Sonos Notifications - Morgan Freeman edition

nelemansc · August 31, 2015, 1:39pm

A while back I was looking for a change to the robotic voice used for Sonos notifications so I found a guy out on fiverr.com that did Morgan Freeman voice impersonations. These phrases are pretty tailored to my setup, but I thought someone out there might get some use out of a couple of them.

UPDATE - I added some more phrases for a bit more granularity with the responses, and removed the ones that did not pertain to the Morgan Freeman voice impersonation

Morgan Freeman impersonation phrases:

Mail has arrived
Motion detected
Motion in basement
Motion in garage
Motion in game room
Motion in bedroom
Motion in living room
Motion in theater
Motion in wine cellar
Motion in kitchen
A door opened
A door closed
Front door opened
Front door closed
Front door locked
Front door unlocked
Back door opened
Back door closed
Back door locked
Back door unlocked
Basement door opened
Basement door closed
Basement door locked
Basement door unlocked
Garage door opened
Garage door closed
Patio door opened
Patio door closed
Patio door locked
Patio door unlocked
Cleaning Supplies Closet Opened
Liquor Cabinet Opened
Water detected in basement
Water detected in kitchen
Water detected in garage
Smartthings detected a flood
Smoke detected in kitchen
Smoke detected in garage
Smoke detected in basement
Smartthings detected carbon monoxide
Smartthings detected smoke
Someone is arriving
Boss is arriving
Boyfriend is arriving
Coworker is arriving
Daughter is arriving
Friend is arriving
Girlfriend is arriving
Roommate is arriving
Son is arriving
Wife is arriving
Welcome Home
Good Morning
Good Night
Vacate the premises
Searching for car keys
Setting the mood
Starting Movie Mode
Starting Party Mode
Starting Romance Mode
Turning off all the lights
Turning off the TV
Turning off the air conditioner
Turning off the bar lights
Turning off the chandelier
Turning off the family room lights
Turning off the hallway lights
Turning off the kitchen light
Turning off the light
Turning off the lights
Turning off the mood lights
Turning on the TV
Turning on the air conditioner
Turning on the bar lights
Turning on the chandelier
Turning on the family room lights
Turning on the hallway lights
Turning on the kitchen light
Turning on the light
Turning on the lights
Turning on the mood lights
Turning on the light
Turning on the lights
Turning on the mood lights

Just install the following smartapp to get it working

github.com

nelemansc/SmartThings/blob/master/MorganFreemanSonos

/**
 *  Copyright 2015 SmartThings
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 *  Sonos Custom Message
 *
 *  Author: SmartThings
 *  Date: 2015-8-31
 *  Custom Sonos Notify With Sound edition with Morgan Freeman voice impersonation
 *  2015-09-03 - Added 24 new phrases and removed any without Morgan Freeman voice
 */
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These are currently in my personal S3 bucket so if traffic starts to get close to the limit of the free tier I may have to find somewhere else to host it (maybe ST would be willing to throw it in theirs? @April)

ckossman · August 31, 2015, 2:45pm

Are you kidding me? I have got to try this. Great idea!

Thanks

viguera · August 31, 2015, 3:15pm

I think this is fantastic, although I can see the traffic getting out of hand quickly.

Waze does something similar with their GPS app, where they get celebrities (obviously trying to sell something or promote a movie) to redo the voice navigation prompts for their app using their own voice. I think it would be cool to have this sort of personalized setup within ST.

That brings up another point though, and I guess it’s something I’m confused about…

If you can host your own custom commands on your S3 bucket, that means that it should be relatively easy to solve that whole “text to speech” problem that has been discussed at length in other threads, by using your own stuff rather than the built-in ST stuff, or am I not reading this right?

smart · August 31, 2015, 3:23pm

Have you guys tried this. Works every time for me.

Arguments:

player: Sonos that you choose from the preferences (I have different Sonos for different modes).
msg : Text message you want to play.

In my case, I subscribe to the door (contact open/closed) events and pass msg as “$evt.displayName is $evt.value”

private playNotification(player, msg){
log.trace “Playing $msg on $player”
state.sound = textToSpeech(msg instanceof List ? msg : msg)
log.info(state.sound.uri)
player.playTrackAndRestore(state.sound.uri, state.sound.duration, 50)
}

Sample messages that i get:

Front Door is Open
Front Door is Closed
Back Porch Door is Open
Back Porch Door is Closed

blah… blah…and it irritates the hell out of my missus.

nelemansc · August 31, 2015, 3:47pm

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I’ve only ever used my S3 bucket for personal use and the monthly usage has hovered around the 3-4% for Gets. With the free tier for S3 you are allowed 2,000 Puts & 20,000 Gets. I’ve got alerts setup to tell me if I’m getting close to the limits.

