Version 1.4.0

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Hi I'm Lerche!

Lerche is a next-gen Discord text-to-speech bot built for the idea of perfect text to voice usage that can fit in, almost perfectly, into an active conversation in VC.

She reads messages out loud using high-quality ElevenLabs voices, giving her a much more natural, expressive, and emotionally rich sound than standard TTS. Lerche can sound playful, soft, serious, dramatic, chaotic, calm, or whatever your server wants her to be.

Her voice can be so convincing that people have mistaken her for a real person in voice chat.

The tts messages can be super simple, or they can be more expressive with tags to help the feeling of the text.

Example:

[Excited] Hi! I'm Lerche! [Cheer] Lets go! [Nervous] Hope I don't suck once you try me out.

Why Add Lerche?

• Next-gen, natural-sounding TTS powered by ElevenLabs
• Emotionally rich voices! Seriously ... pace, tone, expression ... all possible. It becomes a skill to write good tts prompts :)
• Fully customisable voice IDs per server. Male & Female ... can edit both! (more to come)
• Great for no-mic players, quiet users, accessibility, roleplay and so on ...
• Reads messages directly into your current voice channel. No more "look at the chat please!"
• Supports both a dedicated TTS channel and /t message mode
• Role-based access with Lerche Listens or Amelia Listens
• Admin controls for voices, replies, idle timeout, and queue clearing

How She Works

By default, Lerche listens in a chosen TTS text channel, usually #tts.

Join a voice channel, type a message in the TTS channel, and Lerche will join your VC and read it out loud. Messages are cleaned up before being spoken, so mentions and links sound more natural instead of being read as messy Discord text.

If your server prefers a more flexible setup, admins can enable /t room mode. With this mode on, users can type /t your message in normal chat and Lerche will read it in their current voice channel.

Custom Voices

Lerche is fully customisable through ElevenLabs voice IDs.

Admins can set different voices for the server, including a default voice and a male voice for members with the male role. This means your server can make Lerche sound exactly how you want: cute, serious, smooth, dramatic, cursed, anime, calm, unhinged, or anything in between.

Commands

All commands can be found on her support discord server, please join if you're confused!

/help

Shows help and support information.

/tts-channel-name channel-name

Sets the text channel Lerche listens to for TTS messages.

Example:

/tts-channel-name bot-tts

/tts-room-prefix-toggle

Toggles /t mode.

When enabled, users can type:

/t your message

Lerche will read that message in their current voice channel.

/tts-female-voice voice-id

Sets the default ElevenLabs voice for the server.

/tts-male-voice voice-id

Sets the voice used for members with the male role.

/tts-replies-toggle

Turns Lerche’s small status replies on or off, such as when she starts listening or finishes playing a message.

/tts-idle-timeout seconds

Sets how long Lerche waits before leaving an inactive voice channel.

Example:

/tts-idle-timeout 300

This makes Lerche leave after 5 minutes of silence.

/tts-stop

Stops TTS playback and clears the queue when things get stuck.

/convert amount from to

Converts currency using three-letter currency codes.

Example:

/convert 10 USD EUR

/version

Shows the current Lerche bot version.

Setup

To use Lerche, your server should have:

• A TTS text channel, usually #tts
• A role named Lerche Listens or Amelia Listens for people allowed to use TTS
• Permissions for Lerche to view channels, send messages, read message history, connect to voice channels, and speak in voice channels

Once that is set up, join VC, type your message, and let Lerche speak.