Using tts.cloud_say and Sonos

Configuration
#1

When using tts.cloud_say on a Sonos speaker that’s already playing music I’d like to pass the volume parameter that you are able to pass via media_player.play_media when manually passing announcement parameter. Is this possible?

More Background

I noticed today that if am playing musing on my Sonos and then use tts.cloud_say to say something on the device it’ll lower the volume and play what needs to be said. I see in the Sonos integration documentation that this is a function of the announce property that apparently is being handled on the backend.

What I Tried

service: tts.cloud_say
data:
  entity_id: media_player.bedroom
  message: >
    My message here
  cache: false
  options:
    volume: 0.1
#2

Use media_player.play_media 

service: media_player.play_media
data:
  announce: true
  media_content_type: music
  media_content_id: >-
    media-source://tts/cloud?message="Good evening!"
  extra:
    volume: 0.1
target:
  entity_id: media_player.bedroom
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#3

That’s handy, had no idea that endpoint existed, thanks! For a more complex message or one with special characters do I just URL encode?

#4

You’re welcome!

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I tried this with Google Translate as the TTS engine (I don’t have access to Nabu Casa’s TTS) and it didn’t convert %21 to an exclamation mark (it said ‘good evening quote’).

media-source://tts/google_translate?message="Good evening%21"