chromecast

The chromecast predicate sends a media file to a Chromecast device.

It can be used to make a Google Home talk using the TTS feature of go-chromecast. You need to setup a Google Service Account (see previous link). Google Text-to-Speech is free for up to 4 millions of read characters per month with standard voices.

Options

Option	Required	Description
tts	yes	String to say on the Chromecast device
google_service_account	yes	Path to your GSA credentials
language_code	yes	language code
voice_name	yes	See https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/voices
addr	yes	IP of the Chromecast device
port		Port of the Chromecast device (default to 8009)
server_port		Local port used to server media file. Only needed if you have a local firewall
speaking_rate		default to 1.0
pitch		default to 1.0

Results

Field	Type	Description
result	boolean	false if something went wrong

Example:

See Kodi example in ../../examples/kodi/kodi.yml.