Voice & TTS
Hermes Agent supports both text to speech output and voice message transcription across all messaging platforms. TIP — Nous Subscribers If you have a paid Nous
Hermes Agent supports both text-to-speech output and voice message transcription across all messaging platforms. Convert text to speech with ten providers: Gemini TTS can follow natural-language performance direction. Set to a local Markdown or text file that describes the voice persona. The file can include Gemini-style sections such as , , , , and . …
What this page covers
- Text-to-Speech
- Platform Delivery
- Configuration
- Gemini Persona Prompts
- Gemini Audio Tags
- Input length limits
- Telegram Voice Bubbles & ffmpeg
- xAI Custom Voices (voice cloning)
- Piper (local, 44 languages)
- Custom command providers
- Python plugin providers
- Voice Message Transcription (STT)
- Configuration
- Provider Details
- Fallback Behavior
- STT custom command providers
- Python plugin providers (STT)
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