brailcom/speechd

Adding Microsoft Edge voice support

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#1,082 opened on Mar 17, 2026

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Description

It would be useful to support Microsoft Edge voice, through e.g.

https://github.com/rany2/edge-tts

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Research direction
Investigate the edge tts library and its API, then implement a new output module for speechd that interfaces with it using the existing module structure as a reference.
Tech stack
c
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
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60