Speech Generation Skill
Skill Verified ActiveUse when the user asks for text-to-speech narration or voiceover, accessibility reads, audio prompts, or batch speech generation via the OpenAI Audio API; run the bundled CLI (`scripts/text_to_speech.py`) with built-in voices and require `OPENAI_API_KEY` for live calls. Custom voice creation is out of scope.
Use this skill when you need to generate spoken audio from text for purposes like narration, voiceovers, accessibility reads, or batch audio prompt creation.
Features
- Generate single text-to-speech clips
- Perform batch speech generation from JSONL files
- Utilize built-in OpenAI voices
- Control voice characteristics via instructions
- Run via bundled CLI or OpenAI API
Use Cases
- Create audio narration for project demos or documentation
- Generate accessibility-friendly audio descriptions
- Produce IVR or phone prompt audio prompts
- Batch generate speech for a large number of text inputs
Non-Goals
- Custom voice creation or fine-tuning
- Using non-OpenAI TTS models
- Generating audio without an API key or network access (unless in dry-run mode)
Workflow
- Determine intent (single vs. batch)
- Collect inputs: text, voice, format, constraints
- Write temporary JSONL for batch jobs
- Augment instructions into a labeled spec
- Run bundled CLI (`scripts/text_to_speech.py`)
- Validate output: intelligibility, pacing, pronunciation
- Iterate with targeted changes
- Save/return final outputs
Practices
- API Integration
- Command Line Interface
- Speech Synthesis
- Reproducible Builds
Prerequisites
- OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable set
- Python 3 and pip installed
- openai Python package installed
Installation
npx skills add openai/skillsRuns the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.
Quality Score
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