Shivam Paw

And just like that, Version 3 is released.

Change Log:

• Added ability to inject variables into typed text with { ProxyID::Variable Name } syntax
• Fixed icon issue with media service
• Better error handling for invalid Google Cloud API Key

Be sure to refresh navs for the icon fix.

1 hour ago, jfh said:

I see you have the same problem with the TTS icon not displaying properly as I do. Hopefully an easy fix with updating icon files in the driver.

 

Interested in the Yes/No buttons.  What is the logic/programming behind them?  I understand they control Boolean variables but what does Yes or No indicate to the user in the UI?

Aha! I've found the issue and it will be fixed in the next release

14 minutes ago, South Africa C4 user said:

So my dealer downloaded a 72 hour trial licence for me and this really is a great driver and I will be purchasing it for both my Beach house and my main home.

When I first joined the forums, I got in to a little trouble for saying that the Advanced Custom buttons took us out of the dark ages in to the Present and StartHere! (a great driver in its day) took us into the future.  What I was commenting on was the fantastic evolution of drivers and the great impact of competition and alternative thinking.

I feel the same way about this text to speech driver as I did about StartHere! A great driver with some phenomenal features and a wonderful user interface (on the app also!). I have previously raved about other text to speech drivers and was a Beta tester on one (which I loved) but the ability to type messages on screen means that this one takes the cake (for now).

I have set up a voice messages room and used 5 of @alanchow Yes/no icons to determine what areas (main Bedroom, kids bedrooms, downstairs, outside and theatre being my 5 areas - between them covering 14 of the 16 zones of audio we have) to play the announcement in and then a single copy of @Shivam Paw TTS Driver.  The announcement then kicks of in one area after another for each area chosen. I guess that I could use a lot of copies of the driver (5 factorial or 15 for those numerically minded) to allow for any combination of these areas and play the announcement simultaneously in the relevant areas in this way... but the current setup was quick to do, works flawlessly and gives the users lots of flexibility even if it takes a minute to play, say, a 12 second announcement in 5 areas.  I now need to implement the “do not disturb” driver (I think it is actually an Announcements Experience Button or some such) or the kids will be waking me at all hours!

I’m glad you like it and if you have any feedback or requests be sure to let me know  

Just now, jfh said:

Thanks.  The entering your own text option would be something my wife would like so looking forward to trying your driver

I got my parents to love it so i'm sure your wife will too  

21 minutes ago, jfh said:

How does this differ from Cinegration’s Voice Agent driver?  It looks like you have another voice option.  Anything else?

 

https://drivercentral.io/platforms/control4-drivers/utility/voice-agent

I've not used that driver but it seems like it doesn't allow you to enter your own text directly from the C4 app, On Screen navs, T3 or through a web interface. There's also no limit on the characters per day. You can use as many as you want - the only limit is what you want to pay for the APIs and personally I feel most installations will be good to go with the free keys.

Both our text to speech engines have different languages as well as speeds to use (and more engines will be coming in the future).

1 hour ago, Amr said:

But u will also publish it on DriverCentral, right?

No, it is only on BWD.

The driver is now released on BlackWire Designs!

https://www.blackwiredesigns.com/store/control4-text-to-speech/

This Text to Speech driver lets you send announcements around your Control4 system with a few taps!

You can use our built in web interface to type your own message, use our Control4 “Listen” service to
type in a message right from your Control4 app, or use Composer programming to execute announcements
when you want!

• Media service integration
• Web interface
• Use variables in programming
• Google Cloud & VoiceRSS Text to Speech Engines
• Modify speed & language for TTS Engines
• %date% and %time% values manipulated
• Last message variable

I hope you like it  

Please note this is a separate driver to the early "freebie". You shouldn't update the existing one if you are using it; instead you should add this as a new driver.

Just now, ILoveC4 said:

Gotcha. So the driver sits in a room, and what you type in there gets announced in that room. That's cool. 

What I'd really love is to be able to do this ad-hoc stuff, along with programmed things that can be at a button press and play over lots of rooms (like announcements now, but without the hassle of creating the audio file and attaching it to an announcement). This may be able to be achieved already...I haven't spent much time pursuing it but have been getting ready to start.

It's possible with this driver

Just now, ILoveC4 said:

DONE! I'm off my soapbox.

To make sure I understand - this driver would allow me to pull up the C4 app, type in text and choose which rooms I want it read to, and have it will audible deliver that message over the speakers? If so, I'm super pumped!

Close. You can't choose which rooms you want it delivered to but you can have multiple instances of the driver for different rooms.

Let's not turn this into one of those please...

The driver will be available on BlackWire Designs.

1 minute ago, ILoveC4 said:

So the driver ISN’T available any more? Everything you said in your first post sounds great. I excitedly tried to download it hit the link seems to be dead. 

