How to write templates in several strings?

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Hey there! I have some issues after Home Assistant update I think (but not sure)

I started to get an error

Error executing script. Unexpected error for call_service at pos 3: {'request_id': '4051a490-df26-423e-94d6-899909bcef46', 'status': 'error', 'code': 'INVALID_VALUE', 'message': Message can contain only strings and symbols "-,!.:=?".'}

It seems like tts command is not processed correctly

This does not work:

  - service: media_player.play_media
    entity_id: media_player.yandex_mini
    data_template:
      media_content_id: >
        Добро пожаловать домой, {% set alias = {'Арго':'Арго', 'Армен':'Армен', 'Гаяне':'Гаяне', 'Олеся':'Олеся'} %}
        {% set people_home = states.person | selectattr('state','eq','home') | map(attribute='attributes.friendly_name') | list %}
        {% set ns = namespace(occupants = '') %}
        {% for i in people_home %}
        {% set ns.occupants = ns.occupants ~ '  ' ~ alias.get(i,i) if loop.index > 1 else alias.get(i,i) %}
        {% endfor %}
        {{ ns.occupants }}

But this works:

  - service: media_player.play_media
    entity_id: media_player.yandex_mini
    data_template:
      media_content_id: Добро пожаловать домой, {% set alias = {'Арго':'Арго', 'Армен':'Армен', 'Гаяне':'Гаяне', 'Олеся':'Олеся'} %}{% set people_home = states.person | selectattr('state','eq','home') | map(attribute='attributes.friendly_name') | list %}{% set ns = namespace(occupants = '') %}{% for i in people_home %}{% set ns.occupants = ns.occupants ~ '  ' ~ alias.get(i,i) if loop.index > 1 else alias.get(i,i) %}{% endfor %}{{ ns.occupants }}
      media_content_type: text

I also tried ‘|’ instead of ‘>’ but that did not work. Seems like my template is not read as one string of text

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And by the way, is there a more compact way of a template which says who is at home right now?

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I’m very confused by your template. Why even have the map? You have the name of occupants with a list of people_home.

  - service: media_player.play_media
    entity_id: media_player.yandex_mini
    data_template:
      media_content_id: >
        Добро пожаловать домой, {{ states.person | selectattr('state','eq','home') | map(attribute='attributes.friendly_name') | list | join('  ') }}
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The thing is, this template was not created by me
here is it

at that time I needed to correct names pronunciation, maybe that’s why template is a little bit longer than it should be

5

Some more strange stuff
this works
“This is a test”

and this does not
“This is a test”

Difference is only in one thing: in second sentence I have 2 spaces between ‘a’ and ‘test’

I think now that I should reach to yandex alice custom component creator, seems to be it’s issue

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Yes, that makes sense. If you don’t need to do that just use the simple one I made. Remove the 2 spaces in the join and only add 1.

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Yeah, I just corrected it and it works. Also found open issue on the same problem on yandex component. If anyone needs - here is it (be careful, russian language)

Thanks for quick response and help with the template

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Good question. Because in the other post, Argo said TTS wasn’t pronouncing the names correctly (and they were presented using the Latin, not Cyrillic alphabet). I suggested he use appropriate phonetic replacements. At the time, the idea was accepted (although never formally marked as a Solution):

One year later, I see the technique was misapplied to the extent of making it unnecessary … resulting in your valid question: Why even have the map?

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Yeah, he already explained that a post or 2 up

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As I have mentioned - I needed correct pronouncing that days. I just switched my dumb speaker to smart speaker from yandex (like google home mini). It is pronouncing everything correctly

I really appreciate your help, I used that template for 10 months and it worked as it should. Sorry that I did not mark your answer as a solution, it definitely was.

And I still find jinja a little bit messy even after learning python (junior level) and having around 5 months of working in IT department using mainly python. I still struggle to make my own templates longer than 1 sentence (that’s why I did not cut map and optimise the template)

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I see; that explains the use of native Russian spelling. Все хорошо!

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