Imported from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills (skills/tts-whatsapp/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill tts-whatsapp. Copyright stays with the author.

🎙️ TTS WhatsApp - Voice Messages in 40+ Languages

Send high-quality text-to-speech voice messages on WhatsApp with automatic delivery. Supports 40+ languages, personal messages, and group broadcasts.

✨ Features

• 🎙️ High-quality TTS powered by Piper (40+ languages)
• 🎵 Automatic conversion to OGG/Opus (WhatsApp format)
• 📤 Automatic sending via Clawdbot
• 👥 Group support - Send to individuals or WhatsApp groups
• 🌍 Multi-language - French, English, Spanish, German, and 40+ more
• 🧹 Smart cleanup - Auto-delete files after successful send
• ⚡ Fast - ~2-3s from command to delivery

📦 Prerequisites

1. Piper TTS: pip3 install --user piper-tts
2. FFmpeg: brew install ffmpeg (macOS) or apt install ffmpeg (Linux)
3. Voice models: Download from Hugging Face
   • Place in ~/.clawdbot/skills/piper-tts/models/
   • Example: fr_FR-siwis-medium.onnx

🚀 Quick Start

Basic usage

tts-whatsapp "Hello, this is a test" --target "+15555550123"

Send to WhatsApp group

tts-whatsapp "Hello everyone" --target "120363257357161211@g.us"

Change language

tts-whatsapp "Hola mundo" --lang es_ES --voice carlfm --target "+34..."

Different quality levels

tts-whatsapp "High quality" --quality high --target "+1..."

🌍 Supported Languages

• 🇫🇷 French (fr_FR): siwis, upmc, tom
• 🇬🇧 English GB (en_GB): alan, alba
• 🇺🇸 English US (en_US): lessac, amy, joe
• 🇪🇸 Spanish (es_ES, es_MX): carlfm, davefx
• 🇩🇪 German (de_DE): thorsten, eva_k
• 🇮🇹 Italian (it_IT): riccardo
• 🇵🇹 Portuguese (pt_BR, pt_PT): faber
• 🇳🇱 Dutch (nl_NL): mls, rdh
• 🇷🇺 Russian (ru_RU): dmitri, irina
• And 30+ more!

Full voice list →

🔧 Configuration

Configure in ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json:

{
  "skills": {
    "entries": {
      "tts_whatsapp": {
        "enabled": true,
        "env": {
          "WHATSAPP_DEFAULT_TARGET": "+15555550123",
          "PIPER_DEFAULT_LANG": "en_US",
          "PIPER_DEFAULT_VOICE": "lessac",
          "PIPER_DEFAULT_QUALITY": "medium"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

🎛️ All Options

--target NUMBER       WhatsApp number or group ID
--message TEXT        Text message with audio
--lang LANGUAGE       Language (default: fr_FR)
--voice VOICE         Voice name (default: auto)
--quality QUALITY     x_low, low, medium, high
--speed SPEED         Playback speed (default: 1.0)
--no-send            Don't send automatically

📊 Performance

~2.3s total for a 10-second message:

• TTS generation: ~1s
• Format conversion: ~0.2s
• WhatsApp delivery: ~1s

📚 Full Documentation

See README.md for complete documentation, examples, and troubleshooting.