💬 From the Open Minis community — shared by Xiaoyu Huang on 2026-03-23
Want to generate speech locally on-device without an API key or when the network is restricted.
On a 64GB iPhone 8 Plus, Minis installs the edge-tts Python package and generates speech without requiring the user to supply an API key. The package runs from the local shell, but speech synthesis uses Microsoft's online Edge TTS service and therefore generally requires network access. This is lightweight execution, not fully offline or on-device synthesis.
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Built-in shell | Install and run the Python package |
edge-tts (external Python package) |
Generate speech through Microsoft Edge's online TTS service |
Install edge-tts for me, then use it to convert the following text to an audio file: [text]
📷 Shared by Xiaoyu Huang · 2026-03-23 — It’s so difficult for me. Test this voice function in the 64G iPhone 8plus environment. iOS version is limited. Storage capacity is limited. Surprisingly, you can also deploy a lightweight voice TTS locally and test the effect.
- No API key required
- Network access to the Microsoft Edge TTS service
- Install the external package with
pip install edge-tts; it is not a MinisSkills repository skill
tts edge-tts local offline voice
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Original sharer: Xiaoyu Huang
2026-03-23