esphome-docs/components/voice_assistant.rst
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Voice Assistant
===============
.. seo::
:description: Instructions for setting up a Voice Assistant in ESPHome.
:image: voice-assistant.svg
ESPHome devices with a microphone are able to stream the audio to Home Assistant and be processed there by `assist <https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/>`__.
.. note::
Voice Assistant requires Home Assistant 2023.5 or later.
Configuration:
--------------
.. code-block:: yaml
microphone:
- platform: ...
id: mic_id
voice_assistant:
microphone: mic_id
- **microphone** (**Required**, :ref:`config-id`): The :doc:`microphone </components/microphone/index>` to use for input.
- **speaker** (*Optional*, :ref:`config-id`): The :doc:`speaker </components/speaker/index>` to use to output the response.
- **on_start** (*Optional*, :ref:`Automation <automation>`): An automation to
perform when the voice assistant starts listening.
- **on_end** (*Optional*, :ref:`Automation <automation>`): An automation to perform
when the voice assistant is finished all tasks.
- **on_stt_end** (*Optional*, :ref:`Automation <automation>`): An automation to perform
when the voice assistant has finished speech-to-text. The resulting text is
available to automations as the variable ``x``.
- **on_tts_start** (*Optional*, :ref:`Automation <automation>`): An automation to perform
when the voice assistant has started text-to-speech. The text to be spoken is
available to automations as the variable ``x``.
- **on_tts_end** (*Optional*, :ref:`Automation <automation>`): An automation to perform
when the voice assistant has finished text-to-speech. A URL containing the audio response
is available to automations as the variable ``x``.
- **on_error** (*Optional*, :ref:`Automation <automation>`): An automation to perform
when the voice assistant has encountered an error. The error code and message are available to
automations as the variables ``code`` and ``message``.
.. _voice_assistant-actions:
Voice Assistant Actions
-----------------------
The following actions are available for use in automations:
- ``voice_assistant.start`` - Start listening for voice commands.
- ``voice_assistant.stop`` - Stop listening for voice commands.
Push to Talk
------------
Here is an example offering Push to Talk with a :doc:`/components/binary_sensor/index`.
.. code-block:: yaml
voice_assistant:
microphone: mic_id
binary_sensor:
- platform: gpio
pin: ...
on_press:
- voice_assistant.start:
on_release:
- voice_assistant.stop:
See Also
--------
- :doc:`microphone/index`
- :apiref:`voice_assistant/voice_assistant.h`
- :ghedit:`Edit`