A program designed to allow people to use TTS through voice chat in conjunction with VB Virtual Audio Cable.
Uses NAudio by Mark Heath.
Download the latest stable release, unzip the contents into a folder and run the executable.
If you want to use a development branch, clone the repository, install NAudio via NuGet, and build the executable from source.
In order to use the software as intended and not just to play text-to-speech for yourself, install VB Virtual Audio Cable or any other virtual audio device of choice. Set your output device (under the Settings tab) to CABLE Input or equivalent, then set the input device for the target program (e.g. Discord voice chat) to CABLE Output or equivalent.
Disclaimer: I am not accountable for damage of any kind caused by the misuse of this software. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Users speaking the phrase "John Madden" on repeat in voice chats
- Users mic spamming at the lowest possible speech rate
- Emotional trauma resulting from the emotionless narration of certain copypastas
- Anyone using BonziBuddy as their installed voice
The interface for InstanTTS consists of two tabs, Speech and Settings.
The Speech tab contains functionality relevant to actually using the application.
Your speech history occupies most of this screen. Whenever you send a message, it will be logged to this component alongside the voice, audio device, rate and volume used.
On the right side of the screen, voice, rate and volume controls are available.
- Voice allows you to select one of the TTS voices installed on your system. This will be used next time text is queued.
- Rate adjusts the speech rate.
- Volume adjusts the base volume of the audio.
Below this, queued text is displayed. This area looks terrible and needs work.
At the bottom of the TTS queue, you'll find the pause and skip buttons. These should speak for themselves, but for clarity's sake:
- Pause pauses the current TTS clip.
- Skip skips the current clip and goes straight to playing the next one.
The Settings tab currently only contains one thing in the main branch - the ability to set your Output Devices.
With the version available in the hotkeys branch, you may also configure custom hotkeys.
- Click the button next to
"New hotkey:". - Press the key you wish to use. Modifier keys (Shift, Ctrl, Alt, and Windows) are taken into account but cannot be used independently.
- Enter the text to speak when this hotkey is pressed.
- Click Add Hotkey.
Hotkeys use the current speech controls for voice, rate and volume.
For convenience, these hotkeys will not play while the application has focus.
"Wow, basic functionality that still hasn't been implemented!" - you, probably
no mean to me :( i'm a broke college student who wrote this in a week for the sake of resume padding then realized it was actually a decent project idea
- Ability to save and load settings profiles, including default settings.
Ability to remove hotkeys. Yes, really.doneAbility to repeat any line from your speech history with one click.done- add another button to repeat with current settings ("repeat text")
- Write an observable dictionary implementation so hotkeys update immediately.
- Add the ability to edit hotkeys after creation.
- An overlay so you don't have to tab out to type.
- Program hotkeys (repeat, etc.).