Piper GLaDOS Medium Voice for Home Assistant

This container provides a custom GLaDOS voice model for Home Assistant's Wyoming Piper TTS integration.

Model Information

• Voice: GLaDOS (from Portal video game series)
• Language: English (US)
• Quality: Medium
• Sample Rate: 22.05 kHz
• Source: https://huggingface.co/Stoned-Code/piper-en_US-glados-medium/tree/main

Quick Start

Build and Run with Docker Compose

# Build and start the container
docker-compose up -d

# Check logs
docker-compose logs -f piper-glados

Manual Docker Build

# Build the image
docker build -t piper-glados-medium .

# Run the container
docker run -d \
  --name piper-glados-medium \
  -p 10200:10200 \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  piper-glados-medium

Home Assistant Integration

1. Add to your Home Assistant configuration.yaml:

tts:
  - platform: wyoming
    host: <container-ip-or-hostname>
    port: 10200
    name: "Piper GLaDOS"

2. Or use Home Assistant UI:

   • Go to Settings → Devices & Services
   • Click "Add Integration"
   • Search for "Wyoming Protocol"
   • Enter the container's IP address and port 10200

3. Test the voice:

   • Go to Developer Tools → Services
   • Select tts.speak
   • Choose entity: tts.piper_glados
   • Enter test message and target media player

Available Voice

Once integrated, you'll have access to:

• Voice ID: en_US-glados-medium
• Language: English (United States)
• Speaker: GLaDOS

Container Details

• Base Image: rhasspy/wyoming-piper
• Protocol: Wyoming (compatible with Home Assistant 2023.5+)
• Port: 10200 (Wyoming protocol)
• Model Path: /usr/share/piper-voices/en_US/glados/medium/

Troubleshooting

Check if the service is running:

curl http://localhost:10200/api/voices

View container logs:

docker logs piper-glados-medium

Test TTS directly:

echo "Hello, subject. The tests are now complete." | docker exec -i piper-glados-medium piper --model /usr/share/piper-voices/en_US/glados/medium/en_US-glados-medium.onnx --output-file - | aplay

Model Files

• model/en_US_glados_medium.onnx - Neural network model
• model/en_US_glados_medium.json - Model configuration and phoneme mappings