# Help with numbers to text (TTS)

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [13 March 2024 20:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410 "2024-03-13T20:50:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [13 March 2024 20:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410/1 "2024-03-13T20:50:16Z")

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(I know.... Stupid question)

I've been a bit _bitten_ by the TTS bug.

When it says the time I am getting different results at different times how the time is said.

Exert of code:

```auto
[{"id":"943ee548ae140c50","type":"change","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"00f37121fa1e88a9","name":"TimeStamp","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"","tot":"date"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":4020,"y":3880,"wires":[["c8db866e84b556ab"]]},{"id":"c8db866e84b556ab","type":"moment","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"00f37121fa1e88a9","name":"","topic":"","input":"payload","inputType":"msg","inTz":"Australia/Sydney","adjAmount":0,"adjType":"days","adjDir":"add","format":"HH:mm:ss","locale":"en_AU","output":"payload","outputType":"msg","outTz":"Australia/Sydney","x":4210,"y":3880,"wires":[["78a97b936514a7b7"]]},{"id":"78a97b936514a7b7","type":"function","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"00f37121fa1e88a9","name":"function 40","func":"let x = msg.payload.split(\":\")\n\n//node.warn(x);\n\nmsg.hour = x[0];\nmsg.minute = x[1];\nmsg.second = x[2];\n\nif (msg.minute == 0)\n{\n msg.minute = \" hundred \";\n //return msg;\n}\n\nif (msg.second == 0)\n{\n msg.second = \"exactly\";\n} else\nmsg.second = \" and \" + x[2] + \" seconds\";\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":4410,"y":3880,"wires":[["945027a34e67375e"]]},{"id":"945027a34e67375e","type":"template","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"00f37121fa1e88a9","name":"","field":"payload","fieldType":"msg","format":"handlebars","syntax":"mustache","template":"The time is {{hour}} {{minute}} {{second}}","output":"str","x":4560,"y":3880,"wires":[["91699b85b4e6a7d6","0a1c7d0838510fc2"]]}]

```

Given it is 07:45:20 I hear:

The time is oh 7 four five and twenty seconds

I don't get why the `20` is said as `twenty` yet the `45` is said as `four five`.

Someone - please.

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**Post date:** [13 March 2024 21:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410/2 "2024-03-13T21:50:11Z")

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Not seeing any TTS node in your code

But if it was there - what node would it be?

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**Post date:** [13 March 2024 23:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410/3 "2024-03-13T23:22:28Z")

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Try using Jsonata to convert to words

```auto
 $split($$.payload, ":").$formatInteger($number($), "w")

```

Example flow

```auto
[{"id":"8cc3059d5fbd5f22","type":"inject","z":"d1395164b4eec73e","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"$moment().tz(\"Australia/Sydney\").format(\"H:m:s\")","payloadType":"jsonata","x":270,"y":5580,"wires":[["3da5cca44220f42b"]]},{"id":"3da5cca44220f42b","type":"change","z":"d1395164b4eec73e","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"$split($$.payload, \":\").$formatInteger($number($), \"w\")","tot":"jsonata"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":400,"y":5580,"wires":[["1df5c7c0bd2ce8a9","b050c494fdc4aac8"]]},{"id":"1df5c7c0bd2ce8a9","type":"function","z":"d1395164b4eec73e","name":"function 40","func":"let x = msg.payload\n\n//node.warn(x);\n\nmsg.hour = x[0];\nmsg.minute = x[1];\nmsg.second = x[2];\n\nif (msg.minute == \"zero\")\n{\n msg.minute = \" hundred \";\n //return msg;\n}\n\nif (msg.second == \"zero\")\n{\n msg.second = \"exactly\";\n} else\nmsg.second = \" and \" + x[2] + \" seconds\";\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"timeout":"","noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":540,"y":5580,"wires":[["3ccd929a0eb9c875"]]},{"id":"b050c494fdc4aac8","type":"debug","z":"d1395164b4eec73e","name":"debug 2487","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":530,"y":5500,"wires":[]},{"id":"3ccd929a0eb9c875","type":"template","z":"d1395164b4eec73e","name":"","field":"payload","fieldType":"msg","format":"handlebars","syntax":"mustache","template":"The time is {{hour}} {{minute}} {{second}}","output":"str","x":690,"y":5580,"wires":[["d86ad42663068fde"]]},{"id":"d86ad42663068fde","type":"debug","z":"d1395164b4eec73e","name":"debug 2486","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":630,"y":5620,"wires":[]}]

