Receptionist Toolkit vs MCP Kokoro Tts

In-depth architectural comparison of the Receptionist Toolkit and MCP Kokoro Tts MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

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Choose Receptionist Toolkit when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Text-to-Speech domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose MCP Kokoro Tts when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Text-to-Speech domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: speak, list_voices.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	R Receptionist Toolkit Text-to-Speech	MCP Kokoro Tts Text-to-Speech
Summary	Free receptionist tools: phone scripts, IVR menus (EN+ES), ElevenLabs prompts, missed-call math	Local Kokoro-82M TTS MCP server that synthesizes and plays speech on your machine
Category & Scope	Text-to-Speech	Text-to-Speech
Quality signal

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "receptionist-toolkit": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "receptionist-toolkit"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-kokoro-tts": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-kokoro-tts-provision"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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