --batch texts.txt --voice rachel --output-dir ./audio

# From JSON file
python3 scripts/tts.py --batch batch.json --output-dir ./output

JSON batch format:

[
  {"text": "First line", "voice": "rachel", "output": "line1.mp3"},
  {"text": "Second line", "voice": "adam", "output": "line2.mp3"},
  {"text": "Third line"}
]

Simple text format (one per line):

Hello, this is the first sentence.
This is the second sentence.
And this is the third.

Usage Statistics

# Show usage stats and cost estimates
python3 scripts/tts.py --stats

# Reset statistics
python3 scripts/tts.py --reset-stats

🎵 Sound Effects (SFX)

Generate AI-powered sound effects from text descriptions:

# Generate a sound effect
python3 scripts/sfx.py --prompt "Thunder rumbling in the distance"

# With specific duration (0.5-22 seconds)
python3 scripts/sfx.py --prompt "Cat meowing" --duration 3 --output cat.mp3

# Adjust prompt influence (0.0-1.0)
python3 scripts/sfx.py --prompt "Footsteps on gravel" --influence 0.5

# Batch SFX generation
python3 scripts/sfx.py --batch sounds.json --output-dir ./sfx

# Show prompt examples
python3 scripts/sfx.py --examples

Example prompts:

• "Thunder rumbling in the distance"
• "Cat purring contentedly"
• "Typing on a mechanical keyboard"
• "Spaceship engine humming"
• "Coffee shop background chatter"

🎨 Voice Design

Create custom voices from text descriptions:

# Basic voice design
python3 scripts/voice-design.py --gender female --age middle_aged --accent american \
  --description "A warm, motherly voice"

# With custom preview text
python3 scripts/voice-design.py --gender male --age young --accent british \
  --text "Welcome to the adventure!" --output preview.mp3

# Save to your ElevenLabs library
python3 scripts/voice-design.py --gender female --age young --accent american \
  --description "Energetic podcast host" --save "MyHost"

# List all design options
python3 scripts/voice-design.py --options

Voice Design Options:

📖 Pronunciation Dictionary

Customize how words are pronounced:

Edit pronunciations.json:

{
  "rules": [
    {
      "word": "Claude",
      "replacement": "Claud",
      "comment": "Pronounce correctly"
    },
    {
      "word": "API",
      "replacement": "A P I",
      "comment": "Spell out acronym"
    }
  ]
}

Usage:

# Pronunciations are applied automatically
python3 scripts/tts.py --text "The Claude API is great" --voice rachel

# Disable pronunciations
python3 scripts/tts.py --text "The API is great" --voice rachel --no-pronunciations

💰 Cost Tracking

The skill tracks your character usage and estimates costs:

python3 scripts/tts.py --stats

Output:

📊 ElevenLabs Usage Statistics

  Total Characters: 15,230
  Total Requests:   42
  Since:            2024-01-15

💰 Estimated Costs:
  Starter    $4.57 ($0.30/1k chars)
  Creator    $3.66 ($0.24/1k chars)
  Pro        $2.74 ($0.18/1k chars)
  Scale      $1.68 ($0.11/1k chars)

🤖 Agent TTS Integration

Using with an Agent's Built-in TTS

Agents with TTS support can use ElevenLabs. Configure in ~/.claude/claude.json:

{
  "tts": {
    "enabled": true,
    "provider": "elevenlabs",
    "elevenlabs": {
      "apiKey": "your-api-key-here",
      "voice": "rachel",
      "model": "eleven_multilingual_v2"
    }
  }
}

Triggering TTS in Chat

In agent conversations:

• Use /tts on to enable automatic TTS
• Use the tts tool directly for one-off speech
• Request "read this aloud" or "speak this"

Using Skill Scripts from an Agent

# An agent can run these scripts directly
exec python3 /path/to/skills/elevenlabs-voices/scripts/tts.py --text "Hello" --voice rachel

⚙️ Configuration

The scripts look for API key in this order:

1. ELEVEN_API_KEY or ELEVENLABS_API_KEY environment variable
2. Agent config (~/.claude/claude.json → tts.elevenlabs.apiKey)
3. Skill-local .env file

Create .env file:

echo 'ELEVEN_API_KEY=your-key-here' > .env

🎛️ Voice Settings

Each voice has tuned settings for optimal output:

📝 Triggers

• "use {voice_name} voice"
• "speak as {persona}"
• "list voices"
• "voice settings"
• "generate sound effect"
• "design a voice"

📁 Files

elevenlabs-voices/
├── SKILL.md              # This documentation
├── README.md             # Quick start guide
├── voices.json           # Voice definitions & settings
├── pronunciations.json   # Custom pronunciation rules
├── examples.md           # Detailed usage examples
├── scripts/
│   ├── tts.py            # Main TTS script
│   ├── sfx.py            # Sound effects generator
│   └── voice-design.py   # Voice design tool
└── references/
    └── voice-guide.md    # Voice selection guide

🔗 Links

• ElevenLabs
• API Documentation
• Voice Library
• Sound Effects API
• Voice Design API

📋 Changelog

v2.0.0

• Added 32 language support with --lang parameter
• Added streaming mode with --stream flag
• Added sound effects generation (sfx.py)
• Added batch processing with --batch flag
• Added cost tracking with --stats flag
• Added voice design tool (voice-design.py)
• Added pronunciation dictionary support
• Added agent TTS integration documentation
• Improved error handling and progress output