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Agent skill
voice
Convert text to speech audio using mb voice CLI. Use when the user asks you to speak, say something aloud, generate audio, or produce a voice recording.
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/xvirobotics/metabot/tree/main/src/skills/voice
SKILL.md
Text-to-Speech (Voice Output)
Generate MP3 audio from text using the mb voice CLI.
Quick Commands
# Generate MP3, prints file path to stdout
mb voice "Hello, this is a test"
# Generate and play immediately
mb voice "Hello" --play
# Save to specific file
mb voice "Hello" -o greeting.mp3
# Override provider and voice
mb voice "Hello" --provider doubao --voice zh_female_wanqudashu_moon_bigtts
# Pipe text (useful for long content)
echo "Long text here" | mb voice
echo "Long text" | mb voice -o output.mp3
When to Use
- User asks you to "say", "speak", "read aloud", or "generate audio/voice"
- User wants a voice recording or audio version of text
- User requests TTS (text-to-speech) output
Available Providers & Voices
Edge TTS (default, free, no key needed):
zh-CN-XiaoyiNeural(default) — Female Chinesezh-CN-YunxiNeural— Male Chinesezh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural— Female Chineseen-US-JennyNeural— Female English
Doubao (default when Volcengine keys configured):
zh_female_wanqudashu_moon_bigtts(default) — Female Chinese- Other Volcengine voice IDs from the TTS console
OpenAI (when OPENAI_API_KEY set):
alloy(default),echo,fable,onyx,nova,shimmer
ElevenLabs (when ELEVENLABS_API_KEY set):
- Voice IDs from the ElevenLabs console
Text Limits
- Doubao: ~300 Chinese characters (longer text is auto-truncated)
- OpenAI / ElevenLabs / Edge: ~4000 characters
Guidelines
- For short text (greetings, alerts), use inline:
mb voice "text" - For longer text, pipe through stdin:
echo "..." | mb voice - The output file is MP3 format
- Use
--playonly when the user explicitly wants to hear the audio (it blocks until playback completes) - When saving files for the user, use
-owith a descriptive filename - To send the audio to the user in Feishu, copy the file to the outputs directory:
cp /tmp/mb-voice-xxx.mp3 /tmp/metabot-outputs/<chatId>/
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