Adds a skill that converts text, markdown, or the output of another
skill into an MP3 using Kyutai pocket-tts, a small neural TTS model
that runs on CPU.
No existing skill in the collection generates audio, so this fills a
gap rather than duplicating one. It is designed as a terminal step in
a chain: roundup, daily-prep, or meeting-minutes produce the text,
speak-summary makes it listenable.
Two details worth calling out:
- The bulk of SKILL.md is guidance on rewriting written prose for the
ear before synthesising. Feeding markdown straight into a TTS engine
produces something technically correct and unlistenable, so that
step carries most of the value.
- Synthesis is local and CPU-only, so nothing is sent to a cloud
speech service and the skill works unattended in a headless
container as well as on a laptop.
The bundled script bootstraps pocket-tts into a cached virtualenv on
first use, selecting a Python in the supported >=3.10,<3.15 range
rather than assuming python3 qualifies, and failing with actionable
guidance when none is available.
Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot-Session: 1a70aa08-b622-4825-ad63-5a12370add1f
