speakturbo-tts

# speakturbo - Talk to your Claude!

Give your agent the ability to speak to you real-time. Ultra-fast text-to-speech with ~90ms latency and 8 built-in voices.

## Quick Start

```bash
# Play immediately - you should hear "Hello world" through your speakers
speakturbo "Hello world"
# Output: ⚡ 92ms → ▶ 93ms → ✓ 1245ms

# Verify it's working by saving to file
speakturbo "Hello world" -o test.wav
ls -lh test.wav  # Should show ~50-100KB file
```

**Output explained:** `⚡` = first audio received, `▶` = playback started, `✓` = done

## First Run

The **first execution takes 2-5 seconds** while the daemon starts and loads the model into memory. Subsequent calls are ~90ms to first sound.

```bash
# First run (slow - daemon starting)
speakturbo "Starting up"  # ~2-5 seconds

# Second run (fast - daemon already running)
speakturbo "Now I'm fast"  # ~90ms
```

## Usage

```bash
# Basic - plays immediately (default voice: alba)
speakturbo "Hello world"

# Save to file (no audio playback)
speakturbo "Hello" -o output.wav

# Save to specific file
speakturbo "Goodbye" -o goodbye.wav

# Quiet mode (suppress status messages, still plays audio)
speakturbo "Hello" -q

# List available voices
speakturbo --list-voices
```

## Available Voices

| Voice | Type |
|-------|------|
| `alba` | Female (default) |
| `marius` | Male |
| `javert` | Male |
| `jean` | Male |
| `fantine` | Female |
| `cosette` | Female |
| `eponine` | Female |
| `azelma` | Female |

## Performance

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Time to first sound | ~90ms (daemon warm) |
| First run | 2-5s (daemon startup) |
| Real-time factor | ~4x faster |
| Sample rate | 24kHz mono |

## Architecture

```
speakturbo (Rust CLI, 2.2MB)
    │
    │ HTTP streaming (port 7125)
    ▼
speakturbo-daemon (Python + pocket-tts)
    │
    │ Model in memory, auto-shutdown after 1hr idle
    ▼
Audio playback (rodio)
```

## Text Input

- **Encoding:** UTF-8
- **Quotes in text:** Use escaping: `speakturbo "She said \"hello\""`
- *...

```
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```

<h3 align="center">Talk to your Claude.</h3>

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://speakturbo-site.vercel.app"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/website-speakturbo-f97316.svg" alt="Website"></a>
  <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg" alt="License"></a>
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/latency-~90ms-brightgreen.svg" alt="Latency">
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/platform-Apple%20Silicon-orange.svg" alt="Platform">
</p>

<p align="center">
  <strong>~90ms to first sound. Realistic. Local. Private. Fast.</strong>
</p>

<p align="center">
  <code>speakturbo "Hello world"</code> → <code>⚡ 92ms → ▶ 93ms → ✓ done</code>
</p>

---

## Install

**For AI Agents** (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf):
```bash
npx skills add EmZod/Speak-Turbo
```

**CLI only:**
```bash
pip install pocket-tts uvicorn fastapi
cd speakturbo-cli && cargo build --release
```

---

## Usage

```bash
speakturbo "Hello world"              # Play instantly
speakturbo "Hello" -o out.wav         # Save to file
speakturbo "Hello" -q                 # Quiet mode
speakturbo --list-voices              # Show voices
```

---

## Voices

```
alba      ██████████  Female (default)
marius    ██████████  Male
javert    ██████████  Male  
jean      ██████████  Male
fantine   ██████████  Female
cosette   ██████████  Female
eponine   ██████████  Female
azelma    ██████████  Female
```

---

## Performance

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