[Deprecated] Amazon Alexa Text to Speech (TTS) v0.6.2 - Direct Integration (USA, Canada, UK, Italy, Australia, & Brazil)

[aaiyar]

@tim.ocallag

The question is whether anyone has come up with a solution to ensure they are all local

Yes.

@tim.ocallag

Run a webcore or something and speak all the possible sayings? ...could it be that simple ?

No.

Here's the only fully local TTS solution that currently integrates with Hubitat.

Fully Local TTS with a Raspberry PI (Voice Control coming...)

This custom driver can be used to control a RPI (or other Linux device) on your network. It has been developed in a completely generalized way, so that any Linux command may be executed on this device. Please see the description for how this driver (and the accompanying Linux code) was actually used to implement a local TTS device, at a very reasonable cost. This was developed by @erktrek and all the kudos should go to him. This was tested extensively by @aaiyar who assisted in the developme…