TTS but without the Speech

[kramttocs]

With devices that have a screen (like Lenovo Smart Clock) is there a way to send text to the display without audio?

Thinking something like a solid red background with text of “Front Door”.

Use case would be to alert me while on a work call without the audio being heard on the call.

[kramttocs]

Actually, this may do what I need.

Send picture and text to display on Google Nest Hub while sending TTS

Background When sending a TTS, you can only define the message, but if you have a device with a screen, it would be nice if it could display additional information while the text is being played. Especially if there are other sounds, like screaming children, loud espresso machines or drilling neighbours. Requirements A dummy media player to send the TTS to. As of 2022.4 this media_player needs to work with the TTS service, because otherwise it will throw an error and the script will not cont…

[TheFes]

You can just follow the example from the docs to do what you want

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/cast/#using-the-built-in-media-player-app-default-media-receiver

You can adjust the URL in the example to change the colors and text (and image resolution)
http://via.placeholder.com/1024x600.jpg/FF0000/FFFFFF/?text=FRONT%20DOOR!

[kramttocs]

@TheFes

http://via.placeholder.com/1024x600.jpg/FF0000/FFFFFF/?text=FRONT%20DOOR!

Thanks!
I tried that but it doesn’t actually show anything. The clock does change (to a music player) and no sound, but no image. I’ve tried with the url as well as with a local 'media source option.
Maybe the Lenovo can’t do it?