DECTalk Voices Reference

The 9 original DECTalk voices, each with unique characteristics.

Voice List

Voice	Description	Type
paul	Perfect Paul (default, Moonbase Alpha)	Male
betty	Beautiful Betty	Female
harry	Huge Harry (deep voice)	Male
frank	Frail Frank (elderly)	Male
dennis	Doctor Dennis	Male
kit	Kit the Kid	Child
ursula	Uppity Ursula	Female
rita	Rough Rita (gravelly)	Female
wendy	Whispering Wendy (soft)	Female

Using Voices in Discord

Set Your Voice

[p]ttstoy myvoice paul
[p]tts aeiou john madden

The voice command [:np] is automatically prepended to your text.

Override Voice Mid-Text

You can use DECTalk commands to change voices within your message:

[p]tts [:nh]I'm gonna eat a pizza. [:dial67589340] Hi, can i order a pizza? [:nv]no! [:nh]why? [:nv] cuz you are john madden![:np]

Voice commands:

[:np] - Paul
[:nb] - Betty
[:nh] - Harry
[:nf] - Frank
[:nd] - Dennis
[:nk] - Kit
[:nu] - Ursula
[:nr] - Rita
[:nw] - Wendy

Testing Voices

# Test all voices
for voice in paul betty harry frank dennis kit ursula rita wendy; do
    echo "Testing $voice..."
    curl "http://127.0.0.1:33001/say?text=Hello%20I%20am%20$voice&voice=$voice" -o "${voice}.mp3"
done

In Discord

# Set voice and speak
[p]ttstoy voice paul
[p]tts aeiou john madden

# Change voice
[p]ttstoy voice betty
[p]tts Hello, I am Beautiful Betty

# Override voice in text
[p]tts [:nh]Deep voice [:nb]now female voice [:np]back to paul

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