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Text-to-speech (TTS) in Home Assistant

tts part of Home Assistant since 0.35

Quality: Internal

Text-to-speech (TTS) is an official Home Assistant integration for Media source and Text-to-speech.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Setup
in configuration.yaml
Kind
Entity type
Quality scale
Internal – Part of Home Assistant itself, not rated separately.
Installations
96,940 (13.5 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Media source, Text-to-speech
Provides
Notifications
Maintained by
@home-assistant/core
Python packages
mutagen==1.48.1

Setup

  1. Nothing to install: this is part of Home Assistant and available as soon as it is running.

Blueprints that use this integration

  • Automation Notifications & Announcements ♥ 114 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Doorbell - Notify Google and send camera snapshot to app – Triggers Google notifications and sends camera snapshots via app when a doorbell is pressed. ♥ 22 · Import · Forum
  • Automation TTS on door opening with persons at home – Triggers a TTS announcement when a door opens and persons are detected at home. ♥ 20 · Import · Forum
  • Script Announce ♥ 18 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Door open tts.cloud_say and Piper announcer (Uses Piper Addon OR Nabu-Casa Cloud) - 2024-06-08 – Triggers TTS announcements and Piper voice using a door sensor and input boolean. ♥ 16 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Joke generator – Generates a random joke and plays it through a media player using TTS services. ♥ 13 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

4 open issues and 8 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Text-to-speech (TTS) in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.10.1.

Open

  • open Reported problem #158150 since December 7, 2025 · 17 reactions · 35 comments · #158150
  • open Reported problem #183198 since September 26, 2026 · 0 reactions · 3 comments · #183198
  • open Reported problem #185663 since October 10, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #185663
  • open Reported problem #184204 since October 4, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #184204

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of October 26, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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