Varterm Cursor Extension

Convert long-form text to natural speech in Cursor/VS Code, with markdown cleanup for selected text, editor content, clipboard, and agent output. Free to use with no login required.

Commands

• Varterm: Connect - configure base URL and optional bearer token.
• Varterm: Set ElevenLabs API Key - store/clear ElevenLabs key in secure extension storage.
• Varterm: Select Read-Aloud Voice - pick from available Edge/Premium voices.
• Varterm: Read Editor/Selection Aloud - synthesize active selection (or full editor text) and play audio.
• Varterm: Read Clipboard Aloud - speak copied text, useful for agent/chat output.
• Varterm: Open Settings - open all vartermCursor.* settings.
• Varterm: Clear Audio Cache - remove locally cached generated MP3 files.

Player notes:

• The player opens in a split panel.
• Playback speed is controlled via the audio player's built-in controls.

Settings

You can tune behavior in Settings under vartermCursor.*:

• vartermCursor.requestTimeoutMs
• vartermCursor.requestRetries
• vartermCursor.readAloudVoice
• vartermCursor.readAloudRate
• vartermCursor.readAloudProvider
• vartermCursor.elevenLabsApiKey (optional plain-text fallback; secure storage command is preferred)
• vartermCursor.maxCachedAudioFiles

Development

npm install
npm run build

Package VSIX:

npm run package