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Speech output
thuijbers
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When I let Homey say anything, it usually 'cracks' or pauzes in the sentence. Hard to explain, almost looks like the speaker is broken.
Anyone with the same problem? Couldn't find anything on the forum or on Github.
Version .29, set my Homey to Dutch
Anyone with the same problem? Couldn't find anything on the forum or on Github.
Version .29, set my Homey to Dutch
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Select the voice that you have on your Homey, type in a sentence that you heard Homey say, and listen to what it says. Is it the same as what you hear on your Homey?
After being silent for some time, the problem occurs again...
As I said above, it only happens when it's been a while since it has spoken.
I can make it read out entire pages without any stutter, but when it hasn't said anything for like 15 minutes (don't know the exact period) it stutters the first couple of lines.
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Just checked, I have 13 flows and 15 devices.
Maybe disable some apps you don't really need and see if that makes any difference.
I only have a couple of apps as well.
Just removed the Better logic app and that seems to make some difference:
Now I only have the following apps:
Hue
Wiki
Buienradar
Action
iCalendar to voice
I have a hunch it is the zwave devices. I'll try and remove them tomorrow.
maybe a quick fix that will make it better: restart (NOT RESET) your z-wave chip from within the settings menu
After a reset (turing homey up side down) it disappeared! I've never heard the "cracking" noise again since that reset. Version 0.8.29
Any ideas? Too many apps?
After playing with it for a while, as well as finding this forum thread, I realize the crackling is indeed caused by a (usually temporary) high load and, fortunately, not a hardware defect.
It did cause a somewhat disappointing first impression though. Ideally, Homey should not talk when load is too high or prioritize it sufficiently to avoid the crackling. Especially on that first boot.