Trying to Cobble Together a Text-to-Speech Solution

[JDRoberts]

(Sorry, I’m really disorganized today, forgive me for the multiple posts.)

I forgot one other option which is super simple, and that’s just to get the Aeotec doorbell. This is Z wave device which can play up to 99 different custom soundtracks. So as long as you can use pre-recorded announcements, you can have one for the laundry is done, one for the mail is in, one for Charlie is home, etc. And there’s a very good community created device Type for it. So basically any event that smart things can use can then trigger a specific sound announcement from the doorbell. The price is been going up on these recently and they’ve been getting harder to find, so you may have to look around. But it’s a very popular device.

https://shop.homeseer.com/products/aeon-labs-aeotec-zw056-z-wave-gen5-doorbell

[OBSOLETE] Aeon Labs Aeotec Doorbell

I won’t be converting the Aeon Labs Aeotec Doorbell DTH into an Edge Driver so it will stop working once the Groovy platform is retired, but it might not need a custom driver. This is a device handler for the Aeon Labs Aoetec Doorbell (ZW056-A). THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW If the doorbell button isn’t working, try pressing the up and down volume buttons on the device at the same time. Pressing the Physical Doorbell Button executes the “on()” command, but due to the way the hardware functions, the sound will play before the events are raised in ST. When the device turns on, it automatically plays track 1. Some users have reported the doorbell randomly ringing without the button being pushed, but using a couple of seconds of silence as the first track appears to eliminate that probl…

So if you just want an off-the-shelf solution, and you’re willing to spend about $70, that’s a good option to consider and it’s way easier to set up than any of the others.