# Voice picker

A React component in [Beamline](https://beamline.io/)'s [Voice & audio](https://beamline.io/components/voice) category. Live demo: https://beamline.io/components/voice-picker

Choose a text-to-speech voice from a searchable list (name, accent, tone, use) and hear it first: each voice has its own orb, previews play one at a time and the orb speaks while its sample plays.

## Use it for

- Choosing a voice for an agent, a narration or read-aloud in settings or a builder.

## Not for

- Choosing people ([combobox](https://beamline.io/components/combobox)).
- A short list without previews ([select](https://beamline.io/components/select)).
- Choosing a microphone ([mic-selector](https://beamline.io/components/mic-selector)).

## Anatomy

- label
- trigger (orb, name, facets)
- preview button for the chosen voice
- list: search field, rows (orb, name, facets, check), footer preview for the highlighted voice

## Variants

- **size**: sm, md, lg

## States

- empty (placeholder)
- chosen
- open
- searching (matches ranked, match emphasised)
- no match
- previewing (orb speaks, Stop)
- preview loading
- preview failed
- no preview for a voice
- disabled

## Keyboard

- Trigger: Enter, Space or ↓ opens
- In the list: type to search, ↑ ↓ move, Enter chooses (focus returns to the trigger), Escape closes
- → at the end of the search previews the highlighted voice; Tab reaches the footer Preview button
- The chosen voice's Preview is a toggle button (aria-pressed)

## Motion

Orbs breathe slowly and pause off screen; the previewing voice's orb swirls as it speaks. Under reduced motion they hold still.

## Props

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `voices` (required) | `VoiceOption[]` | — | { voiceId, name?, labels?, previewUrl?, description? }: a provider's voice list as is. |
| `value / defaultValue / onValueChange` | `string` | — | The chosen voiceId. |
| `open / defaultOpen / onOpenChange` | `boolean` | — |  |
| `label` | `ReactNode` | `"Voice"` |  |
| `hideLabel / placeholder / size / disabled` | `boolean / string / "sm" \| "md" \| "lg" / boolean` | — |  |
| `preview` | `boolean` | `true` | Offer previews (voices need a previewUrl). |
| `facets` | `string[]` | `["accent", "tone", "use"]` | Which labels to show, in order. |
| `classNames` | `VoicePickerClassNames` | — | Classes for documented visual parts; internal refs and event handlers are retained. |
| `style / ref` | `CSSProperties / Ref` | — | Visual root style; ref targets native trigger button. |

## Built from

- orb
- button
- tooltip
- popover

## Dependencies

`lucide-react`

## Import

```tsx
import { VoiceOrb, VoicePicker } from "@/components/voice-picker/voice-picker";
```

## Get it

Voice picker is part of Beamline: 190 React components and screens your coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or any MCP client) installs into your app through Beamline's MCP server, as a ready-built package or as plain React source you can change. $49 one payment (regular $200), no subscription, a year of updates, one licence for your whole team. [Get Beamline](https://beamline.io/checkout?pack=complete) · [Connect your agent](https://beamline.io/connect)

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