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name: edge-tts-english
description: "Generate high-quality English (and multilingual) audio using Microsoft Edge TTS. Use when the user asks to \"speak this\", \"pronounce\", \"read aloud\", \"say this in English\", \"озвучь голосом\", \"прочитай по-английски\", \"произнеси\", or wants to hear text spoken with a native accent for language learning or pronunciation practice. Supports American and British English voices (male and female). Requires edge-tts installed via pipx. Sends the resulting MP3 directly to the user."
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# Edge TTS English

Generate native-quality English audio using Microsoft Edge TTS (`/root/.local/bin/edge-tts`).

## Workflow

1. Run `scripts/speak.sh "<text>" [voice] [output_path]`
2. Send the resulting MP3 to the user via `message` tool with `media=<output_path>`

```bash
bash scripts/speak.sh "Hello, world!" en-US-AriaNeural /tmp/tts_out.mp3
```

## Voices

| Voice | Style |
|---|---|
| `en-US-AriaNeural` | Female, American (default) |
| `en-US-JennyNeural` | Female, American, warm |
| `en-US-GuyNeural` | Male, American |
| `en-GB-SoniaNeural` | Female, British |
| `en-GB-RyanNeural` | Male, British |

List all voices: `/root/.local/bin/edge-tts --list-voices | grep en-`

## Notes

- Scripts path: resolve relative to this skill's directory
- edge-tts binary: `/root/.local/bin/edge-tts`
- Default output: `/tmp/edge_tts_output.mp3`
- Always send audio via `message` tool (`media` param), not as text