TTS-Story
TTS-Story is a text-to-speech application for turning stories and manuscripts into narrated audio.
What TTS-Story is
TTS-Story is a text-to-speech application for turning stories and manuscripts into narrated audio. It offers 20 generation choices across local CPU and GPU, self-hosted, and cloud engines. Speaker tags support narration with multiple voices; compatible engines also provide reference voice cloning and voice-design workflows. Optional manuscript preparation can connect to Gemini, Atlas Cloud, OpenRouter, LM Studio, or Ollama. The app can detect chapters and sections, export them separately, or produce one full-story file. Its queue supports pausing, resuming, cancellation, retries, and recovery checkpoints. In the Audio Library, users can review or regenerate chunks and rebuild output. Export formats include MP3, WAV, OGG, and M4B, with per-speaker pitch and speed controls, pause markers, silence controls, and ACX-oriented processing. TTS-Story is free. Local engines keep text and synthesis on the computer after required downloads; cloud services receive the text they synthesize, and cloud cloning services may receive reference audio. Settings and API keys are stored in plain text in config.json.
Good
- Twenty local, self-hosted, and cloud generation choices
- Supports MP3, WAV, OGG, and M4B exports
- Chapter detection and separate or combined exports
- Queue supports pause, resume, retries, and recovery
- Free application with voice cloning support
Watch out
- Some local engines need substantial GPU memory
- Heavy engines may be impractical on CPU
- API keys are stored as plain text
- Cloud providers receive text they synthesize
Who it suits
It suits authors and audiobook creators who want chapter-aware narration, multiple speakers, and local or hosted engine choices. Users should consider the local hardware limits and how their text or reference audio may be handled by cloud providers.
Verdict
TTS-Story combines multi-voice narration, chapter handling, and several export formats in a free application. Before choosing it, weigh local engine hardware demands and the plain-text credential storage against its available workflows.
Plans and prices
From TTS-Story's own pricing page, checked 13 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Application freely available · hosted engines may require provider accounts, credits, subscriptions, or usage billing |
The facts
Each one read from TTS-Story's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audiobook tools
- It detects chapters and sections and supports separate chapter exports or a combined full-story output.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Cloud providers
- Listed hosted speech connections include Replicate, Microsoft Azure Speech, Microsoft Edge TTS, ElevenLabs, Breeze API, and OpenAI-compatible TTS.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Commercial limits
- Commercial hosted Breeze outputs require an active paid subscription at generation time, and local Breeze model restrictions also apply.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Credential storage
- Settings and API keys are stored in local config.json as plain text, and the maker advises users not to share or commit that file.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Engine choices
- It offers twenty normal generation choices across local CPU, local GPU, self-hosted, and cloud generation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Engines
- It offers twenty generation choices across local CPU, local GPU, self-hosted, and cloud speech generation.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- MP3,WAV,OGG,M4Bchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Export processing
- It includes per-speaker pitch and speed controls, pause markers, silence controls, and ACX-oriented processing.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The project provides installation instructions for Windows, Linux, and macOS, plus a Pinokio installation option.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The application code is licensed under Apache 2.0, while third-party models, voice samples, and hosted services have separate terms and may not grant commercial output rights.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Limits
- The README notes that some heavier local engines need substantial GPU memory and can be very slow or impractical on CPU.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Local engines
- Local engines can be installed individually, each in its own virtual environment and model/cache folder.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Narration
- Speaker tags support multi-speaker narration, and voice options include built-in voices, custom blends, reference cloning, and voice design workflows.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Local engines keep manuscript text and synthesis on the computer after required downloads, while cloud TTS and LLM providers receive the text sent to them.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Production features
- The app detects chapters, queues jobs with pause and resume, and provides chunk review, speaker regeneration, MP3 downloads, and M4B packaging.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- TTS-Story is a web-based multi-voice text-to-speech application for creating narrated stories and audiobooks.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Queue and library
- The job queue supports progress, pause and resume, cancellation, retries, and recovery checkpoints, while the Audio Library supports chunk review, regeneration, rebuilding, and MP3/M4B exports.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Remote administration
- Engine installation, removal, and backend restart are localhost-only unless authenticated remote administration is explicitly enabled.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Self-hosted connection
- TTS-Story can connect to an existing self-hosted LocalAI server and discover compatible TTS models and server voices.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker directs users to open GitHub issues for bugs, feature requests, or questions and provides a searchable in-app Help tab.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Text preparation
- Optional manuscript preparation connects to Gemini, Atlas Cloud, OpenRouter, LM Studio, or Ollama.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Voice cloning
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The maker documents installation on Windows, Linux, and macOS, plus installation through Pinokio.checked 13 Oct 2026
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