[OBSOLETE 1.1.6 5/25/16] Big Talker - Talk when events occur

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try media renderer events , it has a TTS alternative and works great for me, you can try too the wheater app with external TTS

or you can change the function in yours smartapps

Working Speakers (44 Devices Confirmed , 29 waiting Confirmation) last addition: Klipsch Stadium, Help Us to increase the list

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…@vishwanth … Audio cuts off on end 1-2 sec, hardware problem. @ darkenney reports bad audio quality Rockie play…@rog WiFi Music Audio Streaming Box.@soonill RB Pi Media Renderer…@loz AwoX StriimLIGHT | Sl-w10…@ obycode Lario HD Airplay DLNA…@ pizzinini… Cheap, Overheat, to drill some holes in the case help to avoid overheat Veetop® HiFi AirMusic Box…@ pizzinini Neet WiFi Wireless Music Receiver…@ ma10… Same as Veetop HiFi AirMusic L…

[Fix] Sonos Weather Forecast External TTS

Hi, This is a Fix for the Sonos Weather Forecast smartapp, In this release I have added a Fix for Text To Speech function. It use 3 TTS services, Service 1 ) Smarthings TTS : This is a great TTS , high voice quality but crash frequently. Service 2 ) Google TTS, Its a great TTS but can be blocked if you request frequently and is limited to 100 chars Service 3) VoiceRSS, Great API service, it allows 350 free request by day with high quality audio (needs to register free to obtain an api key) http://www.voicerss.org/registration.aspx Then If Smarthings crash, verify the api key, if exists use VoiceRss if not use Google I have change some short words for full words API Key You must to enter yor free API key, you going to find the setting under more options [image] It will open the…

Better an Reloaded Fix for TTS (TextToSpeech)

Hi, This is a try to work around the TextToSpeach function Problem, I have created a new function using Google TTS, Google API is now requesting captcha to use the function, but the parameters here avoid the captcha, I have tested and works fine to me. Google function have a limit to avoid abuse, but most of common users will have not problems, heavy duty users can be blocked for some minutes Update: Google have some problems with several request, they block for some time if you request frequently, I have found a great service, this service allows free 350 request per day, with almost not characters limit and great quality voice. You must to register to get an API Key, the register is so easy and you don´t need to answer the email to confirm registration. http://www.voicerss.org/re…