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Here is some info about PicoTTS if any one interested.

Here is the demo: View Demo

Installing PicoTTS

sudo su
cd /
wget http://incrediblepbx.com/picotts-raspi.tar.gz
tar zxvf picotts-raspi.tar.gz
rm -f picotts-raspi.tar.gz
cd /root
./picotts-install.sh

Testing PicoTTS

pico2wave --wave sample.wav -l en-US "Here is a sample, using the PICO text to speech engine."
aplay sample.wav

Below is the Shell script will take the “Text” as argument to speech conversion

Shell Command File: TTS_Play.sh

#!/bin/bash
pico2wave -w /tmp/omx.wav "$1"
#below line just to play chime sound to gather attention
aplay -Dplughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0 /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/chime.wav
aplay -Dplughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0 /tmp/omx.wav

HA Configuration yaml:

input_boolean:
  motion_livingroom_override:
    initial: on

    shell_command:
      ttsplay: '/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/TTS_Play.sh "Hareesh, You have a visitor!"'

    automation 2:
      - alias: Alert Motion
        trigger:
          platform: state
          entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor_3_1
          from: 'off'
          to: 'on'
        condition:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: input_boolean.motion_livingroom_override
            state: 'on'
        action:
          - service: notify.myhtml5
            data:
              message: 'Motion Deteted at Main Gate!!'
              title: 'Home Assistant Alert'
          - service: shell_command.ttsplay

We can configure the shell_command section with what ever text we need to send to the TTS engine.

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