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Gemini CLI FreeTTS batch_text_to_speech

How to: Gemini CLI FreeTTS batch_text_to_speech

client:Gemini CLI transport:streamable-http tool:batch_text_to_speech

Add FreeTTS to Gemini CLI

  1. 01

    Open ~/.gemini/settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "httpUrl": "https://mcp.freetts.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Gemini CLI.

  2. 03

    Ask for something batch_text_to_speech does. Gemini CLI lists the server's tools on connect and calls batch_text_to_speech itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that FreeTTS's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

Set these first

FreeTTS will not start until these are set, so batch_text_to_speech never becomes available.

  • FREETTS_API_KEY

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 14 November 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

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