Agreed! Some possible options:

William Shatner (Captain Kirk)
James Earl Jones (Darth Vader)
KITT
HAL

SmartThings has to have some hook-ups to celebs with their Samsung connection

I haven’t been following this discussion, so not exactly sure on that issue.

DinnerYeti · August 31, 2015, 8:23pm

Sam Kinnison or Christopher Walken. Maybe the Gummy Bear of Candicornia.

ero4444 · August 31, 2015, 10:14pm

geez Morgan Freeman is already in every movie and now he’s moving in?!?

but it’s a really great mod.

April · September 1, 2015, 1:43am

edden · September 1, 2015, 2:41pm

any chance to get this working with UBI?

nelemansc · September 1, 2015, 3:27pm

I don’t have an Ubi, but I would assume if the Ubi device type had the musicPlayer capability it should work.

DarcRanger · September 1, 2015, 3:39pm

The Ubi uses “capability.speechSynthesis”. The Big Talk app has an option to use either Sonos type devices or those like the Ubi.

jody.albritton · September 1, 2015, 3:43pm

If you have the dlna server enabled on your ubi you can use this

RELEASE Generic Media Renderer (DLNA Speakers). Cheap Sonos Alternative (Update V2) Community Created Device Types

This Smart App and device type allows you to use any DLNA Media Renderer to receive Sonos-like sound and voice notifications from SmartThings. You must to install the MediaRenderer_Connect to find any Generic Media Renderer (Network Speaker) The MediaRender Player is the device type needed to control each Media Renderer. If you dont have a Media Renderer like Smart TV or Network Speaker with DLNA you can test it with Foobar2000 program installing de upnp commponent. The commponent allows you to convert the player in a Media Renderer (Verify your firewall do not block the foobar2000 port ) I have tried some Media Renderers, but is better if you give me a feedback of the models that works for you. Tip : Please, just install one time the MediaRenderer Connect from the phone, If you have…

DarcRanger · September 1, 2015, 3:47pm

@jodyalbritton,

How do I enable the DLNA server on the Ubi? Is it just running the Generic Media Renderer and selecting the Rikomagic device, or should I actually see the Ubi in the list. I see the Rikomagic devices, but when select they are greyed out “not connected” in the app.

jody.albritton · September 1, 2015, 4:05pm

The rikomagic devices are the ubis. I know they have had trouble in the past. I personally have not used my ubi as a media render device. There was some discussion about it in that thread I linked. Scroll down to the verified devices link in the main topic.

slagle · September 1, 2015, 4:46pm

Yep, so this just made my day.

Well done.

ule · September 2, 2015, 6:50pm

Hi @DarcRanger

Could you delete the device from smartthings and add it again.

Just after you have add it , is the device show it “no connected” again?

If the MediaRenderer Connect can find it and add it, then all information is correct, I have read Ubi use a dlna software from android, some android dlna software creates a new id or port every time the device is turned on or rebooted, the MR device is not recognized again by smarthings if the data has change, Smartthing must to find it every time with the same id and data, I have hardcode some devices to find it again if they change the id data, The normal search start when a MR device change ip or port, the MRC search by unique ID each 3 min and update the info in smartthings, but some software MR change even the unique id in each reboot.

Maybe the ubi is some of them, if you can help me sending the data from your ubi, I can hardcore this device to find the way to update the id data in smarthtings , in that way the device can be updated automatically

You can send me the logs when you add the device, and after the device is added, then delete it from devices, disconect the ubi, and reconect to reboot and try to add it again to and send the logs too, in this way I can see if the ubi is changing the id data every time, and I can find a way to find it automatically

If you have some other dlna media renderer try to disconnect them from network to see in logs just the data from ubi device

thanks

DarcRanger · September 3, 2015, 4:03am

@ule,

I will rerun these steps Friday evening. I will send you what I have so far, but I had internet issues this evening, so I am not sure if I lost some log data.

Also I only see 1 of my 3 Ubi’s showing up. The one that does appear is now listed as Ubi instead of Rikomagic.

mikeisflash · January 11, 2016, 12:59am

Great app. If you ever do an update, I’d love to see a “Husband is arriving”

ultrazero · January 11, 2016, 4:17am

+1

Was surprised to see that one wasn’t an option.

I’m also noticing that even when no music is playing, it seems to turn on the same radio station each time. Not sure what’s going on. That option is left blank in the app.

Mbhforum · January 11, 2016, 12:42pm

I would like to see “The Wash is Done”, as well as “The Dryer is Done”.

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