 

DH

It isn't at the moment but hopefully pretty soon you'll be able to get it on DriverCentral.

The driver will hopefully soon be going onto DriverCentral for sale. The updated driver will have Google Cloud Text to Speech built in as well as various other changes and a few bug fixes. If you have already downloaded the free version then you can go ahead and use it but as stated earlier - support is limited for it.

The decision to sell the driver was made as it means we can put more work into future drivers.

Hiya

I've just finished creating a Text to Speech driver with all sorts of support for how you can get your messages announced!

Setup is super simple. Follow the documentation and I've timed it at under 2 minutes!

The ways you can use the driver are through programming text (and variables) to be spoken out; through it's built in web interface (which allows you to choose a custom port [for port forwarding]), through the Listen menu where you just need to enter the text you wish to be announced!

• Media service integration
• Voice messages (PA system)
• Multi room support
• Web interface
• Use variables in programming
• Google Cloud & VoiceRSS Text to Speech Engines
• Modify speed & language for TTS Engines
• %date% and %time% values manipulated
• Last message variable

Driver Download: https://drivercentral.io/platforms/control4-drivers/text-to-speech-driver/

I hope you like it!

Driver Images

1 hour ago, walterlara said:

Any possibility to make the url a variable that can be updated via programming? This driver + IFTTT could potentially grab image urls from other online services.  Driver is amazing btw and thanks for it. 

Added this for ya. OP updated.

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/q41401kp95nc01v/generic_url_notification_driver.c4z?dl=0

4 hours ago, pkkaiser said:

When I do this (which is awesome BTW) I get a little thumbnail image in the iOS notification of the doorstation picture, not a big one like your example. When you click on it the C4 app opens and still no big picture. Any suggestions would be great! Thanks

3D Touch on the notification

A web based composer...take my money

3 minutes ago, msgreenf said:

Usually that means too high a frame rate or resolution

Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk
 

You mean the freeze issue? I’ll have a look if I can change the frame rate

Exact same issue with my Lilin DHD cameras. I can access a h.264 rtsp stream and the camera test shows it as working but on mobile it won’t load. 

Weirdly, on EAs (dunno about T3s) it’ll load the first few frames and then freeze on that frame. Same when you view the camera via composer. Do you have that issue?

7 minutes ago, juan15pablo said:

What was the problem?

I am in the same situation that I can view the screenshot, but it doesnt attach to the push.

Triple check your Camera API auth is set to None and try adding the port 80 to the url.

E.g. instead of http://10.0.1.61/api/camera/snapshot?width=640&height=480&source=internal try http://10.0.1.61:80/api/camera/snapshot?width=640&height=480&source=internal

Just now, South Africa C4 user said:

I’m using the URL you provide in the driver documentation for the DS2 (inserting the correct IP address) for retrieving a snapshot once authentication is turned off.  I copied the URL into a web browser and it works perfectly there.  If I have not turned off the authentication requirement, it asks for a user name and password as expected.  Once I use your driver to turn off the authentication requirement, the URL posted into a web browser gives the screen shot perfectly. However, when I send a push notification, I don’t see any attachment... I can’t figure out what I am doing wrong 

You've gone to agents -> push notifications and set the attachment for that notification?

4 hours ago, South Africa C4 user said:

Must say, I am loving this and have got all of the commands working and am using all of them as I now have a slightly different brightness and colour saturation setting for day time (cf night time).  All in all, a big improvement!

I have also got the camera (disable) authentication working although for some reason I can’t get the generic url driver to work and include a picture in the push notification.  I am probably doing something really stupid and will try again one evening this week.

Thanks again! Great driver,

What URL are you using and does it work when you visit it in incognito?

Did you know that if you tap to either side of the volume sliders current position you can increment or decrement the volume by 1?

You gotta use a virtual box I’m afraid

2 hours ago, South Africa C4 user said:

Thanks.  I have just been playing with the “first” version of your driver and it is great.  I have been tweaking my settings (brightness, colour saturation and infrared) to get the best possible picture.  What had crossed my mind was that the best settings in day time could be different, so it would be nice to be able to change these programmatically (infrared is probably not necessary!).

The other item that was an issue a while back (and May have been fixed with a driver / firmware or OS update) is that my camera said it was defaulting to “Outdoor” but was actually defaulting to Outdoor highlight compensation so I needed to change it every time I rebooted.  I am still doing this (May be unnecessary now).  Thus, a programmatic command to change the camera mode would also be nice... may also be useful in certain lighting situations to change this between day and night...

Nothing vital here... so more importantly - thanks again! Great driver

V2

I'm hesitant to add the camera mode functionality at the moment because of how the DS2 driver won't update through camera setting changes but will look into it as I agree, could be helpful!

jooced_ds2_misc_commands.c4z

The driver has been updated and uploaded here:

With an extra command. Any other commands that you think could be useful, please post in that topic