speak
This skill should be used when the user asks to "speak this", "read this aloud", "narrator speak", "say this out loud", or wants Claude to speak specific text or a summary of the last action on-demand
SKILL.mdskills/speak/SKILL.md
GitHubOn-Demand Speech
Speak text aloud on demand, regardless of whether narrator is currently enabled.
Usage
If the user provides specific text to speak, pipe it directly:
echo "TEXT_TO_SPEAK" | bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/speak.sh" --force
If the user does not provide specific text, summarize the last action or response and speak that summary:
echo "SUMMARY_TEXT" | bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/scripts/speak.sh" --force
The --force flag bypasses the enabled check, allowing speech even when narrator is turned off.
Important
- Always use
--forcefor on-demand speak requests - Keep spoken text concise -- summarize if the text is very long
- Ensure Kokoro is installed before attempting to speak (check with
python3 -c "import kokoro")