Embedded TTS Systems Voice AI Tools

Lightweight text-to-speech implementations for microcontrollers and embedded devices (Arduino, ESP32, Teensy). Does NOT include cloud-based TTS services, general TTS libraries for standard computers, or speech recognition systems.

There are 22 embedded tts systems tools tracked. The highest-rated is arjo129/uSpeech at 43/100 with 475 stars.

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#	Tool	Score	Tier	Stars	Language
1	arjo129/uSpeech Speech recognition toolkit for the arduino	43	Emerging	475	C++
2	roboticslab-uc3m/speech Text To Speech (TTS) and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR).	39	Emerging	6	C++
3	earlephilhower/BackgroundAudio Arduino library for easy, interrupt driven speech, MP3, AAC, and WAV...	37	Emerging	119	C
4	jscrane/TTS Arduino Text-to-Speech Library	33	Emerging	214	C
5	GmEsoft/SP0256_CTS256A-AL2 G.I./Microchip SP0256 Speech Processor and CTS256A-AL2 Text-To-Speech...	32	Emerging	20	C++
6	jim11662418/General_Instrument_CTS256_SP0256_Speech_Synthesizer Vintage General Instrument Speech Synthesizer CTS256 with SP0256	28	Experimental	11	Assembly
7	alkhimey/esp32-flite Speech synthesis running on ESP32 based on Flite engine.	27	Experimental	75	C
8	pschatzmann/arduino-simple-tts A simple TTS solution based on pre-recorded audio	26	Experimental	21	C
9	mecparts/CTS256-exceptions An exception-word EPROM generator for the CTS25AL2 text-to-speech IC.	25	Experimental	3	C
10	pschatzmann/arduino-flite A small fast portable speech synthesis system	22	Experimental	30	C
11	mecparts/Talker A code-to-speech board based on the General Instrument 1980s chip set	22	Experimental	9	—
12	GmEsoft/CTS256A-AL2 Commented disassembly of the GI(tm) CTS256A-AL2(tm) Code-To-Speech Processor	22	Experimental	7	Assembly
13	GmEsoft/TRS80_SAY S.A.M.-based text-to-speech voice synthesizer, for TRS-80 CP/M and LS-DOS 6...	22	Experimental	9	Assembly
14	joszuijderwijk/BarryBox BarryBox is an MQTT controlled TTS Speaker. You can hook it up to the...	20	Experimental	8	PHP
15	DLehenbauer/c64-sam Documented 6502 assembly code for the SAM voice synthesizer	19	Experimental	10	Assembly
16	d4rkmen/flatsphere Clock with TTS for WaveShare ESP32-S3 Touch LCD 1.85"	16	Experimental	11	C
17	RutronikSystemSolutions/RDK3_BLE_EnOcean Project used to illustrate how to use a RDK3 to interact with EnOcean BLE...	13	Experimental	—	Assembly
18	pschatzmann/TalkiePCM Platform Independent TTS Library that generates PCM data	13	Experimental	7	C
19	maziac/currah_uspeech_tests Tests for the ZX Spectrums speech synthesizer peripheral: Currah uSpeech...	13	Experimental	5	Assembly
20	smarthomesnowy/ESPHome-BluetoothClock My DIY Clock / Bluetooth Speaker	12	Experimental	4	—
21	nithin-k-shine/text-to-speech-using-Arduino A health monitoring project to convert the temperature, pulse rate and blood...	11	Experimental	2	C++
22	TiagoRueda/TTS_ESP32_IDF Text-to-Speech (TTS) com ESP32 usando FreeRTOS e Flite	11	Experimental	7	C

Comparisons in this category

SP0256_CTS256A-AL2 and General_Instrument_CTS256_SP0256_Speech_Synthesizer (32 vs 28) SP0256_CTS256A-AL2 and CTS256A-AL2 (32 vs 22) SP0256_CTS256A-AL2 and CTS256-exceptions (32 vs 25)