Hello,
i have an ipad mounted by the back door and i want it to speak zone openings (back door open/back door closed)like my previous ST and Fire Tablet did. what is the best way to achieve this? I see bigtalker2 and also message center are available in Hubitat. i used bigtalker2 with lanannouncer on the ST setup. It was just slow to speak sometimes 3-5 seconds after the door opened
As far as I know, no one has ever found a way to make an iOS device perform Text To Speech via SmartThings or Hubitat.
Ok thanks. What would be the best app if I used Alexa to speak ?
You have two choices for Alexa Text to Speech solutions...
Echo Speaks by @tonesto7 . This is a very full-featured solution.
Big thanks to @cwwilson08 for motivating me to work on the port which ended up running great on Hubitat
Current Features:
Creates virtual Echo Devices for every physical device.
Make Alexa announcements based on any Hubitat event.
Play music/sounds based on an event (eg, when someone arrives)
Trigger weather/traffic reports, jokes, fun facts, sing songs, stories, get calendar events,
Create Alarms or Reminders based on any Hubitat event
Many other Alexa features.
There is ~50 cu…
Alexa TTS by myself, @ogiewon . This is a very lightweight, TTS only solution.
FYI - I am moving the status of this integration to DEPRECATED, as I have not used nor touched this code for a few years. For those looking for Alexa TTS, please take a look at Echo Speaks.
Direct Text to Speech integration from your Hubitat Hub to Amazon's cloud servers.
v0.1.0 - Initial Release
v0.2.0 - Fixed a bug causing the app to hang when the cookie is invalid. Added support for more 'Alexa Devices' like tablets, thermostats, etc... Thanks @stephack !
v0.3.0 - Added multi-country su…
Depending on your particular needs, either may (or may not) be applicable.
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