tts-googlehome

Text-to-Speech with GoogleHome, for Node.js

- Node.js v12.9 or later, bacause using Promise.allSettled()
- Alternative for google-home-notifier

Installation

``
$ npm install --save tts-googlehome
`

Direct Dependency

- google-tts-api
- castv2-client

Usage

$3

- args:
- host ... Device hostname/IP Address, such as "xxxxxxxx.local" or "192.168.0.xxx"
- text ... text to speak
- lang ... ex) 'en-US', 'ja'
- return Promise

example

`js
const TtsGoogleHome = require('tts-googlehome');

TtsGoogleHome.speakToDeviceAsync('xxxxxxx.local', 'Hello', 'en-US')
.then(e => {
// -- OK --
console.log('speak OK');
})
.catch(err => {
// -- error --
console.error('speak ERROR:', err);
});
`

$3

- args:
- hosts ... array of Device hostname/IP Address
- ex) ["xxxxx1.local", "xxxxx2.local"]
- text ... text to speak
- lang ... ex) 'en-US', 'ja'
- return array of Promise status (fulfilled or rejected)

example

`js
const TtsGoogleHome = require('tts-googlehome');

TtsGoogleHome.speakToMultiDeviceAsync(['xxxxxxx.local', '192,168.0.xxx'], 'Hello', 'en-US')
.then(e => {
// -- finished --
console.log('speak multi finished:', e);
})
`

$3

- args:
- text ... text to speak
- lang ... ex) 'en-US', 'ja'
- return URL

`js
const TtsGoogleHome = require('tts-googlehome');

const url = TtsGoogleHome.getUrlfromText('Hello', 'en-US');
console.log(url);
`

$3

- args:
- host ... Device hostname/IP Address, such as "xxxxxxxx.local" or "192.168.0.xxx"
- url ... url to audio, such as returned by getUrlfromText()
- return Promise

`js
const TtsGoogleHome = require('tts-googlehome');
const url = 'http://xxxxxxx/audio.mp3';

TtsGoogleHome.castUrlToDeviceAsync('xxxxxxxx.local', url)
.then(e => {
// -- OK --
console.log('cast OK');
})
.catch(err => {
// -- error --
console.error('cast ERROR:', err);
});
``

Run test

- copy _conf/test_config.template.js to _conf/test_config.js
- modify _conf/test_config.js
- TEST_DEVICE1_HOSTNAME ... hostname or IP address of Device 1
- TEST_DEVICE2_HOSTNAME ... hostname or IP address of Device 2
- execute all test
- npm test
- (or) npx jest
- execute single test (example)
- npx jest test_geturl.js
- (or) npx jest -t "NOT exist device"

License

MIT