speak

name	speak
description	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, regardless of whether narrator is enabled.

On-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 --force for 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")