Two way audio

Two-way audio (aidot.talk)

The aidot.talk service plays an audio clip through a camera's speaker (push-to-talk / announce).

service: aidot.talk
target:
  entity_id: camera.front_door
data:
  media: "media-source://media_source/local/doorbell.mp3"
  max_seconds: 30

Field	Required	Default	Description
media	yes	-	A media-source id or http(s) URL pointing to an audio file.
max_seconds	no	30	Maximum talk duration (safety cap), 1-300.

Audio format support

The service decodes audio server-side using ffmpeg, so it accepts any format ffmpeg can handle - MP3, WAV, OGG, AAC, FLAC, and others. The camera speaker receives the decoded PCM stream.

Notes

• The camera does not have to be streaming: aidot.talk reuses the live session when one is open, and otherwise opens its own temporary session and closes it afterwards. On an idle camera allow for the cold-start delay described in Cameras; a battery camera has to wake first.
• max_seconds is a safety cap; the clip stops at whichever comes first, the end of the audio or the cap.

See Automation examples for a doorbell-announce pattern.