Text to Speech (TTS) Example

Intro

This extension adds text-to-speech capabilities to reveal.js for Quarto. It uses the Web Speech API in your browser to synthesize speech from text. See the README for more info on using the extension. This is an example of how it can be used.

Let’s see how Bob’s day went in the next few slides.

Getting up

  • Turn off alarm
  • Get out of bed

You can cancel the TTS speech at any time by pressing the q key.

Breakfast

  • Eat eggs
  • Drink coffee

You can toggle on/off the TTS plugin by pressing t.

Lunch

  • Eat sandwich
  • Drink soda

At any time you pause or resume the TTS speech by pressing the p key.

Dinner

  • Eat spaghetti
  • Drink wine

You can update the default settings for things like the speech rate, tts voice, and other stuff in the YAML header of your Quarto file.

Sleep

  • Get in bed
  • Count sheep
  • Dream about a TTS bot that read slides describing his day