edge-tts▌
aahl/skills · updated Apr 11, 2026
High-quality neural text-to-speech audio generation with Microsoft Edge voices.
- ›Supports 30+ voices across English, French, and Chinese with adjustable speed, pitch, and volume
- ›Generates MP3 audio files and optional WebVTT subtitles from plain text input
- ›Triggered by \"tts\" keyword or when audio output is needed for accessibility, multitasking, or specific voice requirements
- ›Command-line interface via uvx edge-tts with voice selection, rate/pitch/volume modulation, and subtitle o
Edge-TTS
Generate high-quality text-to-speech audio using Microsoft Edge's neural TTS service via the uvx edge-tts command.
Supports multiple languages, voices, adjustable speed/pitch, and subtitle generation.
Usage
uvx edge-tts --text "{msg}" --write-media {tempdir}/{filename}.mp3
# With subtitles
uvx edge-tts --text "{msg}" --write-media {tempdir}/{filename}.mp3 --write-subtitles -
Changing rate(speed), volume and pitch
uvx edge-tts --text "{msg}" --write-media {tempdir}/{filename}.mp3 --rate=+50%
uvx edge-tts --text "{msg}" --write-media {tempdir}/{filename}.mp3 --volume=+50% --pitch=-50Hz
Changing the voice
uvx edge-tts --text "{msg}" --write-media {tempdir}/{filename}.mp3 --voice zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural
Available voices
Name Gender ContentCategories VoicePersonalities
en-GB-LibbyNeural Female General Friendly, Positive
en-GB-RyanNeural Male General Friendly, Positive
en-GB-SoniaNeural Female General Friendly, Positive
en-GB-ThomasNeural Male General Friendly, Positive
en-HK-SamNeural Male General Friendly, Positive
en-HK-YanNeural Female General Friendly, Positive
en-US-AnaNeural Female Cartoon, Conversation Cute
en-US-AndrewMultilingualNeural Male Conversation, Copilot Warm, Confident, Authentic, Honest
en-US-AndrewNeural Male Conversation, Copilot Warm, Confident, Authentic, Honest
en-US-AriaNeural Female News, Novel Positive, Confident
en-US-AvaMultilingualNeural Female Conversation, Copilot Expressive, Caring, Pleasant, Friendly
en-US-AvaNeural Female Conversation, Copilot Expressive, Caring, Pleasant, Friendly
en-US-BrianMultilingualNeural Male Conversation, Copilot Approachable, Casual, Sincere
en-US-BrianNeural Male Conversation, Copilot Approachable, Casual, Sincere
en-US-ChristopherNeural Male News, Novel Reliable, Authority
en-US-EmmaMultilingualNeural Female Conversation, Copilot Cheerful, Clear, Conversational
en-US-EmmaNeural Female Conversation, Copilot Cheerful, Clear, Conversational
en-US-EricNeural Male News, Novel Rational
en-US-GuyNeural Male News, Novel Passion
en-US-JennyNeural Female General Friendly, Considerate, Comfort
en-US-MichelleNeural Female News, Novel Friendly, Pleasant
en-US-RogerNeural Male News, Novel Lively
en-US-SteffanNeural Male News, Novel Rational
fr-FR-DeniseNeural Female General Friendly, Positive
fr-FR-HenriNeural Male General Friendly, Positive
zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural Female News, Novel Warm
zh-CN-YunjianNeural Male Sports, Novel Passion
zh-CN-liaoning-XiaobeiNeural Female Dialect Humorous
zh-CN-shaanxi-XiaoniNeural Female Dialect Bright
zh-HK-HiuGaaiNeural Female General Friendly, Positive
zh-HK-WanLungNeural Male General Friendly, Positive
zh-TW-HsiaoChenNeural Female General Friendly, Positive
zh-TW-YunJheNeural Male General Friendly, Positive
Retrieve all available voices using shell commands:
uvx edge-tts --list-voices
Ratings
4.5★★★★★27 reviews- ★★★★★Diya Patel· Dec 24, 2024
Registry listing for edge-tts matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.
- ★★★★★Chaitanya Patil· Dec 20, 2024
edge-tts is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
- ★★★★★Ama Liu· Dec 20, 2024
Keeps context tight: edge-tts is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
- ★★★★★James Haddad· Nov 15, 2024
edge-tts fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
- ★★★★★Piyush G· Nov 11, 2024
Keeps context tight: edge-tts is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
- ★★★★★Ama Sharma· Nov 11, 2024
edge-tts is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
- ★★★★★James Yang· Oct 6, 2024
edge-tts is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
- ★★★★★Shikha Mishra· Oct 2, 2024
Registry listing for edge-tts matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.
- ★★★★★Kwame Li· Oct 2, 2024
edge-tts fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
- ★★★★★Aanya Iyer· Sep 13, 2024
Useful defaults in edge-tts — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
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