- name
- mlx-tts
- description
- Text-To-Speech with MLX (Apple Silicon) and opensource models (default QWen3-TTS) locally.
- author
- guoqiao
- metadata
- {"openclaw":{"always":true,"emoji":"🦞","homepage":"https://clawhub.ai/guoqiao/mlx-tts","os":["darwin"],"requires":{"bins":["brew"]}}}
- triggers
MLX TTS
Text-To-Speech with MLX (Apple Silicon) and open-source models (default QWen3-TTS) locally.
Free and Fast. No API key required. No server required.
Requirements
mlx: macOS with Apple Siliconbrew: used to install deps if not available
Installation
bash ${baseDir}/install.shThis script will use brew to install these CLI tools if not available:
uv: install python package and run python scriptmlx_audio: do the real job
Usage
To generate audio from text, run this script:
bash ${baseDir}/mlx-tts.sh "<text>"Agent Instructions
- Run the script: Pass the text to be spoken as an argument.
- Handle Output: The script will output a path to a audio file.
Use the message tool to send the audio file to the user as an voice message:
{
"action": "send",
"filePath": "<filepath>"
}Example: User: "Say hello world" Agent:
- Runs
bash path/to/mlx-tts.sh "hello world" - Receives output:
/tmp/folder/audio.ogg - Calls
message(action="send", filePath="/tmp/folder/audio.ogg", ...)