```

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**Post date:** [14 March 2024 05:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410/4 "2024-03-14T05:23:14Z")

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For the sake of sharing, this is the bit with the TTS code:

```auto
[{"id":"6f171251266fb16d","type":"group","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","name":"TTS","style":{"stroke":"#000000","fill":"#7fb7df","label":true,"color":"#ffC000"},"nodes":["8889470f9a47deb2","ec3cd9d8ff86edb8","3d9635bc.53c14a","17d1372ec4e2fa56","eddc469dd44ddef0","b803161ae495cc15","4fc8e8dcbbe54ad3","8da5e4f1394ecad2","e3445ae13936d183","2899787677c5f0b9","4bdbf5745e5c2a3f","fd06db60ec34cd35","1eb57714d4e51236","81963dcf419e6fbe","f97489d19613ea8c"],"x":4204,"y":1179,"w":642,"h":252},{"id":"8889470f9a47deb2","type":"debug","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"Voice message","active":true,"tosidebar":false,"console":false,"tostatus":true,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","statusVal":"payload","statusType":"auto","x":4560,"y":1220,"wires":[]},{"id":"ec3cd9d8ff86edb8","type":"trigger","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"","op1":"","op2":" ","op1type":"pay","op2type":"str","duration":"5","extend":false,"overrideDelay":false,"units":"s","reset":"","bytopic":"all","topic":"topic","outputs":1,"x":4390,"y":1220,"wires":[["8889470f9a47deb2"]]},{"id":"3d9635bc.53c14a","type":"ttsultimate","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"","voice":"en-AU","ssml":false,"sonosipaddress":"192.168.1.109","sonosvolume":"30","sonoshailing":"0","config":"557d8082.eb5a8","property":"payload","propertyType":{},"rules":[],"playertype":"noplayer","speakingrate":"","speakingpitch":"","unmuteIfMuted":false,"elevenlabsStability":"","elevenlabsSimilarity_boost":"","x":4400,"y":1280,"wires":[["17d1372ec4e2fa56","e5cf171d06085ea9"],[]]},{"id":"17d1372ec4e2fa56","type":"switch","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"","property":"filesArray","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"nnull"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":1,"x":4550,"y":1280,"wires":[["fd06db60ec34cd35"]]},{"id":"eddc469dd44ddef0","type":"function","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"get voice message","func":"msg.payload = msg.filesArray[0].file;\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":4345,"y":1340,"wires":[["b803161ae495cc15"]],"l":false},{"id":"b803161ae495cc15","type":"function","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"MUST HAVE for volume","func":"const x = flow.get(\"default_volume\");\n\nif (msg.volume == undefined)\n{\n msg.volume = x;\n}\nif (msg.volume == 0)\n msg.volume = x;\n\n// If too loud limit to 1.6\nif (msg.volume >= 1.7)\n msg.volume = 1.6;\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":4455,"y":1340,"wires":[["4fc8e8dcbbe54ad3","fe118f6a19b8d45f"]],"l":false},{"id":"4fc8e8dcbbe54ad3","type":"template","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"","field":"payload","fieldType":"msg","format":"handlebars","syntax":"mustache","template":"{{{payload}}} -af \"volume={{volume}}\" -f wav - | DISPLAY=:0 aplay","output":"str","x":4560,"y":1340,"wires":[["8da5e4f1394ecad2"]]},{"id":"8da5e4f1394ecad2","type":"exec","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","command":"ffmpeg -i","addpay":"payload","append":"","useSpawn":"false","timer":"","winHide":false,"oldrc":false,"name":"","x":4720,"y":1340,"wires":[[],[],["4bdbf5745e5c2a3f"]]},{"id":"e3445ae13936d183","type":"junction","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","x":4290,"y":1320,"wires":[["ec3cd9d8ff86edb8","3d9635bc.53c14a","1eb57714d4e51236","81963dcf419e6fbe"]]},{"id":"2899787677c5f0b9","type":"link out","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"next message","mode":"link","links":["70681aaf5f80084c"],"x":4765,"y":1390,"wires":[]},{"id":"4bdbf5745e5c2a3f","type":"function","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"next message","func":"let msg1 = {\"flush\":1};\nreturn msg1;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":4675,"y":1390,"wires":[["2899787677c5f0b9"]],"l":false},{"id":"fd06db60ec34cd35","type":"change","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"volume","pt":"msg","to":"volume","tot":"flow"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":4740,"y":1280,"wires":[["eddc469dd44ddef0"]]},{"id":"1eb57714d4e51236","type":"change","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"volume","pt":"flow","to":"volume","tot":"msg"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":4740,"y":1220,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"81963dcf419e6fbe","type":"link out","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"link out 51","mode":"link","links":["a4cfa2cbe080abbc"],"x":4345,"y":1380,"wires":[]},{"id":"f97489d19613ea8c","type":"link in","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"6f171251266fb16d","name":"TTS - Otherwise","links":["a7de867f4916b788","91699b85b4e6a7d6","18a5cef1083a1bf7"],"x":4245,"y":1320,"wires":[["e3445ae13936d183"]]},{"id":"557d8082.eb5a8","type":"ttsultimate-config","name":"googletranslate","noderedipaddress":"127.0.0.1","noderedport":"1980","purgediratrestart":"leave","ttsservice":"googletranslate","TTSRootFolderPath":""}]

