How to Set Up Text-to-Speech Alerts with Blerp

How to Set Up Text-to-Speech Alerts with Blerp

Blerp offers a free Text-to-Speech (TTS) feature that allows your viewers to send messages that are read aloud during your livestream. Here’s how you can set it up.

Who Can Use Text-to-Speech Alerts with Blerp?

This feature is available to all streamers using Blerp. Twitch Affiliates and Partners can use it with Bits and Beets, along with other available alerts.

How to Activate Text-to-Speech Alerts

You can enable TTS alerts through the TTS tab on your Blerp Dashboard. This is where you can turn on and configure the TTS feature.

Adding TTS to Your Blerp Extension

Enable the Feature:

1. Go to Blerp.com and on the left-side menu select "Discover" and select Streamer Mode

2. On the left-side menu, select Extension and Text-to-Speech library

3. Look for the Library is off button and turn it on

To Add TTS Voices: Go back to Blerp Discover mode and select Text-To-Speech from the preset filters.

You can select from the results the Voices you want to use for your TTS Library. Just click on the ➕ to pin and add the voice to your TTS library.

Configuring Your Text-to-Speech Alerts

You can customize your TTS alerts with various settings, including:

Whitelisted Viewers

Bits/Beets Price

Volume

Number of Characters per TTS Message

Adding Custom Words to the Filter

In the TTS tab, you can add specific terms to a list of banned words. These words will be excluded from being read aloud by the TTS alerts.

How Viewers Can Use Your Text-to-Speech Alerts

Your viewers don’t need to install anything or leave Twitch to use Text-to-Speech alerts via the Blerp Extension.

Using TTS in the Twitch Extension

Viewers can activate TTS alerts through the Blerp Twitch Extension by typing their message in the provided text box and having the required amount of Bits you’ve set.

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