Say command and number item

Add-ons Text-to-Speech
#1

Hi

I need to say command in a rule to tell my the temperature outside, but my sensor sometimes add a large number to the item.
Sometimes the number is -2.80000003, and when I use the say command it tells my something like 2.8 million degrees.

Is it possible to tell it to only add 0.1 numbers, so it only tells me -2,8

say("The temperature is " + Temp_ude.state.toString + "Grader","voicerss:daDK","sonos:PLAY1:RINCON_949F3E72CEE801400")
#2

Try this:

say("The temperature is ", String::format("Temp %.1f °C", Temp_ude.state) + "Grader","voicerss:daDK","sonos:PLAY1:RINCON_949F3E72CEE801400")
Say time and date
#3

I get this error, when trying to run the rule

2018-11-26 21:00:49.908 [ERROR] [ntime.internal.engine.RuleEngineImpl] - Rule 'Godmorgen hilsen': f != org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.DecimalType
#4

What error were you getting before?
I added .toString below.

say("The temperature is ", String::format("Temp %.1f °C", Temp_ude.state.toString) + "Grader","voicerss:daDK","sonos:PLAY1:RINCON_949F3E72CEE801400")
#5

I get this error now

2018-11-26 21:31:04.740 [ERROR] [ntime.internal.engine.RuleEngineImpl] - Rule 'Godmorgen hilsen': f != java.lang.String

with this command, it works

say("Godmorgen alle sammen,.....  temperaturen udenfor er lige nu" + Temp_ude.state + "Grader","voicerss:daDK","sonos:PLAY1:RINCON_949F3E72CEE801400")
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#6

Awesome!

@Dim will be glad to hear the news.

I knew we could figure it out.:joy: Now I gotta read more on using say.:smile:

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#7

Sorry the 2. command works with no errors in the log, but it still tells me the temperature with all the zeros.

#8

I will send you in the deep waters, but you will be able to see several examples of what you want to do:

This one uses another scripting engine (JSR223) and you don’t have to use exactly the same stuff.
You can see several formatting examples in the code.

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#9

Why don’t you compose the string to be said in an extra variable an let the TTS say this variable?

#10

I am not sure what you saying, can you show me an example?

#11

Something like this:

rule “SaySomething”

when
…//Your Trigger
then
var string TextString
TextString= "The temperature is "+ String::format(“Temp %.1f °C” ,Temp_ude.state.toString) + “Grader”
LogInfo (“SaySomething”, “TextString. {}”, TextString)
say(TextString,“voicerss:daDK”,“sonos:PLAY1:RINCON_949F3E72CEE801400”)
end

#12

Hi

I get an error running the rule, I did try to only run the the say command, and there is also an error

rule "Godmorgen hilsen"
when
        Item Panel_Lock changed
then
		
 	say("The temperature is "+ String::format("Temp %.1f °C" ,Temp_ude.state.toString) + "Grader","voicerss:daDK","sonos:PLAY1:RINCON_B8E937B7EB3601400")
      
end

I get this error

2018-11-28 15:37:51.092 [ERROR] [ntime.internal.engine.RuleEngineImpl] - Rule 'Godmorgen hilsen': f != java.lang.String
#13

I’m at my system now and can test!
This did work for me:

rule "SayTemperature"
when
        Item TestSomething changed
then
	  var String AudioSink
    AudioSink= "sonos:PLAY1:RINCON_949F3E7D2EF401400"
 	  var String SayText
    SayText="Die Temperatur ist "+  CPUTemperature.state + " Grad Celcius"
    SayText=SayText.replace(".",",")
    logInfo("SayTemperature", "SayText: {}",SayText)
    say(SayText,"voicerss:deDE",AudioSink)
end

I needed the .replace bercause the numbers are stored “english” i.e. the decimal seperator is a point, in order to get the correct german sentence I replaced the “.” with a “,”! Otherwise the said text would have been your observed large number!
Note that only the stored number is coming from the item, hence no need for the “°C” and the preceeding “Temp”.
My CPUTemprature has a value of “54.2000000000000028421709430404007434844970703125” according a REST API call, however the SayText is " Die Temperatur ist 54,2 Grad Celcius"!!

Sorry for earlier posting with a not working example. I’m really missing the VPN to my raspi, no way to look at my rules when I’m not at home :disappointed:

#14

Hi
I did try to test your code, it tells me all the numbers in the say and the loginfo

Here is the modified code

rule "SayTemperature"
when
        Item Panel_Lock changed
then
	  var String AudioSink
    AudioSink= "sonos:PLAY1:RINCON_949F3E72CEE801400"
 	  var String SayText
    SayText="Temperaturen er "+  Temp_ude.state + " Grader Celcius"
    SayText=SayText.replace(".",",")
    logInfo("SayTemperature", "SayText: {}",SayText)
   say(SayText,voicerss:daDK,AudioSink)
end

2018-11-28 21:02:35.254 [INFO ] [marthome.model.script.SayTemperature] - SayText: Temperaturen er 3,2222222 Grader Celcius

How does your item looks like, my is like this;

Number 		Temp_ude			"Temperatur [%.1f °C]"		<temperature>		(Temperatur,Vejr)
#15

Hi

Now it works, this is the right format for the command:

Temp_ude.state.format("%.1f")
#16

Actually my item has no formatting in the definition, I have that in the sitemap file.
I can’t say why it works differently.

#17

Thanks for your help, it really helped me with this code, because i had the same issue.

SayText=SayText.replace(".",",")
#18

If your problem is solved, please mark the post that solved it with “solution” checkmark

#19

You can do all of the changes (replace as well as the format) in one go without variable…
This is my rule file, working fine:

rule    "Voice Testing Rule"
	when
		Item    Voice_Robot     changed from OFF to ON  
	then
 say("Temperaturen i kontoret er" + kontor_Temperature.state.format("%.1f").replace(".",",") + "grader!")

end
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