```

# UPDATE:

Now it is 16:27:53

With the code I posted and I use the code - as is/was - I get:

The time is sixteen twenty seven and fifty three seconds.

So _what_ has changed from this morning when I got (for minutes) `four` `five` and not `fourty five`?

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**Post date:** [14 March 2024 05:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410/5 "2024-03-14T05:40:46Z")

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Thanks, but I am having slight difficulty understanding exactly how to do what you did.

Looking: you changed 2 nodes. Ok.

The initial `inject` node injects .... the timestamp but with formatting and (maybe) some tricks.

I didn't realise that at first and only did the `change` node.  
Putting that in my flow (the original part posted) it didn't work.

So I'm stuck how to actually do what you did.  
I'm guessing: what you have in the `inject` node, I put in a `change` node.

It then begs the question: Could I put it like this:  
(I'll try anyway)

```auto
[{"id":"3da5cca44220f42b","type":"change","z":"7879609.4fb06a","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"$moment().tz(\"Australia/Sydney\").format(\"H:m:s\")","tot":"jsonata"},{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"$split($$.payload, \":\").$formatInteger($number($), \"w\")","tot":"jsonata"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":1470,"y":520,"wires":[["1df5c7c0bd2ce8a9","b050c494fdc4aac8"]]}]

```

Or for quicker:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/e/2e3e038a6dd34b5dc94908b7c0da45d54bd1202e.png)

## (Oh, sorry)

And so I don't need the `moment` node that way too?

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**Post date:** [14 March 2024 08:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410/6 "2024-03-14T08:09:52Z")

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I added a change node and altered the function node. You can add the change node after your moment node and replace your function node. Your moment node should format `"H:m:s"`.

Or

Remove your moment node add the change node you created and replace the function node.

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**Post date:** [14 March 2024 08:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410/7 "2024-03-14T08:17:08Z")

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Yeah, sorry.

I did see that.

Got it working, but... (Sorry).....

Some values come through as (eg) _four one_ and not _forty one_ sometimes in the minutes but the seconds for the same value I get _forty one_.

So if (example) if it is 12:41:41 I would get _twelve four one forty one_.

I am going to have to do more digging into which values they are.

What I may do is make a 0 to 59 inject node and inject those into the TTS node and see what comes out.

But thanks.

