Possible Solution for say.sh about super-simple-raspberry-pi-audio-receiver-install HOT 5 CLOSED

This is great, I never got around to getting into it with say.sh. I was only able to have it say something when connected via hdmi and somewhat lost interest. If you are able to implement this into a pull request I will gladly merge it.

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I'll work on implementing this potential fix into a PR after I've completed additional testing.

I've got a Raspberry Pi Zero W that I use in the car, which was set-up using the custom option, bluetooth-only, no shairport, so I'd like to make sure it works as expected.

I'll need to figure out a simple way to read the output from aplay -L and search for the keywords of plughw and/or sysdefault and then update say.sh to match either-or accordingly (without having to resort to some crazy kung-fu scripting skills).

I've got another question regarding simple-agent.autotrust, so I'll just submit another issue.

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Been MIA lately, but I think ill be more active for at least a couple weeks until a new job starts. The easiest way to get data from aplay would be something like

sysdef=`aplay -l | grep sysdefault`
plughw=`aplay -l | grep plughw`

if [ -z "$sysdef" ]; then
  update say.sh for sysdef
  exit 0
fi
if [ -z "$plughw" ]; then
  update say.sh for plug hw
  exit 0
fi

Or something along those lines, there are likely some syntax errors , but the grep commands should hold water.

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closed for inactivity. If a solution is provided, I would gladly add to the install.

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I got espeak working using the following command in say.sh:

espeak "$*" --stdout | aplay -Dsysdefault

Note that setting the device to -Dplughw:0,0 work as well.

Note the quotes around $* is important. Without that only "Device" would be said, as @ibrodowski also experienced.

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