Supertonic TTS

On-device multilingual text-to-speech using Supertonic (Supertone). Use when the user needs local/offline TTS, voice generation, speech synthesis, or convert...

Supertonic TTS Skill

Local, multilingual text-to-speech powered by Supertone's Supertonic ONNX model.

Core Features

• Offline synthesis — Base TTS runs on-device via ONNX with no API key and no cloud calls during generation.
• Tiny footprint — 66M–99M parameters. Runs on Pi, browser, e-reader, phone.
• Stupid fast — Up to 167× real-time on consumer hardware. 4s of audio in ~25ms.
• Studio output — 44.1kHz 16-bit mono WAV, no upsampler needed.
• 31 languages — Full multilingual support with lang="na" auto-detect fallback.
• Voice cloning — Clone any voice via online Voice Builder (requires uploading a reference clip to a third-party service), then deploy the exported voice style offline permanently.
• Expression tags — Only <laugh> is user-verified to produce audible expression. <breath> and <sigh> are weak/unconfirmed. All others fail silently.

Prerequisites

Requires the Python SDK and model assets. Install once:

bash

pip install supertonic

First run auto-downloads ~400MB of ONNX models from Hugging Face into ~/.cache/supertonic3/.

Quick Use

Python SDK

python

from supertonic import TTS

tts = TTS(auto_download=True)
style = tts.get_voice_style(voice_name="M1")

wav, duration = tts.synthesize(
    text="Your text here",
    lang="en",           # language code or "na" for auto-detect
    voice_style=style,
    total_steps=8,       # quality: 5 (low) to 12 (high)
    speed=1.0,           # 0.7 (slow) to 2.0 (fast)
)

tts.save_audio(wav, "output.wav")

CLI (via supertonic package)

bash

# Basic synthesis
supertonic tts "Hello world" -o output.wav

# Pick voice and quality
supertonic tts "Use a different voice." -o output.wav --voice F1 --steps 10

# Custom cloned voice
supertonic tts "Hello in my voice." -o output.wav --custom-style-path voices/my_voice.json

# Multilingual
supertonic tts "こんにちは" -o japanese.wav --lang ja
supertonic tts "Bonjour" -o french.wav --lang fr

Skill Scripts

bash

cd ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/supertonic-tts/scripts
source ~/.openclaw/workspace/.browser-use-venv/bin/activate

# Quick synthesis
python3 synthesize.py "Hello world" --voice M1 --output ~/hello.wav

# With expression tags (only <laugh> is confirmed to work)
python3 synthesize.py "You did it <laugh> I am so proud." --voice M5 --output laugh.wav

# Custom voice
python3 synthesize.py "Hello" --custom-style my_voice.json --output cloned.wav

# Japanese
python3 synthesize.py "こんにちは" --voice F3 --lang ja

# List voices
python3 list_voices.py

Voices

10 built-in voices: F1–F5 (female), M1–M5 (male).

Voice cloning: Record a short clip → upload to Voice Builder (online service, see privacy note in references/voices.md) → export JSON → load with get_voice_style_from_path().

See references/voices.md for voice descriptions and Voice Builder workflow.

Expression Tags

⚠️ Mostly non-functional in practice

Supertonic accepts inline self-closing tags, but only <laugh> has been user-verified to produce a clearly audible expression (laughter burst). <breath> and <sigh> may insert minor pauses but are not confirmed as audible breathing/sighing sounds.

Do not rely on tags for expression. Tested tags that failed to produce audible effect include: <sarcastic>, <excited>, <whisper>, <shout>, <happy>, <sad>, <angry>, <chuckle>, <giggle>, <snort>, <gasp>, <grunt>, <cough>, <scream>, <sing>, <cry>, <yawn>, <hmm>, <aha>.

Correct syntax (self-closing, inline):

python

text = "You did it <laugh> I am so proud."

Reliable alternative for emotion: explicit language + speed modulation:

Emotion	Technique
Happy	Upbeat words + speed=1.1
Sad	Subdued words + speed=0.85
Excited	Exclamations + speed=1.15
Urgent	Short imperatives + speed=1.2

See references/expression-tags.md for full testing results.

Parameters

Param	Range	Default	What It Does
total_steps	5–12	8	Quality vs speed tradeoff
speed	0.7–2.0	1.0	Speech rate multiplier
max_chunk_length	any	300	Break long text into chunks (120 for Korean)
silence_duration	any	0.3	Pause between chunks (seconds)
lang	ISO 639-1 or "na"	"en"	"na" = language-agnostic auto-detect
verbose	True/False	False	Show detailed progress

Languages

31 languages + na (language-agnostic auto-detect). See references/languages.md for all codes.

Output

• Format: 44.1kHz 16-bit mono WAV
• Returns: (wav_array, duration_array)
• wav.shape = (1, num_samples)
• duration[0] = length in seconds

Multi-Runtime Deployment

Supertonic runs across: Python, Node.js, Browser (WebGPU), Java, C++, C#, Go, Swift, iOS, Rust, Flutter.

Scripts

• scripts/synthesize.py — CLI for quick text-to-speech (supports custom voices)
• scripts/list_voices.py — Available voices and metadata

References

• references/voices.md — Voice descriptions, selection guide, Voice Builder workflow
• references/expression-tags.md — All tags, examples, caveats
• references/languages.md — Supported language codes
• references/deployment.md — Multi-runtime deployment options