Name: Announcer
Author: Oliver Drobnik

According to AlphaMoat, as of 2026-09, Announcer has 3,362 downloads and 1 stars — ranked #3,352 of 5,078 AI skills overall, and #310 of 512 in Design & Media.

Installs

257

Downloads

3.4K

Stars

Overall Rank

#3,352

Top 67% overall · Top 61% in Design & Media

Platform	Installs	Downloads	Stars	Comments
ClawHub ↗	103	3.2K	1	-
SkillHub ↗	257	3.4K	1	—

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What this skill does

The workflow depends on macOS, Airfoil, ElevenLabs TTS, and configured speakers; it can target selected speakers and include or skip a chime. Announcement text is sent to ElevenLabs for processing, so confirm that sensitive text may use an external service.

Profile published 2026-10-27

What you can do with it

Convert text to speech and play it over AirPlay
Choose target speakers or a chime option
Review configured speakers and playback settings

When to use it

When you need a spoken notice at home or in a selected room
When routing a text announcement to AirPlay speakers
When checking whether text may be sent to an external TTS service

Example prompts

Generated from the skill’s documentation as examples; not results of actual runs.

Turn “Dinner is ready” into speech and play it on the living-room speaker.

Send this notice to the selected room and skip the chime.

Before playing, tell me which speech service will receive the text.

Monthly Trend

Downloads3.4K

Stars1

The counting method changed in 2026-09: skills with the same name are now counted separately by author, and the full catalog is covered. Dashed lines show months before the change; they are not compared with later months, and no growth is computed across the change.

Month	Downloads	MoM	Stars
2026-09	3.4K	—	1
2026-08	3.1K	+4.8%	1
2026-07	3.0K	+9.7%	1
2026-06	2.7K	+5.6%	1
2026-05	2.6K	—	1
2026-03	2.2K	—	1

SKILL.md (original)

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---
name: announcer
description: "Announce text throughout the house via AirPlay speakers using Airfoil + ElevenLabs TTS."
summary: "House-wide TTS announcements via AirPlay speakers, Airfoil, and ElevenLabs."
version: 1.2.3
homepage: https://github.com/odrobnik/announcer-skill
metadata:
  {
    "openclaw":
      {

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        "emoji": "📢",
        "requires": { "bins": ["python3", "ffmpeg"], "apps": ["Airfoil"], "env": ["ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"], "skills": ["elevenlabs"], "platform": "macos" },
      },
  }
---

# Announcer

Play TTS announcements through AirPlay speakers via Airfoil and ElevenLabs.

## How It Works

1. Generate speech via ElevenLabs (high-quality opus → stereo MP3)
2. Connect to AirPlay speakers via Airfoil
3. Play an optional chime (gong) followed by the announcement
4. Disconnect speakers after playback

## Setup

See [SETUP.md](SETUP.md) for prerequisites and setup instructions.

## Usage

```bash
# Announce to all configured speakers
python3 skills/announcer/scripts/announce.py "Dinner is ready!"

# Announce to specific speakers only
python3 skills/announcer/scripts/announce.py "Wake up!" --speakers "Kids Room"

# Skip the chime
python3 skills/announcer/scripts/announce.py "Quick note" --no-gong
```

## File Structure

```
announcer/
├── SKILL.md
├── assets/
│   └── gong_stereo.mp3      # Announcement chime
└── scripts/
    └── announce.py           # Main announcement script
```

User config (not part of skill):
```
~/clawd/announcer/
└── config.json               # Speaker list, voice, audio settings
```