Better TTS with volume control

1

Google cloud is not working for whatever reason half the time. However looking at other TTS none of them seem to support volume control like



data:
  message: <speak><prosody volume="+80dB">"{{ message }}"</prosody></speak>

I have some of Google Home speakers around the place and each of them have a different volume and some of them are hidden behind the TV so I cannot simply set the volume and reset it after each speech.

Whatever reason if I interact with the Google Home normally I can hear the reply.

With TTS it is so soft I cannot hear it unless I’m standing right next to it. I have to add 60 DB to make it sound like normal replies.

It seems Google is the only one that can take this setting?

2

What you can do is set the volume before the message then set it back again, for example

      - service: media_player.volume_set
        data:
          volume_level: 1
        target:
          entity_id:
            - media_player.hallway_speaker
            - media_player.living_room_display
            - media_player.lounge_display
            - media_player.spa_room_speaker
            - media_player.dining_room_display

Then your code
Then…

      - service: media_player.volume_set
        data:
          volume_level: 0.7
        target:
          entity_id:
            - media_player.hallway_speaker
            - media_player.living_room_display
            - media_player.lounge_display
            - media_player.spa_room_speaker
            - media_player.dining_room_display

Hope this helps.

3

Because each speaker has a different default volume and I called the TtS with a different speaker each time then it’s going to be very hard to write some code that has all this information in