voice-ai

Overview

Voice AI covers TTS, STT, voice cloning, and real-time conversational agents. Integrates ElevenLabs, OpenAI TTS, Whisper, and Vapi/Bland/Retell.

Capabilities

• Text-to-speech (ElevenLabs, OpenAI TTS)
• Audio transcription (Whisper, Deepgram)
• Voice cloning from samples
• Real-time voice agents (Vapi, Bland, Retell)
• Audio processing (pydub)

When to Use

Trigger phrases:

• "voice ai"

• "Voice AI — text-to-speech (ElevenLabs, OpenAI TTS), speech-to-text (Whisper), vo"

• Voiceovers for videos/podcasts

• Voice-based customer support

• Transcribing meetings/interviews

• Audiobook generation

When NOT to Use

• Task is about content strategy, not creation (use strategy skills)
• Task is about content distribution (use distribution skills)
• You need to analyze content performance (use analytics skills)
• Task is about content moderation (use moderation tools)
• You don't have content guidelines
• Task requires domain expertise (consult experts)

Pseudo Code

The voice-ai workflow follows a standard pipeline pattern.

Core flow:

# voice-ai primary flow
input = prepare(raw_data)
result = process(input, config={agents, cloning, elevenlabs, openai, real})
validate(result)
deliver(result)

Error handling:

on error:
  log(error_details)
  retry_with_backoff(max=3)
  if still_failing: alert_and_escalate()

Core Workflow

# voice-ai primary flow
input = prepare(raw_data)
result = process(input, config={agents, cloning, elevenlabs, openai, real})
validate(result)
deliver(result)

Error Handling

on error:
  log(error_details)
  retry_with_backoff(max=3)
  if still_failing: alert_and_escalate()

OpenAI TTS

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()
resp = client.audio.speech.create(model="tts-1-hd", voice="nova", input="Hello!")
resp.stream_to_file("output.mp3")

ElevenLabs Clone

import requests
resp = requests.post("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/voices/add",
    headers={"xi-api-key": KEY}, files={"files": [open("sample.mp3","rb")]}, data={"name":"Clone"})
voice_id = resp.json()["voice_id"]
resp = requests.post(f"https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/{voice_id}",
    headers={"xi-api-key": KEY}, json={"text":"Hello!","model_id":"eleven_multilingual_v2"})

Whisper Transcription

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()
with open("meeting.mp3","rb") as f:
    t = client.audio.transcriptions.create(model="whisper-1", file=f, response_format="verbose_json")
for s in t.segments: print(f"[{s['start']:.1f}s] {s['text']}")

Vapi Agent

import requests
requests.post("https://api.vapi.ai/assistant",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}"},
    json={"name":"Agent","model":{"provider":"openai","model":"gpt-4o","systemPrompt":"Help user."},
           "voice":{"provider":"11labs","voiceId":"nova"},"firstMessage":"Hi!"})

Common Patterns

• Podcast: script → TTS per speaker → mix with intro/outro → export
• Real-time: websocket stream → Deepgram/Whisper → live transcript
• Clone: 3+ min samples → ElevenLabs clone → generate speech

How to Use

1. Define content goal (traffic, engagement, conversion, brand awareness)
2. Research target audience pain points and search intent
3. Generate content using appropriate AI tools
4. Edit and humanize output for authenticity
5. Optimize for target platform (SEO, hashtags, format)
6. Schedule and distribute across channels
7. Measure performance and iterate

Red Flags

• AI-generated content sounds robotic: Always run through humanizer before publishing
• Engagement dropping week-over-week: Content fatigue or algorithm change — vary formats
• Duplicate content across platforms: Adapt content per platform, don't just cross-post
• No content calendar: Sporadic posting kills audience retention
• Ignoring analytics: Content without measurement is just publishing, not marketing

Verification

• Skill output matches expected behavior

Process

1. Analyze the task requirements
2. Apply domain expertise
3. Verify output quality

Anti-Rationalization Table

Rationalization	Reality
"Good enough content works"	Quality content drives engagement. Mediocre content gets ignored.
"I will optimize later"	SEO and distribution need optimization from the start.
"Templates are good enough"	Templates are a starting point. Custom content outperforms generic.