Which voices are included in the audition?

It auditions the standard Kokoro catalog, including top-rated voices like Heart (af_heart) and Bella (af_bella), as well as various male and female profiles with pre-assigned quality grades.

Does this skill require an active internet connection?

No, Kokoro TTS runs entirely locally on your Mac's hardware once the initial models and engine are installed.

Can I audition my own custom text?

Yes, the skill automatically reads text from your macOS clipboard (pbpaste); if the clipboard is empty, it falls back to a default sample passage.

What hardware is required for this skill?

This skill requires an Apple Silicon Mac (M-series chip) with the Kokoro TTS engine installed and MLX Metal acceleration available.

How do I change my default voice after auditioning?

The skill includes a workflow phase to update your mise.toml configuration file with the new voice ID and can prompt you to restart your bot to apply changes.

Kokoro Voice Audition & Quality Grader

Name: Kokoro Voice Audition & Quality Grader
Author: terrylica

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Productivity & Workflow

Auditions and compares Kokoro TTS voice quality on macOS to help you select and configure the best narrative voices.

The Voice Quality Audition skill provides a specialized workflow for evaluating Kokoro TTS voices on Apple Silicon Macs. It enables users to perform side-by-side comparisons of available voices using either custom clipboard text or default passages, facilitating informed decisions when setting primary English and Chinese voices. By integrating automated health checks, sequential audio playback via afplay, and direct configuration updates to mise.toml, this skill streamlines the process of optimizing text-to-speech output for Telegram bots and local automation workflows.

Key Features

01Sequential auditioning of 10+ Kokoro voices with automated name announcements

02Direct configuration updates for TTS_VOICE_EN and TTS_VOICE_ZH in mise.toml

03Automated health checks for Kokoro engine and MLX Metal dependencies

04Clipboard integration for testing custom text passages across different voice profiles

0519 GitHub stars

06Selective auditioning to compare specific high-grade voices or gender subsets

Use Cases

01Testing how specific technical jargon or custom scripts sound across various voice IDs

02Selecting the most natural-sounding voice for automated Telegram notifications

03Re-evaluating voice quality grades after a Kokoro engine or model upgrade

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add terrylica/cc-skills voice-quality-audition

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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