Text-to-Speech (TTS) is among the most popular tools for streamers interacting with their community. Sound Alerts allows you to set up TTS in various scenarios and styles — this guide will show you how to set up Text-to-Speech for your livestream in no time.
What is Text-to-Speech?
Text-to-Speech (TTS) is a tool that allows you to integrate a generated voice into your stream, which reads out messages from your viewers if they activate it. Our tool, Sound Alerts, lets you connect this voice to Bits or Channel Points alerts. You can also integrate TTS in other alert types like Subs or Follows to read a specific message whenever someone triggers an alert.
How do I set up Text-to-Speech Alerts for Bits or Channel Points?
Make sure to complete the initial Sound Alerts setup steps before starting to create your TTS Alert with Bits or Channel Points. After that, follow this tutorial:
- Visit the "My Alerts" section of your Sound Alerts Dashboard and select "Extension" (Bits) or Channel Points.
- Click "+ Add new Button" and select "Text-to-Speech".
- The right side of your screen shows you the alert settings now — adjust the name, number of Bits/Channel Points, voice type, language, and other settings to customize your alert.
- Congratulations, you completed the setup of your TTS alert.
You can set up the TTS alerts for Bits and Channel Points at the same time as well.
Customizing Text-to-Speech Alerts
When you set up your Text-to-Speech alerts with Sound Alerts, there are various customization options to choose from — these are the most essential ones available to you:
- Language Settings: Select the language most of your viewers speak to optimize the Text-to-Speech quality.
- Voice Settings: Adjust the voice type and choose between several voice options.
- Animation Settings: Customize the visual part of your alert with GIFs, videos, or our Alert Animation Store.
- Chat Notification: Use this setting to add a chat notification sent by the Sound Alerts Chatbot whenever the alert is activated. You can customize the text element with variables.
- Volume Settings: Adjust the volume of the submitted videos using this setting.
- Sub Settings: Decide whether this alert should only be available to your Twitch Subs(only available for the Twitch Extension).
How do I set up Text-to-Speech Announcements for other Alert Types?
You can enhance the following alert types with a TTS announcement, which will read out a customizable message after the alert has concluded:
- Follower alerts
- Sub alerts
- Raid alerts
- Cheering alerts
- Hype Train alerts
- Shoutout alerts
- Tipping alerts
Follow these steps to activate a TTS announcement via our Dashboard:
- Visit the "My Alerts" section and select "Other Alerts".
- Click on one of your existing alerts or add a new one via the "+ Add Alert Event" button.
- Scroll down on the settings' right side and click "Text-to-Speech" to enable it.
- The new menu allows you to customize certain aspects of Text-to-Speech, such as the voice or the type of message it should include. Customize this based on your stream preferences.
- Congratulations! You have completed the setup of a Text-to-Speech announcement for your alerts.
Moderation Settings for Text-to-Speech
Moderation settings are an essential part of the Text-to-Speech experience. Our Twitch Extension includes a basic moderation check to filter profanity. Channel Points TTS also consists of the Twitch Automod features, which you can customize via your Twitch Creator Dashboard.
However, Sound Alerts also includes some additional moderation settings in case you need them:
- Manual Approval: You can turn on manual approval for TTS alerts in the settings, which allows you and your mods to approve messages before they appear on stream.
- Maximum TTS Length: You can set up a maximum length for TTS messages via the settings to avoid long messages that would disturb your streaming flow.
- Profanity Filter Strength: You can increase or lower the strength of our Text-to-Speech profanity filter to match the needs of your stream.
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