diff --git a/source/_posts/2020-12-13-release-10.markdown b/source/_posts/2020-12-13-release-10.markdown index 53a8faaf156..1806856d8dd 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2020-12-13-release-10.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2020-12-13-release-10.markdown @@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ Issues introduced in the beta are processed with priority. - [Creating blueprints](#creating-blueprints) - [Sharing blueprints](#sharing-blueprints) - [Using blueprints](#using-blueprints) -- [Assign areas to entities](#assign-areas-to-entities) +- [New neural voices for Nabu Casa Cloud TTS](#new-neural-voices-for-nabu-casa-cloud-tts) +- [Assign areas to entities and readable area IDs](#assign-areas-to-entities-and-readable-area-ids) - [Temporarily disable devices](#temporarily-disable-devices) - [Other noteworthy changes](#other-noteworthy-changes) - [New Integrations](#new-integrations) @@ -109,7 +110,37 @@ Examples: [Blueprint Docs](/docs/blueprint/) -## Assign areas to entities and Area IDs; making areas more useful +## New neural voices for Nabu Casa Cloud TTS + +If you have a [Nabu Casa Home Assistant Cloud][cloud] subscription, this release +brings in some really nice goodness for you. The Text-to-Speech service offered +by Nabu Casa has been extended and now supports a lot of new voices in many +different languages, + +This is a great alternative to, for example, the Google TTS integration. The +resulting audio is absolutely stunning and the neural voices sound supernatural. + +This service is automatically enabled when you are signed in to your +Nabu Casa cloud account and can be called using the [`tts.cloud_say`][cloud_say] +service in your automations. + +For example: + +```yaml +action: + service: tts.cloud_say + entity_id: media_player.family_room_speaker + data: + message: These new voices sound absolutely stunning! + options: + gender: female + language: en-US +``` + +[cloud_say]: https://www.nabucasa.com/config/tts/ +[cloud]: https://www.nabucasa.com/ + +## Assign areas to entities and readable area IDs Areas have been around for a bit already. But, not everything supports areas yet. And using it in for example YAML-based automations, is not really