# The dashboard 'audio out' node doesn't speak text

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-dashboard-audio-out-node-doesnt-speak-text/21423>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [8 February 2020 19:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-dashboard-audio-out-node-doesnt-speak-text/21423 "2020-02-08T19:04:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![kalamar194](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@kalamar194](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kalamar194)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2020 19:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-dashboard-audio-out-node-doesnt-speak-text/21423/1 "2020-02-08T19:04:47Z")

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Good morning everyone, I come to you to answer a question, I am using the audio input node of the dashboard group, my problem is that it does not speech text and the voices do not appear to work. I'm using Chromium in raspbian OS  
thanks everyone

![audio1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/c/4c05c83cb344719a567f9ca90afb3ddbd7c4d3d4.png) ![audio2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/7/4738ea3de948d38ab18af3bc11b96e9566790a2a.png)

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**Author:** ![Paul-Reed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/paul-reed/32/66906_2.png) [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2020 19:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-dashboard-audio-out-node-doesnt-speak-text/21423/2 "2020-02-08T19:15:16Z")

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The node info say's;

> If your browser has native support for Text-to-Speech then a `msg.payload` can also be a **string** to be read aloud.

Does your browser have native support for Text-to-Speech?

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**Author:** ![kalamar194](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@kalamar194](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kalamar194)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2020 19:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-dashboard-audio-out-node-doesnt-speak-text/21423/3 "2020-02-08T19:18:06Z")

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i using chromium of raspbian

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**Author:** ![Paul-Reed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/paul-reed/32/66906_2.png) [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2020 19:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-dashboard-audio-out-node-doesnt-speak-text/21423/4 "2020-02-08T19:25:06Z")

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I don't think that Raspbian Chromium has the TTS voices installed. You could try google to see if there is another suitable browser, or whether TTS could be enabled.  
I'm not using Raspbian Chromium, but just tested on Windows Chromium, and yes, it works fine here.

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**Author:** ![kalamar194](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@kalamar194](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kalamar194)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2020 19:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-dashboard-audio-out-node-doesnt-speak-text/21423/5 "2020-02-08T19:27:57Z")

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gracias voy a editar mi pregunta especificando que uso chromium en el raspbian OS

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**Author:** ![Paul-Reed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/paul-reed/32/66906_2.png) [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2020 19:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-dashboard-audio-out-node-doesnt-speak-text/21423/6 "2020-02-08T19:33:04Z")

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He cambiado el título del foro, ¿está bien?

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**Author:** ![kalamar194](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@kalamar194](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kalamar194)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2020 19:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-dashboard-audio-out-node-doesnt-speak-text/21423/7 "2020-02-08T19:36:11Z")

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yes, thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [9 March 2020 19:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-dashboard-audio-out-node-doesnt-speak-text/21423/8 "2020-03-09T19:36:14Z")

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