TTS Speak not working? #123

rdehuyss · 2026-07-21T06:17:46Z

rdehuyss
Jul 21, 2026

HI,

Thanks again for all your hard work, @knoop7 ! I got the voice assistant listening and BLE proxy working, awesome!

I'm trying to start a conversation on a voice satellite using Ava Pro but I'm unable to get it working. I tried:

action: tts.speak
target:
  entity_id: tts.home_assistant_cloud
data:
  cache: false
  media_player_entity_id: media_player.dining_room_voice_assistant_media_player
  message: Goeiemorgen Ronald, hoe gaat het?

The above is not working on the voice assistant but it is working on any other (normal / sonos) speaker. I originally tried this which does not also work:

action: assist_satellite.start_conversation
target:
  entity_id: assist_satellite.dining_room_voice_assistant_assist_satellite
data:
  start_message: >-
    Goedemorgen Ronald. Het wordt vandaag zacht en overwegend droog.
    Zal ik wat muziek opzetten?
  extra_system_prompt: >-
    De gebruiker kreeg een korte weerssamenvatting en wordt gevraagd of er muziek op moet staan.
    Interpreteer een kort antwoord zoals ja, nee, graag of liever niet in deze context.
  preannounce: false

Am I doing something wrong?

rdehuyss · 2026-07-21T12:58:31Z

rdehuyss
Jul 21, 2026
Author

I also noticed that not a single response is coming out of the Ava app. The speaker of the phone is working as I do hear the 'ting' when the wake word is recognized.

Here is the debug output:

stage: done
run:
  pipeline: 01kxswea0aapx8hrk02pdp58jq
  language: nl
  conversation_id: 01KY2BH4H13C5D4DQD107VAHE8
  satellite_id: assist_satellite.dining_room_voice_assistant_assist_satellite
  tts_output:
    token: 4d538z0fwahKoAwfkevDnA.mp3
    url: /api/tts_proxy/4d538z0fwahKoAwfkevDnA.mp3
    mime_type: audio/mpeg
    stream_response: true
events:
  - type: run-start
    data:
      pipeline: 01kxswea0aapx8hrk02pdp58jq
      language: nl
      conversation_id: 01KY2BH4H13C5D4DQD107VAHE8
      satellite_id: assist_satellite.dining_room_voice_assistant_assist_satellite
      tts_output:
        token: 4d538z0fwahKoAwfkevDnA.mp3
        url: /api/tts_proxy/4d538z0fwahKoAwfkevDnA.mp3
        mime_type: audio/mpeg
        stream_response: true
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:34.672541+00:00"
  - type: stt-start
    data:
      engine: stt.home_assistant_cloud
      metadata:
        language: nl-BE
        format: wav
        codec: pcm
        bit_rate: 16
        sample_rate: 16000
        channel: 1
      audio_processing:
        requires_external_vad: true
        prefers_auto_gain_enabled: true
        prefers_noise_reduction_enabled: true
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:34.673108+00:00"
  - type: stt-vad-start
    data:
      timestamp: 4190
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:38.885605+00:00"
  - type: stt-vad-end
    data:
      timestamp: 6640
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:41.366180+00:00"
  - type: stt-end
    data:
      stt_output:
        text: Ga de regenen vandaag.
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:41.570406+00:00"
  - type: intent-start
    data:
      engine: conversation.llama_cpp_gemma_4_12b_ha_ai_agent
      language: nl-BE
      intent_input: Ga de regenen vandaag.
      conversation_id: 01KY2BH4H13C5D4DQD107VAHE8
      device_id: 856c7c056357809be21f5556d11a0216
      satellite_id: assist_satellite.dining_room_voice_assistant_assist_satellite
      prefer_local_intents: true
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:41.570642+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        role: assistant
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.385608+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: Het
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.386118+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: " is"
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.429353+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: " mom"
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.470582+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: ente
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.512244+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: el
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.553542+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: " z"
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.594880+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: onn
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.636164+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: ig
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.677482+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: " in"
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.718910+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: " T"
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.760235+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: ienen
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.801672+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: ","
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.843010+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: " dus"
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.884406+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: " het"
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.925873+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: " regent"
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:42.967216+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: " niet"
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:43.008636+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: " op"
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:43.050205+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: " dit"
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:43.091835+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      tts_start_streaming: true
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:43.091881+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: " moment"
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:43.132151+00:00"
  - type: intent-progress
    data:
      chat_log_delta:
        content: .
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:43.172947+00:00"
  - type: intent-end
    data:
      processed_locally: false
      intent_output:
        response:
          speech:
            plain:
              speech: >-
                Het is momenteel zonnig in Tienen, dus het regent niet op dit
                moment.
              extra_data: null
          card: {}
          language: nl-BE
          response_type: action_done
          data:
            success: []
            failed: []
        conversation_id: 01KY2BH4H13C5D4DQD107VAHE8
        continue_conversation: false
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:43.215441+00:00"
  - type: tts-start
    data:
      engine: tts.home_assistant_cloud
      language: nl-BE
      voice: ArnaudNeural
      tts_input: Het is momenteel zonnig in Tienen, dus het regent niet op dit moment.
      acknowledge_override: false
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:43.215679+00:00"
  - type: tts-end
    data:
      tts_output:
        media_id: media-source://tts/-stream-/4d538z0fwahKoAwfkevDnA.mp3
        token: 4d538z0fwahKoAwfkevDnA.mp3
        url: /api/tts_proxy/4d538z0fwahKoAwfkevDnA.mp3
        mime_type: audio/mpeg
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:43.216264+00:00"
  - type: run-end
    data: null
    timestamp: "2026-07-21T12:50:43.216469+00:00"
started: 2026-07-21T12:50:34.672Z
stt:
  engine: stt.home_assistant_cloud
  metadata:
    language: nl-BE
    format: wav
    codec: pcm
    bit_rate: 16
    sample_rate: 16000
    channel: 1
  audio_processing:
    requires_external_vad: true
    prefers_auto_gain_enabled: true
    prefers_noise_reduction_enabled: true
  done: true
  stt_output:
    text: Ga de regenen vandaag.
intent:
  engine: conversation.llama_cpp_gemma_4_12b_ha_ai_agent
  language: nl-BE
  intent_input: Ga de regenen vandaag.
  conversation_id: 01KY2BH4H13C5D4DQD107VAHE8
  device_id: 856c7c056357809be21f5556d11a0216
  satellite_id: assist_satellite.dining_room_voice_assistant_assist_satellite
  prefer_local_intents: true
  done: true
  processed_locally: false
  intent_output:
    response:
      speech:
        plain:
          speech: >-
            Het is momenteel zonnig in Tienen, dus het regent niet op dit
            moment.
          extra_data: null
      card: {}
      language: nl-BE
      response_type: action_done
      data:
        success: []
        failed: []
    conversation_id: 01KY2BH4H13C5D4DQD107VAHE8
    continue_conversation: false
tts:
  engine: tts.home_assistant_cloud
  language: nl-BE
  voice: ArnaudNeural
  tts_input: Het is momenteel zonnig in Tienen, dus het regent niet op dit moment.
  acknowledge_override: false
  done: true
  tts_output:
    media_id: media-source://tts/-stream-/4d538z0fwahKoAwfkevDnA.mp3
    token: 4d538z0fwahKoAwfkevDnA.mp3
    url: /api/tts_proxy/4d538z0fwahKoAwfkevDnA.mp3
    mime_type: audio/mpeg
finished: 2026-07-21T12:50:43.216Z

