GATO: Text-to-Speech

This plugin is a plug-and-play tool for games to have text-to-speech options. It is based on Godot’s TTS, but it provides a simpler API and a UI that can be used while playing the game to configure the voice that reads the text.

How it works

Godot’s solution is already really good, so this is mostly a wrapper for Godot’s DisplayWindow text-to-speech functions. It centralizes TTS configuration and usage in a single Autoload script with dedicated signals and methods.

Usage example

First you need to initialize it by providing a language. It will take a default voice from that language so you don’t have to choose.

func _ready() -> void:
	GatoTextToSpeech.set_language("es") # "es" for Spanish voices

Then you can use it like this. This will read the button’s text (“Action”) out loud.

# button.gd

var button_text: String = "Action"

func _on_focus_grabbed() -> void:
	GatoTextToSpeech.read(button_text)

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This plugin is part of GATO (Godot Accessibility Toolkit).