# Cheap, Simple Connected Speaker? **URL:** \ **Category:** Connected Things\ **Created:** [September 8, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/cheap-simple-connected-speaker/56942 "2016-09-08T18:25:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![JDRoberts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/jdroberts/32/56577_2.png) [@JDRoberts](https://community.smartthings.com/u/JDRoberts)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/cheap-simple-connected-speaker/56942/2 "2016-09-08T18:36:11Z")
The echo can definitely be used as a Bluetooth speaker. The issue is that it doesn’t support TTS ("text to speech), all it can do is act as a realtime streaming speaker for another device. So you have to set up some other device to decide what sound file to send to the echo and when to send it. > [@Amazon Echo DOES Voice Notifications!](https://community.smartthings.com/t/amazon-echo-does-voice-notifications/34008): > > I have no idea if that has been done yet, I have done a little bit of a search with no results on this particular subject… But tonight I got my Amazon Echo to say, “The Front Door is Open” when my front door opened! It is customizable as to what I want it to say. It’s freakin Awesome!!! Here is what you need to do Follow this link and install all of the stuff it says. DO NOT USE ver 1.1.14 of Big Talker, DO USE ver 1.1.13. TTS works in the older version and not the newer one. After you do all of that stuff, do this Connect your Android device to your Amazon Echo via Bluetooth. Now your Echo will give you voice notifications. What can you do with this?? You don’t have to use Echo, you can just use a bluetooth speaker or you can use the Android Device. But how totally cool is i… You can also just use any cheap android device for voice notifications, Among other things, that’s how LANnouncer works. > [@\[RELEASE\] LANnouncer with IFTTT](https://community.smartthings.com/t/release-lannouncer-with-ifttt/37777): > > The newest version of LANnouncer is up, now including the ability to be triggered by IFTTT recipes without SmartThings in the middle. Of course the primary features of providing Android Text-to-Speech and sound effects to SmartThings and using the camera (and receiving shots from IP cameras) are still there. Check out… [The KeyBounce website](http://www.keybounce.com/LANdroidHowTo/LANdroid.html), which includes instructions The [IFTTT instruction page](http://www.keybounce.com/LANdroidHowTo/IFTTT.html) for LANnouncer The [Google Play Store entry for LANnouncer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keybounce.lannouncer) (or you can [download it from the website](http://www.keybounce.com/bin/LANnouncer.apk) above) The [original beta discussion thread](https://community.smartthings.com/t/need-testers-android-as-speech-device-alarm/29603) for LANnouncer The [original release thread](https://community.smartthings.com/t/android-as-a-speech-alarm-device-released/30282/11) Installation with SmartThings requires an [ST Device Handler](http://www.keybounce.com/bin/LANdroid%20Alerter.groovy) and the [Android app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keybounce.lannouncer). Optionally, for SMS notifications, you can add [this SmartApp](http://www.keybounce.com/bin/Remote%20LANdroid%20Alerter.groovy) to your SmartThings installation also. Important: The IFTTT integ… For other devices see the following list. It has both very cheap and very expensive speakers. > [@Working Speakers (44 Devices Confirmed , 29 waiting Confirmation) last addition: Klipsch Stadium, Help Us to increase the list](https://community.smartthings.com/t/working-speakers-44-devices-confirmed-29-waiting-confirmation-last-addition-klipsch-stadium-help-us-to-increase-the-list/12107): > > This post is to update the speakers list working in smartthings system , almost any DLNA Media Renderer speaker or adapter must work. Help to update the list Working List Hardware Device…Reported by …Comments Panasonic Viera VT30…@pd_ Squeezebox Boom…@pd_ Panasonic Viera ST50…@dEEE WDTV…@dEEE Onkyo TX-NR626…@smorty71[Sabrent Wifi Audio Receiver](http://www.sabrent.com/category/audio/WF-RADU/)…@vishwanth … Audio cuts off on end 1-2 sec, hardware problem. @ darkenney reports bad audio quality [Rockie play](http://www.myrocki.com/)…@rog[WiFi Music Audio Streaming Box](http://www.hapurs.com/productdetails-28-61.html).@soonill[RB Pi Media Renderer](http://blog.scphillips.com/2013/07/playing-music-on-a-raspberry-pi-using-upnp-and-dlna-revisited/)…@loz[AwoX StriimLIGHT | Sl-w10](http://www.awox.com/connected-lighting/awox-striimlight-wifi/)…@ obycode [Lario HD Airplay DLNA](http://www.amazon.com/Lario-Airplay-Receiver-Adapter-Wireless/dp/B00GRZOFC6)…@ pizzinini… Cheap, Overheat, to drill some holes in the case help to avoid overheat [Veetop® HiFi AirMusic Box](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JKD099A?ref_=cm_sw_r_awd_22VJvbPW68WJE)…@ pizzinini [Neet WiFi Wireless Music Receiver](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neet%C2%AE-Wireless-Receiver-wireless-streaming/dp/B00O0U37HO)…@ ma10… Same as Veetop HiFi AirMusic [L…](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MGFTQBG?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage) And this for just the cheap ones, but it hasn’t been kept as up-to-date as the master topic. > [@Cheap standalone DLNA speaker?](https://community.smartthings.com/t/cheap-standalone-dlna-speaker/16290): > > Continuing the discussion from [Working Speakers List (13 Devices Confirmed)](http://community.smartthings.com/t/working-speakers-list-13-devices-confirmed/12107/34) so as not to clutter that list: How do you define “cheap”? The Sony SRS X7 is a really nice Bluetooth and DLNA speaker at just under $200 new, or around $120 refurbished. anything cheaper than that is not going to have the same kind of sound quality. The striimlight light bulb runs around $120, and that’s light and speaker. But if I was buying it for the speaker, I’d buy the Sony. Has anyone tried it with the DLNA renderer? --- _[View the full topic](https://community.smartthings.com/t/cheap-simple-connected-speaker/56942)._