The Obsidian Edge TTS Plugin is a community plugin for Obsidian that allows you to read your notes aloud using Microsoft's Edge TTS API. It supports a variety of voices and locales, making it an excellent tool for users who want to listen to their notes while multitasking or to improve accessibility.
- Read selected text or entire notes aloud
- Choose from a list of top voices or specify a custom voice
- Adjust playback speed of voice over
- Toggle optional notices for playback status
- Option to generate mp3 file and embed it directly in note
- Listen to voice samples before selecting a voice (via tts.travisvn.com)
- Open Obsidian
- Go to Settings → Community Plugins
- Search for Edge TTS
- Click Install and then Enable
Alternatively, you can manually download the latest release from GitHub Releases
- Open the note you want to read aloud (or select the text)
- Use the Read note aloud command from the command palette
- or Click the ribbon icon (if enabled)
- or Playback button in the status bar — this both starts a narration and then allows you to pause or resume once it's started
- or Right-click on a file and select
Read note aloud
- ✨ New ✨ Right-click on a file and select
Generate MP3to save the narration to an mp3 and embed it in the note
To access the plugin settings:
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Go to Settings → Community Plugins → Edge TTS.
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Configure the following options:
- Select voice: Choose from a list of top voices.
- Custom voice: Manually enter a custom voice.
- Playback speed: Adjust playback speed multiplier.
- Show notices: Toggle notices for playback status and errors.
- Show status bar button: Toggle playback button in status bar.
- Generate MP3: Toggle settings related to the
Generate MP3menu option. - Voice Samples: Visit tts.travisvn.com to sample available voices.