The LMS Notify TTS platform lets you use the TTS integration Service Say and a LMS media_player to alert you of important events. This integration provides a simple interface to use in your automations and alerts.
- restores the state, volume, sync group, playlist and media possition after playing the notify message
- queue messages for each player so new messages do not interrupt the current playing one
- option alert sound before the message
- option how many times to repeat the tts message
- option volume for the tts message
Default options can be set in the configuration file and/or overridden for each message
In order to use this integration, you must already have a TTS platform installed and configured, and a Logitech Media Server working with the TTS platform.
To enable this platform in your installation, consider the following example using google_translate and an example media_player.kitchen.
Copy this folder to <config_dir>/custom_components/lms_tts_notify/
Or add a custom repository in HACS: https://github.com/floris-b/lms_tts_notify
Add the following entry in your configuration.yaml
:
tts:
- platform: google_translate
service_name: google_say
notify:
- platform: lms_tts_notify
name: kitchen
tts_service: tts.google_say
media_player: media_player.kitchen
device_group: group.all_persons
alert_sound: Alert
volume: 0.4
Please note that the tts_service
parameter, must match the service_name
defined in the TTS integration.
You can use the Assist tts.speak
service, but it is required to specify the tts engine entity_id. For example, entity_id: tts.piper
The name of the notify service
The service_name of a TTS platform
The entity_id of a LMS media_player (single or list for service queue)
Specify which entity_id to track. Messages are not played when state != home
Can be any entities/groups when it has a home
state
The entity_id of the TTS engine (for TTS service "tts.speak" only)
Default volume to play the alert_sound and message
Seconds to pause before and after alert sound and after tts message
Default name of the playlist in LMS to play before the message
Default value to repeat the message
Skip check device_group
state is home
A service lms_tts_notify.queue
is also added (besides the notify service for each player) for easy use with the automations gui