Changing TTS Voice for Big Talker2?

[joshua_lyon (Josh, SharpTools.io Dashboard)]

@GSzabados

Joshua, do you know how to change the speak() functions language?

speak() officially just accepts a phrase to speak. Different device handlers may have different ways of changing the language, inflection, voice, etc so I’d recommend checking directly in the DTH Release Thread.

[OBSOLETE] Fully Kiosk Browser Controller (DTH)

Gavin Campbell developed this driver for Hubitat when he found out that Fully Kiosk Browser had a REST API. This way you can use your tablet as a chime or using TTS in your apps. (without needing to install any additional phone apps such as LanNouncer, and without interfacing with Alexa or Google.) This is my SmartThings port of the Hubitat app. I use this app to replace Lannouncer mainly on Fire devices running the Fully Kiosk Browser, but it also works well on standard Android devices. Lannouncer is a superb app, however on my system Fire OS seems to put it to sleep, so it goes mute, and stops talking. Many of us use Fully with ActionTiles, so it is usually in the foreground. There also seems to be a message queue in Fully, so messages speak completely, no more message chopping when mu…

Also note that the FKB Controller DTH has support for playing media files, so one option would be to pre-render your desired TTS messages and save them to the device as noted in the thread above.