characteristic-voice

Triggers

• characteristic voice
• companion voice
• talk like a friend
• good morning / good night voice
• comfort me
• cheer me up
• sound more human

The Two Tricks

1. Non-lexical fillers — sprinkle in little human noises (hmm, haha, aww, heh) at natural pause points to make speech feel alive
2. Emotion tuning — adjust warmth, joy, sadness, tenderness to match the moment

Filler Sounds Palette

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Presets

Good Night

Good Morning

Comfort

Celebration

Just Chatting

Using a Character's Voice

skills/characteristic-voice/

1. Find a YouTube video, movie clip where the character involves, preferably a personal speech or voice memo.
2. Download the subtitle (e.g. via

   yt-dlp "xxxx" --write-auto-sub --sub-lang en --skip-download -o xxxx 

   )
3. Read the subtitle to get the end timestamp of first line from the character (e.g. via

   rg -n "xxxx" tmp/xxx.en.vtt

   ) or section title.
4. Download the audio until the end timestamp or section title (e.g. via

   yt-dlp "xxxx" -x --audio-format wav  --download-sections *00:00:00-00:00:25  -o skills/characteristic-voice/xxx

   ), use ffmpeg to trim the exact timerage.

--ref-audio

bash skills/characteristic-voice/scripts/speak.sh \
  --preset goodnight -t "Hmm... rest well~ Sweet dreams." \
  --ref-audio skills/characteristic-voice/hermione.wav -o night.wav

--ref-audio

Usage

speak.sh

tts

# Use a preset (auto-sets emotion + speed)
bash skills/characteristic-voice/scripts/speak.sh \
  --preset goodnight -t "Hmm... rest well~ Sweet dreams." -o night.wav

# Custom emotion override
bash skills/characteristic-voice/scripts/speak.sh \
  -t "Aww... I'm right here." --emo '{"Tenderness":0.9}' --speed 0.75 -o comfort.wav

# With specific backend and voice
bash skills/characteristic-voice/scripts/speak.sh \
  --preset morning -t "Good morning~" --voice-id voice_abc --backend noiz -o morning.mp3 --format mp3

bash skills/characteristic-voice/scripts/speak.sh --help

Writing Guide for the Agent

1. Start soft — lead with a filler ("hmm...", "oh~"), not content
2. Mirror energy — gentle when they're low, match when they're high
3. Keep it brief — 1–3 sentences, like a voice message from a friend
4. End warmly — close with connection ("I'm here", "see you tomorrow~")
5. Don't lecture — listen and stay present; no unsolicited advice