Playing a custom (or cloned) voice in the terminal on command.

Speak.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use Illuminate\Console\Attributes\Description;
use Illuminate\Console\Attributes\Signature;
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Laravel\Ai\Audio;

#[Signature('speak {text* : The text to speak} {--voice=qgmzByK5IxRmIg8UeLks : ElevenLabs voice ID}')]
#[Description('Generate audio with ElevenLabs and play it through the terminal')]
final class Speak extends Command
{
    public function handle(): int
    {
        $text = implode(' ', $this->argument('text'));
        $voice = (string) $this->option('voice');

        $this->components->info("Generating audio: \"{$text}\"");

        $response = Audio::of($text)->voice($voice)->generate();

        $path = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'speak_').'.mp3';
        file_put_contents($path, $response->content());

        $this->components->info('Playing...');

        $player = match (PHP_OS_FAMILY) {
            'Darwin' => 'afplay',
            'Linux' => 'mpg123 -q',
            'Windows' => 'powershell -c (New-Object Media.SoundPlayer',
            default => null,
        };

        if ($player === null) {
            $this->components->error('Unsupported OS for audio playback.');

            return self::FAILURE;
        }

        passthru(escapeshellcmd($player).' '.escapeshellarg($path));

        @unlink($path);

        return self::SUCCESS;
    }
}