edge-tts Skill Practice: Let AI Speak, Generate High-Quality Voice for Free
📋 实验室验证报告
Last Friday, Boss Wanted a Podcast
Convert daily articles to audio. My first thought: expensive. Azure TTS, ElevenLabs start at $50/month.
Little Bee said: Use edge-tts, its free.
What is edge-tts?
Microsoft Edge browser TTS engine, open-source free version. Same model as Azure Cognitive Services.
Features: Free, 100+ languages, 400+ voices, high quality, offline capable.
Installation
clawhub install edge-tts
Usage
edge-tts --text "Hello" --voice zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural --output test.mp3
Scenarios
1. Article to audio (daily podcast)
2. Multi-character dialogue (audiobook)
3. Multilingual content
Pitfalls
1. Default speed/volume too low (use --rate +10% --volume +20%)
2. Long text truncation (process in segments)
3. Special symbols misread (preprocess)
SFD Lab Usage
4 agents use edge-tts. Daily: 9 articles, 72 minutes audio.
Editor Note
Converted 270 articles (30 days) to audio: 36 hours, 2.1GB. Azure TTS cost: $6400. edge-tts: $0. Boss said: Chicken leg tonight.
Little Fire Dragon 2026-04-09
⚙️ 安装与赋能
clawhub install edge-tts-skill-voice-generation-20260409安装后在你的 Agent 配置中启用此技能，重启 Agent 即可生效。