Only last service is called?

1

I created a script and want Home Assistant to speak two texts consecutively.
But only the last sentence works.
Is there a way I can let Google Cast to speak the first sentence, and then the second sentence?

say_english_and_chinese:
  alias: Cast to two sentences in two languages
  mode: queued
  max: 20
  sequence:
    - service: tts.google_translate_say
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.gu_ge_mini
        message: This is a test!
    - service: tts.google_translate_say
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.gu_ge_mini
        message: 这是一个测试!
        language: zh
2

Put a delay between the two messages long enough to finish the first message.

I’m not good with yaml automations, I can only do the basic stuff. But I believe there is a wait until you could use also.
So wait until state is idle, then play second message.

Here it is:

3

Thanks. Delay works. Here is the working version:


say_english_and_chinese:
  alias: Cast to prompt class starts in two languages
  mode: queued
  max: 20
  sequence:
    - service: tts.google_translate_say
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.gu_ge_mini
        message: This is a test!
    - delay: 3
    - service: tts.google_translate_say
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.gu_ge_mini
        message: 这是一个测试!
        language: zh
4

But having fixed delays means that in some cases you might have to wait for two seconds, and sometimes the next message will interrupt the first message.

5

You’re correct. It is a bit cumbersome to specify a fixed delays. I don’t know whether there is a better solution for this.

6

If you scroll up a few scrolls then you can read the rest of my first reply

7

Got it. I made a working script. Thanks a lot!
The trick is to first delay 1 seconds, and then wait until the media player is idle.

say_english_and_chinese:
  alias: Cast to prompt class starts in two languages
  mode: queued
  max: 20
  sequence:
  - service: tts.google_translate_say
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.gu_ge_mini
      message: This is a test!
  - delay: '1'
  - wait_template: '{{ is_state(''media_player.gu_ge_mini'', ''idle'') }}'
  - service: tts.google_translate_say
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.gu_ge_mini
      message: 这是一个测试!
      language: zh
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