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Google Translate text-to-speech in Home Assistant
google_translate
part of Home Assistant since 0.35
Cloud, push
Set up in the user interface
The Google Translate text-to-speech integration connects Home Assistant with Google's cloud-based translation and speech synthesis service. It is commonly used to convert text into spoken words for announcements, automation feedback, or multilingual support in smart home setups.
Typical uses
- Automated voice announcements
- Multilingual home automation
- Text-to-speech feedback
- Accessibility features
Facts about this integration
- Compatible with Home Assistant
- yes, official integration
- Connection
- Cloud, push – Works through the manufacturer’s cloud; changes arrive straight away, but only while the internet connection and the service are up.
- Setup
- in the user interface
- Kind
- Online service
- Installations
- 527,173 (73.5 % of the installations that share statistics)
- Categories
- Text-to-speech
- Provides
- Text-to-speech
- Python packages
gTTS==2.5.4
Setup
- In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
- Click "Add integration" and search for Google Translate text-to-speech.
- Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.
The link goes through my.home-assistant.io and opens the setup dialog in your own instance – no address of ours is involved.
Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration
The description was written by a language model from the facts listed here, not taken from the documentation.