Using Custom PiperTTS Voice with Calibre Read Aloud

Troony · 04-25-2025, 02:33 AM

Hi everyone,

I’m visually impaired and really appreciate the new PiperTTS voices available in Calibre’s Read Aloud feature. I’d like to take it a step further and use a custom created voice in my native language.

Is there currently a way to use custom PiperTTS voices with the Read Aloud feature in Calibre?

Thanks in advance for any help or guidance!

kovidgoyal · 04-25-2025, 03:52 AM

No not really. First step would be to get a custom voice working with piper itself, if you manage that, then we can think about adding support for custom piper voices to calibre

04-25-2025, 02:33 AM	#1
Troony Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2025 Device: none	Using Custom PiperTTS Voice with Calibre Read Aloud Hi everyone, I’m visually impaired and really appreciate the new PiperTTS voices available in Calibre’s Read Aloud feature. I’d like to take it a step further and use a custom created voice in my native language. Is there currently a way to use custom PiperTTS voices with the Read Aloud feature in Calibre? Thanks in advance for any help or guidance!

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04-25-2025, 03:52 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,144 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No not really. First step would be to get a custom voice working with piper itself, if you manage that, then we can think about adding support for custom piper voices to calibre