Aloud

Highlight and speak text from your Obsidian notes. Converts text to audio using lifelike voices from various providers.

Just add your API key from a supported provider. Choose from available voices.

Supported TTS Models:

• OpenAI: (e.g., tts-1, tts-1-hd, gpt-4o-mini). OpenAI charges Audio at $0.015 per 1,000 characters.
• Google Gemini: (Gemini 2.5 series)
• Hume AI: (Hume voices with customization)
• ElevenLabs: (Model selection, voice selection, stability/similarity options)
• Fish Audio: (S2 Pro/S1 models with custom voice model IDs)
• Azure Speech Services: (Region, voice and output format selection)
• MiniMax: (speech-2.6-hd, speech-2.6-turbo, speech-02-hd, speech-02-turbo, speech-01-hd, speech-01-turbo)
• AWS Polly: (Region, voice, neural/standard engine, output format)

You can also configure a custom API endpoint if you have an OpenAI compatible API server that has an /v1/audio/speech endpoint. For example openedai-speech.

Features:

Visual Feedback: Active sentence is highlighted and updated as playback progresses.

Listen immediately: Audio is streamed sentence-by-sentence. Jump back and forth by skipping by sentence.

Variable Speeds: On device playback rate adjustor for improved audio quality.

Caching: Audio is cached in your vault to reduce costs, and automatically removed. Cache duration is configurable. Audio may be cached device local or in a vault directory.

Export and Embed Audio: Quickly export to audio files: export audio files from selection, or embed audio by pasting text from your clipboard.

Play text from anywhere: Lots of commands. Play text to speech directly from your clipboard.

OS Integration: Integrates with your mobile phone to play while locked. Pause/Play with OS controls on desktop.

Alternate TTS Models

You can also run alternate models if you have an OpenAI‑compatible API server that exposes /v1/audio/speech (for example, openedai-speech). Configure the URL and API key in the plugin settings under “OpenAI Compatible (Advanced)”.

Support

If you find this plugin useful, you can support development on Ko-fi. Donations help cover API keys for testing provider integrations.