This directory contains examples of local Text to speech (TTS) server that works with the TypeAgent shell. Additional TTS service for TypeAgent Shell can be built following the REST API description below.

• Go to one of the TTS directory
• Follow the direction in the directory to setup .venv and start the service
• In TypeAgent shell, change the TTS provider to local and choose a voice.

The local TTS provider in TypeAgent expects two REST API:

Return the available voices a JSON array of strings (string[]) or array of name, value string pair ([string, string][]).

Body is a JSON object with the following typescript schema

{
    text: string
    voiceName?: string
}

text - the text to synthesize speech for voiceName - an optional voice name value from the GET /voices. The services will pick a default voice if it is missing.

Return a blob containing the synthesized speech in WAV format.