A side-by-side look at the Gandr MCP and Tts MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Gandr MCP for text-to-speech work as a local process; choose Tts for text-to-speech. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
synthesize, list_voices, list_languages.synthesize_speech, list_voices, check_tts_service.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Text-to-Speech | Text-to-Speech |
| Quality signal | 48/100 · Fair | 43/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 4 | 3 |
| Full listing | View Gandr MCP | View Tts |
synthesizeRender text to speech (WAV, base64). Voice, language, sample rate 8000-48000, pitch and pacing dials.list_voicesThe six available voices.list_languagesThe 23 supported languages and their codes.get_usageTokens used by the configured key. One token is one character.synthesize_speechConvert text (≤5000 chars) to WAV speech. Params: `text`, `language` (default `pt`), `voice`, `speed` (0.5–2.0), `output_format` (`audio` \list_voicesFull voice catalog with language, gender, accent, quality grade. Optional `language` filtercheck_tts_serviceBackend health statusPaste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"gandr-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"gandr-mcp"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Tts yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.