Agent skill

Tts

Text-to-speech on Linux -- make the device speak text aloud.

Install Tts

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/rho --skill tts -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/rho tts --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/platforms/linux/skills/tts .claude/skills/tts && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "tts" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho/tree/main/platforms/linux/skills/tts into .claude/skills/tts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tts", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho/tree/main/platforms/linux/skills/tts

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/rho --skill tts -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/rho tts --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/platforms/linux/skills/tts .agents/skills/tts && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "tts" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho/tree/main/platforms/linux/skills/tts into .agents/skills/tts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tts", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/rho --skill tts -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/rho tts --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/platforms/linux/skills/tts .cursor/skills/tts && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "tts" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho/tree/main/platforms/linux/skills/tts into .cursor/skills/tts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tts", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho.git --path platforms/linux/skills/tts

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/rho --skill tts -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/rho tts --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/platforms/linux/skills/tts .gemini/skills/tts && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "tts" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho/tree/main/platforms/linux/skills/tts into .gemini/skills/tts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tts", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/rho tts

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/rho --skill tts -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/platforms/linux/skills/tts .github/skills/tts && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "tts" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho/tree/main/platforms/linux/skills/tts into .github/skills/tts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tts", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/rho --skill tts -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/rho tts --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/platforms/linux/skills/tts .opencode/skills/tts && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "tts" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/rho/tree/main/platforms/linux/skills/tts into .opencode/skills/tts/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tts", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: tts
GitHub stars: 373
Token cost: ~405 tokens
SKILL.md length: 57 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 35
Repo updated: Oct 1, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Text-to-speech on Linux -- make the device speak text aloud.

Voice announcements
SKILL.md covers espeak / espeak-ng, speech-dispatcher (spd-say) --… and piper -- neural TTS (higher…
Calls apt and dnf
Reading content aloud

What it does

Tts is an agent skill from mikeyobrien/rho. Text-to-speech on Linux -- make the device speak text aloud. Use for voice announcements, reading content aloud, or accessibility.

Its SKILL.md is about 410 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Text to speech and voice. It works with Linux. The repository describes itself as: An AI agent that stays running, remembers across sessions, and checks in on its own. macOS, Linux, Android. Built on Pi. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Voice announcements
Reading content aloud

Example prompts

“/tts”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 073a3ee. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- apt
- dnf
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
- github.com
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Tts loads about 405 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 34 tokens; SKILL.md has 57 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~34
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~405

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:13
```
sudo apt install espeak-ng
```
NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:16
```
sudo pacman -S espeak-ng
```
NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:19
```
sudo dnf install espeak-ng
```
NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:68
```
sudo apt install speech-dispatcher
```

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mikeyobrien/rho at commit 073a3ee, republished under its MIT licence (© mikeyobrien). 57 words, ~405 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/tts/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: tts
description: Text-to-speech on Linux -- make the device speak text aloud. Use for voice announcements, reading content aloud, or accessibility.

Text-to-Speech

espeak / espeak-ng

Install

bash

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install espeak-ng

# Arch
sudo pacman -S espeak-ng

# Fedora
sudo dnf install espeak-ng

Speak text

bash

espeak "Hello, this is a test"
espeak-ng "Hello, this is a test"

Pipe text

bash

echo "Hello world" | espeak
cat article.txt | espeak

Choose a voice/language

bash

espeak -v en "English"
espeak -v en-us "American English"
espeak -v fr "Bonjour"

List available voices

bash

espeak --voices
espeak --voices=en   # English voices only

Adjust speed (words per minute)

bash

espeak -s 200 "Speaking faster"
espeak -s 100 "Speaking slower"

Adjust pitch (0-99)

bash

espeak -p 80 "Higher pitch"
espeak -p 20 "Lower pitch"

Save to audio file

bash

espeak -w output.wav "Text to save"

speech-dispatcher (spd-say) -- alternative

bash

# Install
sudo apt install speech-dispatcher

# Speak
spd-say "Hello world"

# Set rate (-100 to 100)
spd-say -r 50 "Faster"

# Set voice
spd-say -t female1 "Hello"

# Stop speech
spd-say -S

piper -- neural TTS (higher quality)

For higher quality offline TTS, consider piper:

bash

echo "Hello world" | piper --model en_US-lessac-medium --output_file output.wav
aplay output.wav

Command blocks until speech completes (espeak, spd-say). On headless systems, audio output requires ALSA or PulseAudio.

Files

Just SKILL.md in platforms/linux/skills/tts of mikeyobrien/rho.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 073a3ee

Compare with similar skills

Tts next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Tts compared with similar skills
Skill	Stars	Used in	Tokens	Auto-check	Licence	Repo updated
Tts this skillmikeyobrien/rho	373	—	~405	Automated safety check: Notes	MIT	9 days ago
Audio Ttssecond-state/qwen3_tts_rs	233	—	~1.6k	Automated safety check: Pass	None	4 mo ago
Tutorial Videosmatthiasn/lotti	1.2k	—	~2.2k	Automated safety check: Notes	GPL-3.0	today
Musictadaspetra/loop	296	2 repos	~827	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	7 days ago
Sound Effectstadaspetra/loop	296	2 repos	~1.1k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	7 days ago
Edu Math Videowy51ai/edulab	1.4k	—	~2.5k	Automated safety check: Notes	Apache-2.0	today

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Tutorial Videos
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Questions about Tts

What does Tts do?

Text-to-speech on Linux -- make the device speak text aloud. Tts is an agent skill from mikeyobrien/rho. Text-to-speech on Linux -- make the device speak text aloud.

When should I use Tts?

Tts fits situations like: voice announcements; reading content aloud.

How do I install Tts in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mikeyobrien/rho --skill tts -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (platforms/linux/skills/tts in mikeyobrien/rho) into .claude/skills/tts in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tts in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mikeyobrien/rho --skill tts -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (platforms/linux/skills/tts in mikeyobrien/rho) into .agents/skills/tts in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tts in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mikeyobrien/rho --skill tts -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tts, .gemini/skills/tts, .github/skills/tts and .opencode/skills/tts in your project.

What does Tts need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Tts needs the command-line tools its instructions call (apt and dnf).

Does Tts access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tts safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (runs commands with sudo), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Tts use?

Tts is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Tts use?

About 405 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Tts?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Tts: Audio Tts (second-state/qwen3_tts_rs, 233 stars), Tutorial Videos (matthiasn/lotti, 1.2k stars), Music (tadaspetra/loop, 296 stars) and Sound Effects (tadaspetra/loop, 296 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Tts?

mikeyobrien (a GitHub user) maintains it in mikeyobrien/rho, which has 373 GitHub stars. The repository holds 35 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.

Source: mikeyobrien/rho on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Tts

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Text-to-Speech

espeak / espeak-ng

Install

Speak text

Pipe text

Choose a voice/language

List available voices

Adjust speed (words per minute)

Adjust pitch (0-99)

Save to audio file

speech-dispatcher (spd-say) -- alternative

piper -- neural TTS (higher quality)

Files

Compare with similar skills

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