Yandex TTS
The yandextts
text-to-speech integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more.
[Learn more] uses Yandex SpeechKit text-to-speech engine to read a text with natural sounding voices.
Configuration
To enable text-to-speech with Yandex SpeechKit, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file.
After changing the configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes. To view the changes, go to Settings > Devices & services > Entities.
# Example configuration.yaml entry
tts:
- platform: yandextts
api_key: THE_API_KEY
Configuration Variables
The language to use. Supported languages are en-US
, ru-RU
, uk-UK
and tr-TR
.
The speaker voice. Supported female voices are jane
, oksana
, alyss
, omazh
, silaerkan
, nastya
, sasha
, tanya
, tatyana_abramova
, voicesearch
, and zombie
. Male voices are zahar
, ermil
, levitan
, ermilov
, kolya
, kostya
, nick
, erkanyavas
, zhenya
, anton_samokhvalov
, ermil_with_tuning
, robot
, dude
, and smoky
.
The speaker emotional intonation. Supported emotions are good
(friendly), evil
(angry) and neutral
Please check the API documentation for details. It seems that the English version of documentation is outdated. You could request an API key by email or online.
Full configuration example
The configuration sample below shows how an entry can look like:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
tts:
- platform: yandextts
api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
language: "ru-RU"
codec: mp3
voice: oksana
emotion: evil
speed: 2