The "TTS Output" and "Audio on device" sections make it seem like there is no spoken output, only status beeps.
A former Mycroft dev, Michael Hansen[1], is still building several year-of-the-voice projects after he was let go. I'm especially excited about Piper[2], which is a C++/py alternative to Mimic3.
[1] https://github.com/synesthesiam [2] https://github.com/rhasspy/piper