Shivam Paw

Hello!
I've just released v20 of this driver, it adds support for OS 3.4.2 and also adds a property to increase/decrease the volume of Google Speech announcements
There's also a sale on the driver price for the next couple of weeks

Hello!
I've just released v20 of this driver, it adds support for OS 3.4.2 and also adds a property to increase/decrease the volume of Google Speech announcements
There's also a sale on the driver price for the next couple of weeks

Hello!
I've just released v20 of this driver, it adds support for OS 3.4.2 and also adds a property to increase/decrease the volume of Google Speech announcements
There's also a sale on the driver price for the next couple of weeks

Hello!
I've just released v20 of this driver, it adds support for OS 3.4.2 and also adds a property to increase/decrease the volume of Google Speech announcements
There's also a sale on the driver price for the next couple of weeks

Hello!
I've just released v20 of this driver, it adds support for OS 3.4.2 and also adds a property to increase/decrease the volume of Google Speech announcements
There's also a sale on the driver price for the next couple of weeks

Hello!
I've just released v20 of this driver, it adds support for OS 3.4.2 and also adds a property to increase/decrease the volume of Google Speech announcements
There's also a sale on the driver price for the next couple of weeks

For Google TTS this should be possible. I'm prepping a release later this week so i'll try to get it added into it

For Google TTS this should be possible. I'm prepping a release later this week so i'll try to get it added into it

Interesting. It's probably possible, the only thing is figuring out when an announcement ends. I'm not sure from memory if that's possible and if it's not, then reverting to the previous volume becomes a bit of a guessing game?
Side note, those who are looking for the announcements driver not to rely on internet. What if it cached the files we get from the TTS system? I'd need to think about it some more as we don't really want to cache dozens of announcements a day (caching a different weather temperature every day would be pointless). But maybe caching "static" announcements could work, and therefore also speed them up.

Hey everyone, just released version 15 which adds the ability to add custom pauses in the text. This only works with Google Could Text to Speech.
For example, you can use: Hello %pause 5% world which will return an audio file which says "Hello" and then pauses for 5 seconds, before saying "world".
This can come in handy for small announcements which C4 doesn't really like, or maybe for dramatic effect
Lastly, there's also a discount active on DriverCentral till the end of the month for this driver: https://drivercentral.io/platforms/control4-drivers/text-to-speech-driver/

Released version 14 today which adds support for Google Studio Voices (they're very human like!). Currently only available in English US.
Also fixed a bug where the gender wasn't always working correctly for Google TTS.

Released version 14 today which adds support for Google Studio Voices (they're very human like!). Currently only available in English US.
Also fixed a bug where the gender wasn't always working correctly for Google TTS.

Released version 14 today which adds support for Google Studio Voices (they're very human like!). Currently only available in English US.
Also fixed a bug where the gender wasn't always working correctly for Google TTS.

I've moved this driver over to DriverCentral now and also made it so that if you do manually setup port forwarding for the web service, you would be able to submit voice messages from the port forwarded version without having to be on the actual directors network!
https://drivercentral.io/platforms/control4-drivers/text-to-speech-driver/

Just to add - the Text to Speech driver linked above does also provide the ability to record your voice and send that through speakers 😄

The drivers dont currently support ssml, mainly because it would be weird to program with I think and lead to many “you missed the closing >” issues 

On that slightly hijacking note, we did add Plate Recogniser support to our driver some time ago if anyone wants to try it out!
https://www.blackwiredesigns.com/store/control4-apnr-alpr/

On that slightly hijacking note, we did add Plate Recogniser support to our driver some time ago if anyone wants to try it out!
https://www.blackwiredesigns.com/store/control4-apnr-alpr/

However. For you Apple users. If you’ve ever wanted to say “Hey siri announce a message” and then speak your message and have it announced. Now you can!
You’ll need to setup some port forwarding and a dynamic IP checker. No-IP is what I use. It’s free and you just have to confirm you’re using it every 30 days. 
 
Then in Siri Shortcuts:

 
The bit covered in red would be the No-IP domain & forwarded port of the TTS web service. 
 
If you don’t use the custom buttons you don’t need the bit in red brackets. 

However. For you Apple users. If you’ve ever wanted to say “Hey siri announce a message” and then speak your message and have it announced. Now you can!
You’ll need to setup some port forwarding and a dynamic IP checker. No-IP is what I use. It’s free and you just have to confirm you’re using it every 30 days. 
 
Then in Siri Shortcuts:

 
The bit covered in red would be the No-IP domain & forwarded port of the TTS web service. 
 
If you don’t use the custom buttons you don’t need the bit in red brackets. 

Erm..I sincerely hope it continues! If you’ve had yours for 11 months then I’ve had mine for at least 12 and it’s still running which is the good news. 
I haven’t been charged, but it may be that you do need to enter some payment details and it’s worth keeping an eye on it. The free tier should last forever and is very generous as far as I’m aware. 

Just released V9 which finally has creating events. The delay was due to Google taking over a month with authorising the change in "scopes".
Release Notes:
* Added ability to create events from C4 navigators. Note: this requires you to reauthorize your Google account
* Added ability to view logged in account details and log out of that account
* Added ability to begin account log in/authorization from C4 navigators
* Added ability to select calendar from C4 navigators.
* Fixed bug where event starting at midnight tomorrow would show in today's events
* Updated documentation
https://www.blackwiredesigns.com/store/control4-google-calendar/

Just released V9 which finally has creating events. The delay was due to Google taking over a month with authorising the change in "scopes".
Release Notes:
* Added ability to create events from C4 navigators. Note: this requires you to reauthorize your Google account
* Added ability to view logged in account details and log out of that account
* Added ability to begin account log in/authorization from C4 navigators
* Added ability to select calendar from C4 navigators.
* Fixed bug where event starting at midnight tomorrow would show in today's events
* Updated documentation
https://www.blackwiredesigns.com/store/control4-google-calendar/

Just released V9 which finally has creating events. The delay was due to Google taking over a month with authorising the change in "scopes".
Release Notes:
* Added ability to create events from C4 navigators. Note: this requires you to reauthorize your Google account
* Added ability to view logged in account details and log out of that account
* Added ability to begin account log in/authorization from C4 navigators
* Added ability to select calendar from C4 navigators.
* Fixed bug where event starting at midnight tomorrow would show in today's events
* Updated documentation
https://www.blackwiredesigns.com/store/control4-google-calendar/

Hiya
This driver provides an easy way to setup images with Control4 push notifications. The driver supports authentication with both types (Basic & Digest). This will let you setup any camera snapshots to be shown in a Control4 push notification! Your camera driver does not need to be updated for this to work.
All you need is the snapshot URL, the authorization type (if required), the username and the password!

(That notification was triggered manually, hence nobody at the gate)
https://www.blackwiredesigns.com/store/control4-push-notification-images/