Need help !!! with Russound and BLSpeech

[Sireone]

Keep us posted with your progress. And don't hesitate to ask if you run into any more issues or are looking for ideas!

Pro tip: Using either CFGuy's or Blade's random plugins make the talking house that much more interesting!

S-F, how would you use the processing tags in a script? I get this to speak, but it uses BLSpeech's default settings. I want this to speak only in the office at a certain volume.

Sub Main(parms As Object)
Dim allEvents As Object()
allEvents = hs.PluginFunction("BLGData", "", "GetCalendarEvents", new Object(){"user@domain.com","My Calendar","Today"})

    hs.Speak ("John, here are your appointments for today ")

For Each ev As Object In allEvents
    hs.Speak (ev.Name)
Next
End Sub

[S-F]

I am sorry Sire. I don't speak scripts so I can't help there. I know how to make the events work though! Hopefully someone more informed will chime in.

[Blade]

S-F, how would you use the processing tags in a script? I get this to speak, but it uses BLSpeech's default settings. I want this to speak only in the office at a certain volume.

Sub Main(parms As Object)
Dim allEvents As Object()
allEvents = hs.PluginFunction("BLGData", "", "GetCalendarEvents", new Object(){"user@domain.com","My Calendar","Today"})

    hs.Speak ("John, here are your appointments for today ")

For Each ev As Object In allEvents
    hs.Speak (ev.Name)
Next
End Sub

You will need to setup a speaker/zone in BLSpeech. When you add a speaker/zone you can specify the source number for BLRussound. I am going off memory here.

You could do something like this:

hs.Speak("{speaker=Office,volume=80}John, here are your appointments for today ")

[Sireone]

You will need to setup a speaker/zone in BLSpeech. When you add a speaker/zone you can specify the source number for BLRussound. I am going off memory here.

You could do something like this:

hs.Speak("{speaker=Office,volume=80}John, here are your appointments for today ")

Cool, that works. Thanks!

[DSteiNeuro]

About all or multiple speakers..... No such luck. We should petition Blade to institute this functionality!

Did all speakers ever get added?
For example if the Fire alarm triggers, all speakers would turn on Speak alert and then return to prior setting.

Multiple speakers would be also be nice

[Blade]

That is what zones are for.
Try setting the speaker to a zone name

[DSteiNeuro]

Sweet, even better.
I was incorrectly using the priority tag {zone = whole house}
Should have been {speaker=whole house}
(Where "wholehouse" is the zone name.

A+ plugin

[ronaldm]

You use the PLSpeech special processing tags before whatever it is you want spoken. Watch Blade's youtube video on it. I'll give you an example.

See here the stuff encased in {} before the text to be spoken? What this tells BLSpeech is to speak the text on the Kitchen zone (as set up in BLSpeech), Using source 2 with a volume of 40%. In the BLSpeech help file there is an exhaustive list of the especial tags options.

What is the "source 2" in this example or where in Russound or Blrussound i can find this?

[S-F]

Russound devices have "sources". My system has 6 sources (CAA66). You set them up in BLSpeech with whatever names you like in BLSpeech. Have you looked at Blade's BLSpeech youtbe video? If not, you should.

[ronaldm]

Russound devices have "sources". My system has 6 sources (CAA66). You set them up in BLSpeech with whatever names you like in BLSpeech. Have you looked at Blade's BLSpeech youtbe video? If not, you should.

Are you talking about Source Input? Sorry on my CAM6 the only "source" i know is the 6 source input. Yes Watch the Blspeech video and it really doesnt really explain much.

[S-F]

By "Source" on a Russound device I mean the literal inputs for sound. RCA ports. One red and one white for each source. On my Russound keypads I have 6 lights to display which source is selected. So In my previous example of the special tag that, as I recall, went something like this: {source=2,speaker=kitchen} because I have selected Russound integration in BLSpeech source=2 will set my Russound amp to it's #2 source which is where I've plugged my HS3 sound into, and will turn on the "Kitchen" speakers because in BLSpeech under Speakers/Zones I named Speaker #1 Kitchen. Just to clarify, on my Russound amp the #1 zone (As Russound calls it) the first output on the amp, is my kitchen.

[ronaldm]

By "Source" on a Russound device I mean the literal inputs for sound. RCA ports. One red and one white for each source. On my Russound keypads I have 6 lights to display which source is selected. So In my previous example of the special tag that, as I recall, went something like this: {source=2,speaker=kitchen} because I have selected Russound integration in BLSpeech source=2 will set my Russound amp to it's #2 source which is where I've plugged my HS3 sound into, and will turn on the "Kitchen" speakers because in BLSpeech under Speakers/Zones I named Speaker #1 Kitchen. Just to clarify, on my Russound amp the #1 zone (As Russound calls it) the first output on the amp, is my kitchen.

I didnt know you really have to hardwire the Hs3 to one of the source of the russound.Maybe thats the reason my TTS is not working.

[S-F]

Yes. You need to somehow connect the sound card associated with a HS3 speaker.exe instance.

[ronaldm]

Thanks SF. I thought its full software integration. I gotta get that cable.