[FIXED] Google TTS engine is no more working

Plugins & Plugin Development Sonos
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There was a software update for Sonos today and now the “Say” function does not work anymore. I get an error on the Sonos that says : Unable to play “Say.***.mp3”- file is encoded incorrectly". I have been sending the same command string and it has worked flawlessly:

luup.call_action(LS_SID, “Say”, {Text=" ", Language=“en”, GroupZones=“ALL”,Volume=75, SameVolumeForAll=“true”},SONOS).

I even sent a txt string from the Sonos Plugin Device tab “TTS” and I get the same error. Is there a cure for what ails my Sonos?

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It is not working for me too this morning.
As it was working well the previous days, it has no link to a Sonos update even if an update was released by Sonos few days ago.
I hope Google has not closed its TTS service !!!

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Ditto here… I tried to do a simple TTS say with no speakee… last night. How do we know if Google closed their TTS service and if so what is the alternate? Mike

[quote=“lolodomo, post:2, topic:188206”]It is not working for me too this morning.
As it was working well the previous days, it has no link to a Sonos update even if an update was released by Sonos few days ago.
I hope Google has not closed its TTS service !!![/quote]

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Ditto. Glad I saw this thread before I spent hours debugging: :slight_smile:

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Same here, I’m going to try to install osx in a virtual machine and use the osx tts server. I have a windows maching running all the time anyway for blue iris and plex anyway. I’ll report back if I have any success.

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Its interesting as mine has stopped working as well on the Play 1’s after update. I have also noticed that all the tts to mp3 sites are not working, could this be a Google issue? In The Sonos app i can see that it groups the zones ok and attempts to play with a “the track i not encoded correctly”

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We must test the Google URL first.

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I did the update via the iOS app days ago and TTS worked. I don’t think it’s related to the update but just a coincidence.

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Anyone knows how to get a local OSX TTS server up and running?

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I’ll test tomorrow on a Playbar. If it’s the Play:1 update then it should play fine. If it doesn’t play we’ll know it’s another issue.

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I tried this URL as an example: http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=fr&q=Test

And the result is that we have now to enter a Captcha code !!!
So the service is not closed but is protected against robot !!!

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I just renamed the topic !
That’s really a big problem !

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Oook, so is there a recovery schema to Google’s change and/or is there an alternate solution? I take it we fall into the “Automated service” category? Mike

[quote=“lolodomo, post:12, topic:188206”]I just renamed the topic !
That’s really a big problem ![/quote]

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Same darn problem!!!

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For me it looks like entering the captcha is unblocking the TTS for my IP for multiple searches. Is that not the same for others?

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Seems to have only worked on my computer!!!

http://api.microsofttranslator.com/V2/Http.svc/Speak?appId=SIGNUP_TO_GET_FREE&text=We%20Should%20Ditch%20Google%20TTS&language=en

Johnny

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Seems like ivona is launching some kind of online TTS service maybe this can be an alternative?
I bet it will come with a prize tag though…

http://www.ivona.com/

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[quote=“watek2k, post:17, topic:188206”]Seems to have only worked on my computer!!!

http://api.microsofttranslator.com/V2/Http.svc/Speak?appId=SIGNUP_TO_GET_FREE&text=We%20Should%20Ditch%20Google%20TTS&language=en

Johnny[/quote]

Microsoft Translator could be a free alternative to investigate.

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I read about Microsoft Translator API this afternoon and I am now convinced that adding this TTS engine is doable.
For the user, that would be more difficult to setup because an account has to be created on a particular platform and a new application has to be declared by the user to get the identifiers that will be required by the plugin.
For the plugin itself, the new thing is that a session token has to be obtained and renewed when necessary.

So I will add this new engine to the plugin. Should be available in few days.

Any idea if the Microsoft speech is as good as Google speech ?

Note that the account is free if you translate less than 20 000 characters per month. That’s largely enough for few TTS messages per day.