Continuous voice_assistant and silence detection (#4892)

esphome/components/api/api.proto

@@ -1397,6 +1397,7 @@ message VoiceAssistantRequest {
   option (ifdef) = "USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT";
 
   bool start = 1;
+  string conversation_id = 2;
 }
 
 message VoiceAssistantResponse {

esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp

@@ -895,11 +895,12 @@ BluetoothConnectionsFreeResponse APIConnection::subscribe_bluetooth_connections_
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
-bool APIConnection::request_voice_assistant(bool start) {
+bool APIConnection::request_voice_assistant(bool start, const std::string &conversation_id) {
   if (!this->voice_assistant_subscription_)
     return false;
   VoiceAssistantRequest msg;
   msg.start = start;
+  msg.conversation_id = conversation_id;
   return this->send_voice_assistant_request(msg);
 }
 void APIConnection::on_voice_assistant_response(const VoiceAssistantResponse &msg) {

esphome/components/api/api_connection.h

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class APIConnection : public APIServerConnection {
   void subscribe_voice_assistant(const SubscribeVoiceAssistantRequest &msg) override {
     this->voice_assistant_subscription_ = msg.subscribe;
   }
-  bool request_voice_assistant(bool start);
+  bool request_voice_assistant(bool start, const std::string &conversation_id);
   void on_voice_assistant_response(const VoiceAssistantResponse &msg) override;
   void on_voice_assistant_event_response(const VoiceAssistantEventResponse &msg) override;
 #endif

esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp

@@ -6187,7 +6187,20 @@ bool VoiceAssistantRequest::decode_varint(uint32_t field_id, ProtoVarInt value)
       return false;
   }
 }
-void VoiceAssistantRequest::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) const { buffer.encode_bool(1, this->start); }
+bool VoiceAssistantRequest::decode_length(uint32_t field_id, ProtoLengthDelimited value) {
+  switch (field_id) {
+    case 2: {
+      this->conversation_id = value.as_string();
+      return true;
+    }
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+}
+void VoiceAssistantRequest::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) const {
+  buffer.encode_bool(1, this->start);
+  buffer.encode_string(2, this->conversation_id);
+}
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
 void VoiceAssistantRequest::dump_to(std::string &out) const {
   __attribute__((unused)) char buffer[64];
@@ -6195,6 +6208,10 @@ void VoiceAssistantRequest::dump_to(std::string &out) const {
   out.append("  start: ");
   out.append(YESNO(this->start));
   out.append("\n");
+
+  out.append("  conversation_id: ");
+  out.append("'").append(this->conversation_id).append("'");
+  out.append("\n");
   out.append("}");
 }
 #endif

esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h

@@ -1604,12 +1604,14 @@ class SubscribeVoiceAssistantRequest : public ProtoMessage {
 class VoiceAssistantRequest : public ProtoMessage {
  public:
   bool start{false};
+  std::string conversation_id{};
   void encode(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) const override;
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
   void dump_to(std::string &out) const override;
 #endif
 
  protected:
+  bool decode_length(uint32_t field_id, ProtoLengthDelimited value) override;
   bool decode_varint(uint32_t field_id, ProtoVarInt value) override;
 };
 class VoiceAssistantResponse : public ProtoMessage {

esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp

@@ -428,16 +428,16 @@ void APIServer::on_shutdown() {
 }
 
 #ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
-bool APIServer::start_voice_assistant() {
+bool APIServer::start_voice_assistant(const std::string &conversation_id) {
   for (auto &c : this->clients_) {
-    if (c->request_voice_assistant(true))
+    if (c->request_voice_assistant(true, conversation_id))
       return true;
   }
   return false;
 }
 void APIServer::stop_voice_assistant() {
   for (auto &c : this->clients_) {
-    if (c->request_voice_assistant(false))
+    if (c->request_voice_assistant(false, ""))
       return;
   }
 }

esphome/components/api/api_server.h

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class APIServer : public Component, public Controller {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_VOICE_ASSISTANT
-  bool start_voice_assistant();
+  bool start_voice_assistant(const std::string &conversation_id);
   void stop_voice_assistant();
 #endif
 

esphome/components/i2s_audio/microphone/__init__.py

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ BASE_SCHEMA = microphone.MICROPHONE_SCHEMA.extend(
         cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(I2SAudioMicrophone),
         cv.GenerateID(CONF_I2S_AUDIO_ID): cv.use_id(I2SAudioComponent),
         cv.Optional(CONF_CHANNEL, default="right"): cv.enum(CHANNELS),
-        cv.Optional(CONF_BITS_PER_SAMPLE, default="16bit"): cv.All(
+        cv.Optional(CONF_BITS_PER_SAMPLE, default="32bit"): cv.All(
             _validate_bits, cv.enum(BITS_PER_SAMPLE)
         ),
     }

esphome/components/voice_assistant/__init__.py

@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 import esphome.codegen as cg
 
