https://github.com/jeeftor/alfredsonostts

Sonos based TTS controlled via Alfred
https://github.com/jeeftor/alfredsonostts

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Sonos based TTS controlled via Alfred

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jeeftor/alfredsonostts
• Owner: jeeftor
• Created: 2017-11-19T14:53:04.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-11-20T19:04:23.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-13T00:22:57.386Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 1.4 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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# TTS for Sonos

**COMMANDS:**

* **TTS** - Text to Speech *(Play a TTS phrase)*

* **STV** - Sonos TTS Voice *(Select voice to use)*

* **STS** - Sonos TTS Speaker *(Select the speaker to play on)*

## Setting up the plugin

* This plugin takes advantage of the `SoCo` library (included in the workflow) to control the sonos.

In order to get the file to play correctly you need to do a few things.

First you need to locate a directory that is both shared with sonos and accessible to the computer running the workflow.

In this example we will use the `/share` folder on the local drive

```bash

# I made the directory with these commands

sudo mkdir /share

chmod 777 /share

```

![image](doc_images/music_lib.png)

First select your `Music Library` in the Sonos client for OSX

![image](doc_images/music_library.png)

Then navigate to `Folders`

![image](doc_images/folders.png)

And there you will see the 'sonos' name for your share

![image](doc_images/share.png)

In our case its `//iMac/share` (which maps to `/share` on the local disk).  You want to make sure you have a `tts.png` file that exists in this directory.

![tts](doc_images/tts.png)

You can create a placeholder for the file with `touch /share/tts.png` from the command line (this file gets overwritten each time you run the plugin).  After you need to update your music library:

**Manage** - **Update Music Library Now** or try:  `⇧⌘I`

At this point everything "should" be ready to go - there are some additional steps but they are done via the plugin interface

### Additional Steps

### Installing LAME

This plugin needs LAME to be installed.  The first time you run it will prompt you it is not installed.

![first](doc_images/firstRun.png)

Selecting the first option will try to install it via homebrew.  If that fails - figure out how to install `LAME` on your own.

### Selecting a Voice and Speakers

Use the `sts` and `stv` commands to select a voice and a speaker to use.

Then you can invoke via `tts` the plugin