Google TTS language

Configuration
1

Why does this:

tts:
  - platform: google
    language: 'en-GB'

Give me this error?

Invalid config for [tts.google]: value is not allowed for dictionary value @ data['language']. Got 'en-gb'. (See ?, line ?). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/tts.google/

The docs example is:

tts:
  - platform: google
    language: 'de'

and the docs say:

Configuration variables:

And the Google docs page referred to says (I can’t format this with tabs but hopefully you know what I mean!):

Language - Language code - Language (English name)
English (Great Britain) - en-GB - English (United Kingdom)

I’ve tried ‘en-gb’ too - same error

2

try this,

language: 'en'

That seems to pass config checks.

Although, reading the docs, that is what the default languge is anyway, or should be. I seem to have recently been getting a mix of English and American google tts.

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3

Ha!! yes!
this is why I changed it from ‘en’ to ‘en-gb’!
What on earth is going on with that accent??!!

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4

ok, litte more playing around, and this also seems to pass config checks,

language: 'en-uk'

So give that a try.

5

I spent too much time in America, so am used to it :smiley: :smiley:

6

It is actually a better sounding voice in terms of it sounding more natural. I’d rather have an English accent though :slight_smile:

Doesn’t change the weirdness of it suddenly changing for no reason. I’m glad it’s not just me though!

7

Just restarted with this, and it seem’s to be in English, so will give it a try and see what happens.

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8

The language list refers to “Speech to Text” but NOT “Text to Speech”
It is very misleading.

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10

I am trying to get google synthesis to use the same language (accent) that my google speaker uses, which is american english… However no matter if I use en-uk, or en-us I hear the same voice.

Does anyone knows what might the reason be?