Edge TTS — Text-to-Speech

Text-to-Speech via Edge TTS (Microsoft Azure voices). Free, no API key needed, supports 100+ voices in 50+ languages including Chinese and English.

Use to convert text to speech using Microsoft Edge's free TTS service. No API key required.

Voices

Chinese (Recommended)

Voice	Gender	Style
zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural	Female	Warm, natural (default)
zh-CN-YunxiNeural	Male	Young, casual
zh-CN-YunjianNeural	Male	Professional, news
zh-CN-XiaoyiNeural	Female	Cute, young
zh-CN-YunyangNeural	Male	News broadcaster
zh-CN-XiaochenNeural	Female	Child
zh-TW-HsiaoChenNeural	Female	Traditional Chinese

English

Voice	Gender	Style
en-US-JennyNeural	Female	Friendly (default)
en-US-GuyNeural	Male	Professional
en-GB-SoniaNeural	Female	British

Script

bash

{baseDir}/scripts/tts.py --text "Hello world" --output /tmp/output.mp3

Options

Option	Default	Description
--text	(required)	Text to speak
--voice	zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural	Voice ID
--output	/tmp/tts_output.mp3	Output file path
--rate	0%	Speed adjustment (-50% to +100%)
--pitch	0Hz	Pitch adjustment (-50Hz to +50Hz)
--volume	0%	Volume adjustment (-100% to +100%)
--file		Read text from file instead of --text

Examples

bash

# Basic Chinese TTS
{baseDir}/scripts/tts.py --text "你好，我是Nova" --output /tmp/hello.mp3

# Male voice, faster speech
{baseDir}/scripts/tts.py --text "Hello world" --voice en-US-GuyNeural --rate +20% --output /tmp/fast.mp3

# Read from file
{baseDir}/scripts/tts.py --file script.txt --output /tmp/script.mp3

Available Voices

List all voices:

bash

{baseDir}/scripts/tts.py --list-voices zh
{baseDir}/scripts/tts.py --list-voices en
{baseDir}/scripts/tts.py --list-voices ja

Dependencies

• edge-tts (pip install)
• No API key needed — uses Microsoft Edge's free TTS service
• Requires internet connection