Node for text-to-speech (node-red-contrib-voicerss-tts)

[Per Malmberg]

Hi,

For those in need of a free and simple solution for text-to-speech in Node-Red:

https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-red-contrib-voicerss-tts

Looking forward to some feedback :)

Creds to Peter Scargill who brought this API to my attention in his blog.

// Per

[Dave C-J]

Hi 

... the node-red-contrib-play-audio node uses the speechsythesis api built into chrome, safari so can do local TTS without any 3rd party service... even simpler - but may not be as good quality of course... (though UK voice is very good on Mac)

(and can even be enabled in firefox if you want)

http://caniuse.com/#search=speechsyn

[Per Malmberg]

Thanks for the feedback, Dave. However, that node doesn't work on headless systems, does it? At least for me, that is a requirement. Having to start a browser isn't an option.

[Dave C-J]

100% correct. It needs the browser to be open so not an option for headless.