-from esphome.const import CONF_ID, CONF_MICROPHONE, CONF_SPEAKER
+from esphome.const import (
+    CONF_ID,
+    CONF_MICROPHONE,
+    CONF_SPEAKER,
+    CONF_MEDIA_PLAYER,
+)
 from esphome import automation
-from esphome.automation import register_action
-from esphome.components import microphone, speaker
+from esphome.automation import register_action, register_condition
+from esphome.components import microphone, speaker, media_player
 
 AUTO_LOAD = ["socket"]
 DEPENDENCIES = ["api", "microphone"]
 
 CODEOWNERS = ["@jesserockz"]
 
+CONF_SILENCE_DETECTION = "silence_detection"
+CONF_ON_LISTENING = "on_listening"
 CONF_ON_START = "on_start"
 CONF_ON_STT_END = "on_stt_end"
 CONF_ON_TTS_START = "on_tts_start"
@@ -25,16 +32,25 @@ VoiceAssistant = voice_assistant_ns.class_("VoiceAssistant", cg.Component)
 StartAction = voice_assistant_ns.class_(
     "StartAction", automation.Action, cg.Parented.template(VoiceAssistant)
 )
+StartContinuousAction = voice_assistant_ns.class_(
+    "StartContinuousAction", automation.Action, cg.Parented.template(VoiceAssistant)
+)
 StopAction = voice_assistant_ns.class_(
     "StopAction", automation.Action, cg.Parented.template(VoiceAssistant)
 )
+IsRunningCondition = voice_assistant_ns.class_(
+    "IsRunningCondition", automation.Condition, cg.Parented.template(VoiceAssistant)
+)
 
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
     {
         cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(VoiceAssistant),
         cv.GenerateID(CONF_MICROPHONE): cv.use_id(microphone.Microphone),
-        cv.Optional(CONF_SPEAKER): cv.use_id(speaker.Speaker),
+        cv.Exclusive(CONF_SPEAKER, "output"): cv.use_id(speaker.Speaker),
+        cv.Exclusive(CONF_MEDIA_PLAYER, "output"): cv.use_id(media_player.MediaPlayer),
+        cv.Optional(CONF_SILENCE_DETECTION, default=True): cv.boolean,
+        cv.Optional(CONF_ON_LISTENING): automation.validate_automation(single=True),
         cv.Optional(CONF_ON_START): automation.validate_automation(single=True),
         cv.Optional(CONF_ON_STT_END): automation.validate_automation(single=True),
         cv.Optional(CONF_ON_TTS_START): automation.validate_automation(single=True),
@@ -56,6 +72,17 @@ async def to_code(config):
         spkr = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_SPEAKER])
         cg.add(var.set_speaker(spkr))
 
+    if CONF_MEDIA_PLAYER in config:
+        mp = await cg.get_variable(config[CONF_MEDIA_PLAYER])
+        cg.add(var.set_media_player(mp))
+
+    cg.add(var.set_silence_detection(config[CONF_SILENCE_DETECTION]))
+
+    if CONF_ON_LISTENING in config:
+        await automation.build_automation(
+            var.get_listening_trigger(), [], config[CONF_ON_LISTENING]
+        )
+
     if CONF_ON_START in config:
         await automation.build_automation(
             var.get_start_trigger(), [], config[CONF_ON_START]
@@ -96,6 +123,11 @@ async def to_code(config):
 VOICE_ASSISTANT_ACTION_SCHEMA = cv.Schema({cv.GenerateID(): cv.use_id(VoiceAssistant)})
 
