archy-demo/web-dist/assets/audio/README-welcome-speech.md

Welcome Noderunner Speech

The intro plays a sci-fi female voice saying "Welcome Noderunner" as the text types in.

Generate the audio (ElevenLabs)

1. Get a free API key at elevenlabs.io (free tier: 10k chars/month)
2. Run:

   cd neode-ui
   ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=your_key npm run generate-welcome-speech
   

3. Commit welcome-noderunner.mp3 to the repo

Custom sci-fi voice

Browse ElevenLabs Voice Library and search for "sci-fi", "AI", "robot", or "character". Copy the voice ID from the URL or voice settings, then:

ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=your_key ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID=voice_id npm run generate-welcome-speech

Recommended: "The Digital Oracle", "The Friendly AI Assistant", or similar character voices from the Synthetic/Character categories.