Discovering New Piper Voices

Today we went on an exciting journey to find new Piper TTS voices for AgentVibes, and we struck gold! 🎉

The Search for Quality Free Voices

We've always believed that high-quality text-to-speech shouldn't require an expensive API subscription. While ElevenLabs offers incredible premium voices, we wanted to expand our free Piper TTS options to give everyone access to professional-sounding AI voices.

During our search, we discovered some incredible resources and talented creators who have contributed their custom-trained Piper voices to the open-source community. We found websites with custom voice models, learned about the licensing requirements, and even discovered how to create your own custom voices!

Meet Bryce Beattie

One standout discovery was Bryce Beattie's collection of high-quality Piper voices. Bryce is a developer and AI enthusiast who has generously made his custom-trained TTS voices available to the community. On his website, he states:

"Note: Feel free to use these for any legal and ethical purpose. If somebody wants to upload these to HuggingFace or somewhere similar, you have my blessing."

We took him up on that offer! These voices are exceptionally well-trained and sound natural and professional. We're incredibly thankful to Bryce for making these available to the community and helping democratize access to quality TTS technology.

Why Hugging Face?

You might be wondering: what is Hugging Face, and why did we choose to host these voices there?

Hugging Face is the GitHub of AI models. It's the world's largest platform for sharing and discovering machine learning models, datasets, and AI applications. Think of it as a central hub where AI researchers, developers, and enthusiasts can:

• Share models - Upload and distribute trained AI models
• Version control - Track changes and improvements over time
• Easy access - Simple download links and APIs for integration
• Community trust - Verified models with proper licensing and attribution
• Free hosting - No cost for hosting open-source models

We chose Hugging Face because it's the industry standard for distributing AI models. It provides:

✅ Reliable hosting - Fast, global CDN with 99.9% uptime ✅ Proper attribution - Built-in licensing and credit system ✅ Version tracking - Easy updates and improvements ✅ Community standards - Trusted by millions of AI developers ✅ Free forever - No hosting costs passed to users

You can find our AgentVibes Piper voices repository on Hugging Face, where all these new voices are hosted with proper attribution and licensing information.

Introducing 16 New Voices

We've added 16 amazing new voices to AgentVibes v2.0.18, released today! Each voice has its own unique character and style.

For fun, we've applied different AgentVibes personalities to each voice sample below so you can hear how personalities transform the way voices sound. From sarcastic to pirate, zen to dramatic - see how the same voice technology can express completely different characters!

Voice Previews with Personalities

How to Use These Voices

These voices are available in AgentVibes v2.0.18 (released today, October 17, 2025). To use them:

1. Update to v2.0.18

npm install -g agentvibes@latest

2. Switch to Piper Provider

/agent-vibes:provider switch piper

3. List Available Voices

/agent-vibes:list

You'll see all 16 new voices in the list!

4. Try a New Voice

/agent-vibes:switch "Kara Shallenberg"
/agent-vibes:switch "James K White"

Or use the preview command to hear samples before choosing:

/agent-vibes:preview

Licensing & Attribution

All voices hosted on our Hugging Face repository include proper licensing information:

• Bryce Beattie's voices - Free for any legal and ethical purpose
• Other community voices - Attribution licenses clearly specified
• Full transparency - License files included with each voice model

We're committed to respecting creators' rights while making quality TTS accessible to everyone.

🎤 NEW: Interactive Voice Selector Tool

We've just released our Interactive Voice Selector! This powerful tool lets you test all 19 voices across all 16 personalities and rate each combination to find your perfect matches.

Features

• 🎧 Test Every Combination - Listen to all 19 voices speaking in all 16 personality styles
• ⭐ Rate & Track - Rate each voice from 1-10 and track your favorites
• 👍👎 Like/Dislike System - Organize voices into "Liked" and "Unliked" categories
• ♂♀ Gender Filtering - Filter voices by male, female, or view all
• 📊 Export Ratings - Download your preferences as JSON to share or backup
• 💾 Auto-Save - All ratings persist in your browser

Try the Voice Selector Now →

Optimized Personality-Voice Pairings

Based on extensive testing with our Voice Selector tool, we've identified the optimal voice for each personality. These carefully curated pairings maximize expressiveness and character:

These pairings are now the defaults in AgentVibes when using the Piper TTS provider! You can always customize them using the Voice Selector.

What's Next?

This is just the beginning! We're excited about:

• Voice Selector Enhancements - Adding more features like comparison mode and batch testing
• More voice discoveries - Continuing to find and curate quality free voices
• Custom voice training - Exploring tools to help users create their own voices
• Community contributions - Accepting voice submissions from the community
• AI-powered matching - Automatic personality-voice pairing suggestions

Try Them Today!

Update to AgentVibes v2.0.18 and explore these 16 new voices. Each one brings unique character and quality to your AI interactions.

Huge thanks to:

• Bryce Beattie - For generously sharing his voice models
• The Piper TTS team - For building an amazing open-source TTS engine
• The Hugging Face community - For providing the infrastructure
• All voice contributors - For making quality TTS accessible

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Useful Links

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Piper TTS Voice Samples

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Ready to try the new voices? Update AgentVibes now!

npm install -g agentvibes@latest
/agent-vibes:provider switch piper
/agent-vibes:list

View on Hugging Face | Download AgentVibes