0 replies

rdehuyss · 2026-07-22T12:17:35Z

rdehuyss
Jul 22, 2026
Author

Forget what I said... HomeAssistant was running in Docker and the automatically resolved IP address was wrong. When I manually configured the local network in Settings > System > Network and put in the correct IP address, everything worked.

0 replies

knoop7 · 2026-07-22T12:22:17Z

knoop7
Jul 22, 2026
Maintainer

@rdehuyss

Haha, I haven't forgotten. I fixed the issues based on your description and found the root cause. This time, due to the large number of updates, it took a while to reply. I wanted to present a completely new AvaPro, hence the long development time.

0 replies

Navigation Menu

Uh oh!

TTS Speak not working? #123

Uh oh!

{{title}}

Uh oh!

Replies: 3 comments

Uh oh!

{{title}}

Uh oh!

Uh oh!

{{editor}}'s edit

{{editor}}'s edit

Uh oh!

Uh oh!

{{title}}

Uh oh!

Uh oh!

{{editor}}'s edit

{{editor}}'s edit

Uh oh!

Uh oh!

{{title}}

Uh oh!

Uh oh!

{{editor}}'s edit

{{editor}}'s edit

Uh oh!

Select a reply

Uh oh!

Uh oh!

TTS Speak not working? #123

Uh oh!

rdehuyss Jul 21, 2026

Replies: 3 comments

Uh oh!

Uh oh!

rdehuyss Jul 21, 2026 Author

Uh oh!

Uh oh!

rdehuyss Jul 22, 2026 Author

Uh oh!

Uh oh!

knoop7 Jul 22, 2026 Maintainer

rdehuyss
Jul 21, 2026

rdehuyss
Jul 21, 2026
Author

rdehuyss
Jul 22, 2026
Author

knoop7
Jul 22, 2026
Maintainer