How to set up TTS on Kick

TTS (text-to-speech) on Kick means a computer voice reads viewer messages out loud on your stream. A viewer types a command such as !brian with a message, sends a tip with a message, or just chats, and a TTS tool plays the voice through a browser source in OBS. Kick’s help center does not describe a built-in TTS feature at the time of writing (October 2026), so streamers add TTS with a third-party tool such as KickBot.

This guide explains how TTS works, what to decide before you turn it on, and how to set it up with KickBot.

How TTS works on Kick

1. A viewer sends a message that should be read. It can be a chat command, a tip, or any chat message if you read all of chat.
2. The TTS tool checks the message against your rules: who can use it, cooldowns, length and filters.
3. The tool turns the text into speech with the voice the viewer picked.
4. The audio plays in a Browser source in OBS, so it goes out on your stream. Some tools can also show the text on screen.

Because the sound comes from OBS, TTS only plays while OBS has the browser source loaded. It does not play in the Kick app or on a phone stream without a browser source.

Decide how viewers can use TTS

Way to trigger	Good for	Things to think about
Chat command, for example !brian hello chat	Fun, active chats	Limit who can use it (subs, VIPs) and add a cooldown
Tips with a message	Rewarding supporters	Only paid messages are read, so there is much less spam
Read all chat (auto read)	Small chats, streamers who do not look at chat	Needs good filters. Gets noisy fast in a busy chat

Many streamers start with commands for subs and VIPs only, plus TTS on tips, and open it up later.

Set up TTS with KickBot

You need a KickBot account with your Kick channel connected.

1. Add voices

1. Open My voices.
2. Turn on the voices you want. Each voice has its own chat command, for example !brian.
3. For each voice, choose who can use it: everyone, subs, VIPs or mods.

The free voices are Male, Female, Brian and TikTok. Premium adds the Voice library with 3,000+ voices and voice cloning. See Voices for every setting.

2. Add the TTS browser source to OBS

1. Open TTS settings and copy the link under Browser source for OBS.
2. In OBS, under Sources, click + and choose Browser.
3. Paste the link into URL.
4. Turn on Control audio via OBS, so TTS gets its own volume slider in the Audio Mixer.
5. Click OK. Add the source to every scene where TTS should play.

Keep the link private. KickBot warns that anyone with the link can play sounds on your stream. The full steps, with the on-screen text style, are in Set up TTS.

3. Set the limits

On the same page, set the rules for your chat:

• Longest message: up to 300 characters. Longer messages are not read.
• Per-viewer cooldown and Global cooldown: 0 to 120 seconds each.
• Wait between messages: 0 to 30 seconds.
• Read the sender’s name and Show the message on stream: turn on if you want them.

4. Turn on moderation

Open TTS moderation. Turn on the filters and the AI content filters (for example for sexual content, hate and harassment). Blocked messages show in a live list, so you can see what was stopped. See TTS moderation.

5. Test it

Go live, keep OBS open, and send a message with a voice command from a second account, for example !brian testing one two. You should hear it on stream. If you hear nothing, see Troubleshooting below.

Control TTS while you are live

You and your moderators can control TTS from chat:

Command	What it does
!ttsoff / !ttson	Turn TTS off or on. Messages already in the queue still play after !ttsoff.
!ttsskip	Stop the message that is playing now.
!ttsclear	Clear the queue.
!ttsvol	Change the volume.
!ttsdelay	Change the wait between messages, in seconds.

Viewers can type !voices to open your public voice list. It shows which voices they can use. See TTS chat commands.

Other ways to read messages

• Auto read. KickBot can read chat aloud without a command, with filters for links, emotes and bots. See Auto read.
• TTS on tips. With a KickBot tip page, each tip message is read out loud through the tip alert browser source. See Tip alerts.

Keep TTS fun and safe

• Start strict and relax later. It is easier to open TTS to everyone than to clean up after a raid.
• Use a cooldown. A per-viewer cooldown of a minute stops one person from taking over.
• Keep a moderator ready with !ttsskip.
• Read Kick’s Community Guidelines. You are responsible for what plays on your stream, including TTS.
• Voice clones need permission from the person whose voice it is.

Troubleshooting

Nothing plays. Check that the browser source is in the current scene and not hidden, and that Read messages on stream is on in TTS settings. Open the browser source properties and click Refresh cache of current page.

It plays on my computer, but viewers cannot hear it. Turn on Control audio via OBS in the browser source and check that the TTS slider in the Audio Mixer is not muted.

Viewers type the command but nothing happens. Check that the voice is on, that the viewer has the right role, and that the cooldown has passed. Messages longer than your limit are not read.

Messages are blocked. Look at the blocked messages list on the TTS moderation page to see which filter stopped them.

FAQ

What is TTS on Kick?

TTS means text-to-speech. A voice reads viewer messages out loud on the stream. On Kick, streamers add it with a tool such as KickBot, which plays the voice through a browser source in OBS.

How do viewers send TTS on Kick?

With KickBot, viewers type a voice command and a message in chat, for example !brian hello, or send a tip with a message. Viewers can type !voices to see the voices. See Send TTS on Kick.

Is Kick TTS free?

KickBot TTS is free with 4 voices: Male, Female, Brian and TikTok. Premium adds 3,000+ voices and voice cloning.

How do I stop TTS during a stream?

Type !ttsoff in chat to turn it off, !ttsskip to stop the current message, or !ttsclear to clear the queue.