Guide # Donation TTS on stream: how to set it up and what to add Updated November 11, 2026 ยท 4 min read Donation TTS is a stream classic: a viewer sends money and a speech synthesizer reads their message. It gives people a reason to tip and gives you a moment to react to a viewer out loud. Here's how to turn on donation TTS, which settings protect you from trolling, and what to add so your whole chat is heard, not just tips, and TTS itself brings income. ## How donation TTS works Almost every donation service shows alerts on stream through a Browser source in OBS. Alert settings usually include text to speech: when a tip arrives, its message is read in the voice you picked. The general flow: connect a donation service to your channel, add the alert link to OBS, open the tip alert settings and enable TTS. Exact menu names differ between services. ## Settings to make right away TTS puts other people's text on your stream, so without limits it quickly turns into trolling. - a minimum amount for TTS, to cut spam from tiny tips; - a message length limit; - a word and link filter; - TTS volume a little below your voice; - a way to skip an alert at hand, for you or a mod. ## Filters that prevent nasty surprises Donation TTS reads whatever the viewer wrote, so without filters anything can end up on stream. Turn on the profanity filter, cap message length and block links. A short delay before playback is good practice, so you can skip a bad message. Test how the alert looks and sounds with a test donation before you go live. TTS volume should be close to your voice, or the viewer who paid won't hear their message over the game. ## What minimum amount to set Too high a minimum scares people off and fewer viewers donate. Too low and TTS turns into a stream of its own. On a small channel, start low and see how many messages come in per stream. If TTS gets in the way of playing, raise the threshold. And so free viewers get heard too, pair donation TTS with chat TTS: regular messages play in character voices, and donations stand out with their own alert. ## How to react to a donation message TTS is only half the moment. The other half is your reaction. Say the name, answer the message, joke back. The viewer pays to be noticed, and the livelier your reaction, the more willing others are to tip. If a tip lands in a tense moment, give a quick thanks and come back to it after the fight. What matters is never skipping messages in silence. ## The downside of donation-only TTS It only plays when someone pays. On a small channel tips are rare, so TTS is silent most of the stream and most viewers never take part. Alert voices are also usually standard: one or two synthesizers that read text flatly and get old fast. ## Reading your whole chat in character voices Chat TTS works differently: viewer messages play, from everyone, only subs and VIPs, or viewers who redeemed a Channel Points reward. The voices are game, anime and movie characters: Shrek, Kratos, GLaDOS and more than 250 others. Premium voices laugh, whisper and shout. Every viewer can type and hear themselves without spending money. That lifts chat activity, and an active chat keeps new viewers around. ## How to earn from chat TTS In Chat2Speech viewers buy a voice subscription on your channel: a character voice for 30 days, premium minutes with emotions and sound even after your daily limit runs out. You set the price, from $9.99 a month, and half of every subscription goes to you. Unlike a one-off tip, a subscription is recurring income: viewers renew it to keep speaking in their voice. ## Tips and chat TTS together One doesn't get in the way of the other. Donation alerts and the chat TTS widget are separate sources in OBS. Tips keep playing as before, and between them chat comes alive in character voices. Each source has its own volume in the mixer. Adding Chat2Speech is one link in OBS, no bot. 7 free minutes of audio a day, plans from $5 a month, $20 for no limit. ## Questions ### How do I make tips read out loud? Turn on text to speech in the tip alert settings of your donation service and add the alerts to OBS as a Browser source. ### How do I stop TTS trolling? Set a minimum amount, cap message length, turn on word and link filters and keep a way to skip an alert at hand. ### Can messages be read without a tip? Yes, with chat TTS: in Chat2Speech viewer messages play in character voices, and you earn from viewer voice subscriptions. ### Can donations be read in character voices? Yes, if your alerts service lets you choose a voice. 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