This is the code now as I have it.

```auto
[{"id":"694c22c904cc66e4","type":"change","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"00f37121fa1e88a9","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"$moment().tz(\"Australia/Sydney\").format(\"H:m:s\")","tot":"jsonata"},{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"$split($$.payload, \":\").$formatInteger($number($), \"w\")","tot":"jsonata"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":4040,"y":3890,"wires":[["1df5c7c0bd2ce8a9"]]},{"id":"1df5c7c0bd2ce8a9","type":"function","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"00f37121fa1e88a9","name":"new time reader","func":"let x = msg.payload\n\n//node.warn(x);\n\nmsg.hour = x[0];\nmsg.minute = x[1];\nmsg.second = x[2];\n\nif (msg.minute == \"zero\")\n{\n msg.minute = \" hundred \";\n //return msg;\n}\n\nif (msg.second == \"zero\")\n{\n msg.second = \"exactly\";\n} else\nmsg.second = \" and \" + x[2] + \" seconds\";\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":4250,"y":3890,"wires":[["945027a34e67375e"]]},{"id":"945027a34e67375e","type":"template","z":"235f16ee6e459f2c","g":"00f37121fa1e88a9","name":"","field":"payload","fieldType":"msg","format":"handlebars","syntax":"mustache","template":"The time is {{hour}} {{minute}} {{second}}","output":"str","x":4430,"y":3910,"wires":[["91699b85b4e6a7d6","0a1c7d0838510fc2"]]}]

```

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**Post date:** [14 March 2024 08:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410/8 "2024-03-14T08:25:25Z")

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> [@Trying\_to\_learn](#):
>
> Some values come through as (eg) _four one_ and not _forty one_ sometimes in the minutes but the seconds for the same value I get _forty one_.

Show the debug output of the text when you get four one or any reading that says individual numbers instead of combined.

You can inject the text `21:21:21` or similar direct into a change node with out the moment expression.

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**Post date:** [14 March 2024 08:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410/9 "2024-03-14T08:27:11Z")

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That's hard to do as it is not always done.

It happened this morning but now (in the afternoon) it doesn't seem to be doing it.

Though it is now 19:28 and I have to wait for about 12 minutes for 19:41 to be sure.

But I will put a `debug` there to get the output.

Well, this is what I get now (for example):

`The time is nineteen sixteen and nineteen seconds`

Which is what I want.  
🙂  
(That is out of the `template` node) BTW

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**Post date:** [14 March 2024 08:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410/10 "2024-03-14T08:29:34Z")

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Read edited post above.

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**Post date:** [14 March 2024 08:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410/11 "2024-03-14T08:31:53Z")

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Sorry.... Hang on.

BTW, just now I am running a `10 second` time loop. Making it say the time every 10 seconds.

It is working perfectly as expected.

I'll now try some early hour (low value) times.

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**Post date:** [14 March 2024 08:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-numbers-to-text-tts/86410/12 "2024-03-14T08:42:15Z")

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# UPDATE

Ok, good.

I scrolled up and got the same time from this morning.

Wow!

Ok, interesting.

Ok, code:

```auto
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```

The top part is yours, the bottom is the original.

the top gets me the time in this format:  
`The time is seven forty-five and eighteen seconds`

The bottom gives me:  
`The time is 07 45 and 18 seconds`

And it is said like:  
_The time is oh seven four five and eighteen seconds_

So - yes, your way works - but what's going on with the _parsing_ of the numbers?  
`07` is said as _oh seven_ which is acceptable.  
`45` becomes `four five`  
and  
`18` is `eighteen`.....

So that confuses me what is going on there.

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My moment format of `H:m:s` does not output 01,02,03..11, 12 ,etc it outputs 1,2,3... 11 12,etc

The JSONata expression $number($) will take 01 and output 1 etc.

Off out, wont be back for 6 hours, catch you later.

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Thanks very much for the help.

Greatly appreciated.

I'm stuck though on why the original way the `45` and `18` aren't _parsed_ the same way.

I may need to dig into the TTS part, but to me that is clutching at straws.

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> [@Trying\_to\_learn](#):
>
> the top gets me the time in this format:  
> `The time is seven forty-five and eighteen seconds`
> 
> The bottom gives me:  
> `The time is 07 45 and 18 seconds`

Not looked at any of the code, but it would make sense to me, that the bottom text is spoken that way. Since it is a list of numbers, which could just as easily be a phone number, where you would expect that way of speaking, but the 18 is between two words and so makes sense to say that as a word.

With the top text there is no ambiguity as its all words.

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Well yes, and no.

If the numbers were `4` `5` then I'd expect _four five_ but it is `45`.  
So I'd expect forty five to be said.

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