Home Assistant speech speed/rate

Configuration
1

The default speed at which text to speech is played is way too fast. I reckon a 25% speed reduction would be about right. Is it configurable?

2

I think it depends on how you’re generating your speech.

3

Using “Say a TTS message with cloud” playing through two Google Minis. If I use google_translate as the engine, it sounds more natural and at a good rate.

alias: Kids-x at work
description: ''
triggers:
  - trigger: zone
    entity_id: device_tracker.x
    zone: zone.x
    event: enter
actions:
  - action: tts.cloud_say
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.living_room_speaker
      message: x has arrived at work
  - action: tts.cloud_say
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.googlehome4660
      message: x has arrived at work
mode: single
conditions:
  - condition: template
    value_template: >-
      {{ this.attributes.last_triggered | as_timestamp(0) < ((now() |
      as_timestamp)-1*180) }}
4

I think it is not configurable

5

You can do this with the Chime TTS integration which supports (among other features) changing the speed of the TTS audio.