# text-to-speech

> Generate speech audio from text using HeyGen's Starfish TTS model. Voice selection, speed, and pitch control.

**Free. Apache 2.0. Bring-your-own-Claude.**

## What this is

A Claude skill bundle — a sanitized, attributed, downloadable subject-matter expert that runs inside Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or any Claude-API workflow. Drop it in, invoke it, get answers grounded in real practitioner content rather than generic LLM consensus.

Use to generate standalone speech audio files from text, convert text to speech with voice selection, or produce audio for narration or voiceover.

## Install

```bash
# Claude Code plugin install (one-line)
claude plugin install text-to-speech --from https://fadaly.net/downloads/skills/text-to-speech.zip
```

Or clone this repo into your local Claude skills directory (typically `~/.claude/skills/` on macOS / Linux):

```bash
git clone https://github.com/MomoFadaly/text-to-speech.git
```

Or download the zip from [fadaly.net/skills/text-to-speech](https://fadaly.net/skills/text-to-speech) (the per-skill landing page on fadaly.net) and extract into `~/.claude/skills/`.

## What's in the bundle

| File | Size |
|---|---|
| `SKILL.md` | 9KB |
| `thumb.png` | 840KB |

Total: 849KB

## Sources

This SME's canon was built from these practitioners. Every claim in the canon is attributed.

- HeyGen Starfish TTS (docs.heygen.com)

Primary sources (official documentation, peer-reviewed research) take priority over practitioner consensus, which takes priority over single-source claims. Confidence tiers are tagged inline.

## How it works

Claude reads `SKILL.md` as the system instructions for the skill. Supporting files (`canon.md`, `mental-models.md`, etc.) are loaded as reference material when the skill needs to answer off the cuff or cite a specific source.

When you ask a question this SME covers, Claude pulls the relevant canon entry, names its source, tags its confidence level, and pushes back if your question contradicts canon.

## Confidence levels

- **Verified** — primary source + practitioner corroboration. Treat as fact.
- **Confirmed** — practitioner consensus across credible voices, no primary contradiction. Defended best-practice.
- **Plausible** — single-source or thin evidence. Working hypothesis until validated.
- **Disputed** — credible voices disagree. The SME names the camps and gives you the lens to decide.
- **Stale** — once true, contradicted by current docs/data. Flagged for refresh.

## License

Apache License 2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).

You are free to use, modify, redistribute, and build on this skill. Attribution to the original practitioners (named in `sources.md` or `SKILL.md`) is morally required even if not legally; their work made the canon possible.

## More like this

This is one of a series of Claude skills published openly. See the [full catalog at fadaly.net/work](https://fadaly.net/work).