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

1. speakToDeviceAsync(host, text, lang)

• 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

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);
  });

2. speakToMultiDeviceAsync(hosts, text, lang)

• 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

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. getUrlfromText(text, lang)

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

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

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

4. castUrlToDeviceAsync(host, url)

• 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

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