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🎤 Add Gemini 2.5 Native Voice TTS Provider

This PR implements Google's Gemini 2.5 native text-to-speech capabilities as an official voice provider in VoltAgent.

✨ Features

  • 30 High-Quality Voices - Professional voices with distinct characteristics (Zephyr, Puck, Kore, Fenrir, etc.)
  • Single-Speaker TTS - Standard text-to-speech with voice selection
  • Multi-Speaker Conversations - Support for up to 2 speakers with different voice assignments
  • Controllable Speech - Natural language style prompts (e.g., "Say with great excitement")
  • 24 Language Support - Automatic language detection and support
  • Professional Audio Quality - 24kHz, 16-bit, mono PCM output
  • TypeScript Support - Complete type definitions and interfaces
  • Consistent Architecture - Follows existing VoltAgent voice provider patterns

📁 Files Added/Modified

Core Implementation

  • packages/voice/src/providers/gemini/index.ts - Main GeminiVoiceProvider class
  • packages/voice/src/providers/gemini/types.ts - TypeScript definitions and voice metadata
  • packages/voice/src/index.ts - Export new provider
  • packages/voice/package.json - Added @google/genai dependency

Documentation & Examples

  • examples/with-voice-gemini/ - Complete example with usage demonstrations
  • website/docs/agents/voice.md - Updated documentation

🚀 Usage Examples

Single-Speaker TTS

const geminiVoice = new GeminiVoiceProvider({
  apiKey: process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY!,
  voice: "Kore", // Firm style
});

const audioStream = await geminiVoice.speak("Hello from Gemini!");

Multi-Speaker Conversations

const audioStream = await geminiVoice.speak(conversationText, {
  speakers: [
    { speaker: "Alice", voice: "Leda" }, // Youthful
    { speaker: "Bob", voice: "Gacrux" },  // Mature
  ],
});

Style-Controlled Speech

const audioStream = await geminiVoice.speak("Welcome!", {
  voice: "Fenrir",
  style: "Say with great excitement and enthusiasm",
});

🎯 Benefits

  • Cost Efficiency - Potentially lower costs than dedicated TTS services
  • Quality - Professional-grade voice synthesis
  • Flexibility - 30 voice options across 24 languages
  • Control - Natural language style control
  • Integration - Seamless with existing Gemini AI workflows
  • Multi-speaker - Built-in conversation support

🔧 Technical Details

  • No Breaking Changes - Fully backward compatible
  • Consistent API - Implements BaseVoiceProvider interface
  • Error Handling - Comprehensive error handling and event emission
  • No Fake Streaming - Honest about capabilities (generates complete audio files like OpenAI)
  • Dependencies - Added @google/genai ^1.3.0

✅ Testing

  • TypeScript compilation successful
  • All voice provider interface methods implemented
  • Error handling for missing API keys
  • Voice metadata and listing functionality
  • Example application runs successfully
  • Documentation updated

📚 Documentation

  • Updated voice provider documentation
  • Complete example with README
  • Usage patterns and best practices
  • Performance notes and limitations

🎉 Ready for Review

This implementation adds Gemini 2.5 native TTS as a first-class voice provider in VoltAgent, giving users access to Google's cutting-edge voice synthesis technology with the same consistent API they're used to.

The provider is production-ready and follows all existing VoltAgent patterns and conventions.


Implementation Highlights:

  1. Voice Variety: 30 professionally crafted voices with unique characteristics
  2. Multi-Speaker Support: Create conversations with up to 2 different speakers
  3. Style Control: Use natural language to control speech tone and delivery
  4. Language Support: Automatic detection across 24 languages
  5. Quality: Professional 24kHz audio output
  6. Integration: Seamless compatibility with existing VoltAgent architecture

Example Use Cases:

  • Podcast generation with multiple speakers
  • Audiobook creation with style control
  • Multilingual applications
  • Voice-enabled AI assistants
  • Educational content with engaging narration

This contribution expands VoltAgent's voice capabilities significantly while maintaining the high standards of code quality and user experience that VoltAgent is known for.

- add GeminiVoiceProvider with 30 high-quality voices
- Support single-speaker and multi-speaker TTS (up to 2 speakers)
- Natural language style control for speech characteristics
- 24 language support with automatic detection
- Professional audio quality (24kHz, 16-bit, mono PCM)
- Complete example with usage demonstrations
- Updated documentation with Gemini provider info

Features:
✅ 30 Gemini voices with style metadata (Zephyr, Puck, Kore, etc.)
✅ Multi-speaker conversations with voice assignment
✅ Style prompts (e.g., 'Say with great excitement')
✅ TypeScript support with comprehensive types
✅ Error handling and event emission
✅ Consistent with existing VoltAgent voice architecture

Breaking Changes: None
Dependencies: Added @google/genai ^1.0.0
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fav-devs added 3 commits June 3, 2025 18:40
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- Remove unused GEMINI_TTS_MODELS import
- Remove invalid baseURL option from GoogleGenAI constructor
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@fav-devs fav-devs changed the title feat(voice): Add Gemini 2.5 Native TTS Provider feat(voice): add Gemini 2.5 Native TTS Provider Jun 4, 2025
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