From d51eda40b324598af482c1ac7363ea7caaee8c90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luca De Petrillo <972242+lukakama@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 14:30:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix message corruption in picotts component (#141182)

---
 homeassistant/components/picotts/tts.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/homeassistant/components/picotts/tts.py b/homeassistant/components/picotts/tts.py
index 44d33145b3d..54caf1a2b26 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/picotts/tts.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/picotts/tts.py
@@ -56,10 +56,15 @@ class PicoProvider(Provider):
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".wav", delete=False) as tmpf:
             fname = tmpf.name
 
-        cmd = ["pico2wave", "--wave", fname, "-l", language, "--", message]
-        subprocess.call(cmd)
+        cmd = ["pico2wave", "--wave", fname, "-l", language]
+        result = subprocess.run(cmd, text=True, input=message, check=False)
         data = None
         try:
+            if result.returncode != 0:
+                _LOGGER.error(
+                    "Error running pico2wave, return code: %s", result.returncode
+                )
+                return (None, None)
             with open(fname, "rb") as voice:
                 data = voice.read()
         except OSError: