[CGMZ] Text To Speech for RPG Maker MZ

Hi all, introducing [CGMZ] Text To Speech!

This plugin adds Text To Speech to your game, which is technology that can speak text out loud. This plugin can be used for either gameplay or accessibility.

Gameplay

If you want the classic text to speech voice to say something in your game, this plugin can handle it. Use a plugin command to easily speak a line of dialogue in familiar voices. You can control the volume, pitch, and rate of speech as well.

Accessibility

Text To Speech can help some gamers enjoy your game by reading text on screen out loud to them. This can be important for people with low vision, dyslexia, or other conditions that may cause them to struggle with text.

Please note that simply including this plugin into your game will not accommodate everyone, it is just one thing in a range of design considerations that can lead to a more accessible game.

Preview

Optional

Of course, not everyone wants Text To Speech, so this plugin makes it completely optional. You can control this with a simple game switch, or you can also integrate it with an options plugin such as [CGMZ] Options to add an option to toggle Text To Speech on or off. To add it as an option, if using [CGMZ] plugins, you do not need to know any JavaScript. Simply type in the symbol "cgmz_tts" in the symbol parameter and it will automatically function.

Roadmap

As with all of my plugins, this plugin will receive lots of support. There are already some planned features to be added in future updates. These include:

• Automatic reading of built-in list windows (item lists, skill lists, etc)
• Better handling of automatic reading for choice window options
• Additional voices
• Separate options for gameplay / accessibility reasons for speech

Do you have any ideas you'd like to see added to the plugin not already listed above? Let me know in the comments or in my Discord's #suggestion channel! I appreciate all suggestions I get and add them all to my to-do list.

PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING:

Please be aware that you can access this as well as all of my other Alpha plugins for $5 on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CasperGamingRPGM

This is posted to Itch.io since some people only use Itch and are not aware my Patreon and all of my beta/alpha plugins exist, or want to have everything in one convenient location (itch.io), or do not want to do a monthly subscription.

Casper Gaming's Beta/Alpha plugins are treated as an "early access" and will eventually be free for everyone once they are fully released, though this process can take months/years. By purchasing in beta/alpha, you are able to provide early feedback/suggestions which are more likely to make it into the final fully released plugin.

Quick Facts

✅ RPG Maker MZ
✅ No obfuscation
✅ All future updates included
✅ No AI used at any point in the creation of this plugin

Credit & Requirements

Please see terms of use here: Terms of Use

Requires CGMZ Core plugin: CGMZ Core

Happy RPG Making!