One thing about the new terminal coding agents I really like is being able to multi-task but right now it's a bit like a Tesla on autopilot needing your hands still on the wheel. You need to be checking often if your input is required or if it's going off the rails. To be able to go fully hands free I wanted to add TTS and ASR. Then I added slack and WhatsApp hooks to TalkiTo as well.
It's fully open source with a BYOK philosophy and it's configured to work with any of the major ASR/TTS providers. It also supports local whisper and kokoro/kittentts if you want a decent free/private option.
It works by wrapping the coding agent and capturing the input/output. It does have an MCP server running but thats mainly for configuration - I found that using MCP to speak or listen was too slow. The upshot of the MCP server is you can type (or say) "talkito disable ASR" or "talkito change tts to kokoro".
Here is a demo video I made here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf8jFt0smqs
I like to think of it as similar to SuperWhisper but with TTS, the focus on coding agents and configurability.
Really curious to get feedback.
Thanks!