 
+@register_action(
+    "voice_assistant.start_continuous",
+    StartContinuousAction,
+    VOICE_ASSISTANT_ACTION_SCHEMA,
+)
 @register_action("voice_assistant.start", StartAction, VOICE_ASSISTANT_ACTION_SCHEMA)
 async def voice_assistant_listen_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg)
@@ -108,3 +140,12 @@ async def voice_assistant_stop_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg)
     await cg.register_parented(var, config[CONF_ID])
     return var
+
+
+@register_condition(
+    "voice_assistant.is_running", IsRunningCondition, VOICE_ASSISTANT_ACTION_SCHEMA
+)
+async def voice_assistant_is_running_to_code(config, condition_id, template_arg, args):
+    var = cg.new_Pvariable(condition_id, template_arg)
+    await cg.register_parented(var, config[CONF_ID])
+    return var

esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.cpp

@@ -69,17 +69,42 @@ void VoiceAssistant::setup() {
 
 void VoiceAssistant::loop() {
 #ifdef USE_SPEAKER
-  if (this->speaker_ == nullptr) {
-    return;
-  }
-
+  if (this->speaker_ != nullptr) {
     uint8_t buf[1024];
     auto len = this->socket_->read(buf, sizeof(buf));
     if (len == -1) {
       return;
     }
     this->speaker_->play(buf, len);
+    this->set_timeout("data-incoming", 200, [this]() {
+      if (this->continuous_) {
+        this->request_start(true);
+      }
+    });
+    return;
+  }
 #endif
+#ifdef USE_MEDIA_PLAYER
+  if (this->media_player_ != nullptr) {
+    if (!this->playing_tts_ ||
+        this->media_player_->state == media_player::MediaPlayerState::MEDIA_PLAYER_STATE_PLAYING) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this->set_timeout("playing-media", 1000, [this]() {
+      this->playing_tts_ = false;
+      if (this->continuous_) {
+        this->request_start(true);
+      }
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+#endif
+  // Set a 1 second timeout to start the voice assistant again.
+  this->set_timeout("continuous-no-sound", 1000, [this]() {
+    if (this->continuous_) {
+      this->request_start(true);
+    }
+  });
 }
 
 void VoiceAssistant::start(struct sockaddr_storage *addr, uint16_t port) {
@@ -100,14 +125,19 @@ void VoiceAssistant::start(struct sockaddr_storage *addr, uint16_t port) {
   }
   this->running_ = true;
   this->mic_->start();
+  this->listening_trigger_->trigger();
 }
 
-void VoiceAssistant::request_start() {
+void VoiceAssistant::request_start(bool continuous) {
   ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Requesting start...");
-  if (!api::global_api_server->start_voice_assistant()) {
+  if (!api::global_api_server->start_voice_assistant(this->conversation_id_)) {
     ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Could not request start.");
     this->error_trigger_->trigger("not-connected", "Could not request start.");
+    this->continuous_ = false;
+    return;
   }
+  this->continuous_ = continuous;
+  this->set_timeout("reset-conversation_id", 5 * 60 * 1000, [this]() { this->conversation_id_ = ""; });
 }
 
 void VoiceAssistant::signal_stop() {
@@ -136,9 +166,18 @@ void VoiceAssistant::on_event(const api::VoiceAssistantEventResponse &msg) {
         return;
       }
       ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Speech recognised as: \"%s\"", text.c_str());
+      this->signal_stop();
       this->stt_end_trigger_->trigger(text);
       break;
     }
+    case api::enums::VOICE_ASSISTANT_INTENT_END: {
+      for (auto arg : msg.data) {
+        if (arg.name == "conversation_id") {
+          this->conversation_id_ = std::move(arg.value);
+        }
+      }
+      break;
+    }
     case api::enums::VOICE_ASSISTANT_TTS_START: {
       std::string text;
       for (auto arg : msg.data) {
@@ -166,6 +205,12 @@ void VoiceAssistant::on_event(const api::VoiceAssistantEventResponse &msg) {
         return;
       }
       ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Response URL: \"%s\"", url.c_str());
+#ifdef USE_MEDIA_PLAYER
+      if (this->media_player_ != nullptr) {
+        this->playing_tts_ = true;
+        this->media_player_->make_call().set_media_url(url).perform();
+      }
+#endif
       this->tts_end_trigger_->trigger(url);
       break;
     }
@@ -184,6 +229,8 @@ void VoiceAssistant::on_event(const api::VoiceAssistantEventResponse &msg) {
         }
       }
       ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Error: %s - %s", code.c_str(), message.c_str());
+      this->continuous_ = false;
+      this->signal_stop();
       this->error_trigger_->trigger(code, message);
     }
     default:

esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.h

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #ifdef USE_SPEAKER
 #include "esphome/components/speaker/speaker.h"
 #endif
+#ifdef USE_MEDIA_PLAYER
+#include "esphome/components/media_player/media_player.h"
+#endif
 #include "esphome/components/socket/socket.h"
 
 namespace esphome {
@@ -22,8 +25,10 @@ namespace voice_assistant {
 
 // Version 1: Initial version
 // Version 2: Adds raw speaker support
+// Version 3: Adds continuous support
 static const uint32_t INITIAL_VERSION = 1;
 static const uint32_t SPEAKER_SUPPORT = 2;
+static const uint32_t SILENCE_DETECTION_SUPPORT = 3;
 
 class VoiceAssistant : public Component {
  public:
@@ -36,20 +41,34 @@ class VoiceAssistant : public Component {
 #ifdef USE_SPEAKER
   void set_speaker(speaker::Speaker *speaker) { this->speaker_ = speaker; }
 #endif
+#ifdef USE_MEDIA_PLAYER
+  void set_media_player(media_player::MediaPlayer *media_player) { this->media_player_ = media_player; }
+#endif
 
   uint32_t get_version() const {
 #ifdef USE_SPEAKER
-    if (this->speaker_ != nullptr)
+    if (this->speaker_ != nullptr) {
+      if (this->silence_detection_) {
+        return SILENCE_DETECTION_SUPPORT;
+      }
       return SPEAKER_SUPPORT;
+    }
 #endif
     return INITIAL_VERSION;
   }
 
-  void request_start();
+  void request_start(bool continuous = false);
   void signal_stop();
 
   void on_event(const api::VoiceAssistantEventResponse &msg);
 
+  bool is_running() const { return this->running_; }
+  void set_continuous(bool continuous) { this->continuous_ = continuous; }
+  bool is_continuous() const { return this->continuous_; }
+
+  void set_silence_detection(bool silence_detection) { this->silence_detection_ = silence_detection; }
+
+  Trigger<> *get_listening_trigger() const { return this->listening_trigger_; }
   Trigger<> *get_start_trigger() const { return this->start_trigger_; }
   Trigger<std::string> *get_stt_end_trigger() const { return this->stt_end_trigger_; }
   Trigger<std::string> *get_tts_start_trigger() const { return this->tts_start_trigger_; }
@@ -61,6 +80,7 @@ class VoiceAssistant : public Component {
   std::unique_ptr<socket::Socket> socket_ = nullptr;
   struct sockaddr_storage dest_addr_;
 
+  Trigger<> *listening_trigger_ = new Trigger<>();
   Trigger<> *start_trigger_ = new Trigger<>();
   Trigger<std::string> *stt_end_trigger_ = new Trigger<std::string>();
   Trigger<std::string> *tts_start_trigger_ = new Trigger<std::string>();
@@ -72,8 +92,16 @@ class VoiceAssistant : public Component {
 #ifdef USE_SPEAKER
   speaker::Speaker *speaker_{nullptr};
 #endif
+#ifdef USE_MEDIA_PLAYER
+  media_player::MediaPlayer *media_player_{nullptr};
+  bool playing_tts_{false};
+#endif
+
+  std::string conversation_id_{""};
 
   bool running_{false};
+  bool continuous_{false};
+  bool silence_detection_;
 };
 
 template<typename... Ts> class StartAction : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<VoiceAssistant> {
@@ -81,9 +109,22 @@ template<typename... Ts> class StartAction : public Action<Ts...>, public Parent
   void play(Ts... x) override { this->parent_->request_start(); }
 };
 
+template<typename... Ts> class StartContinuousAction : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<VoiceAssistant> {
+ public:
+  void play(Ts... x) override { this->parent_->request_start(true); }
+};
+
 template<typename... Ts> class StopAction : public Action<Ts...>, public Parented<VoiceAssistant> {
  public:
-  void play(Ts... x) override { this->parent_->signal_stop(); }
+  void play(Ts... x) override {
+    this->parent_->set_continuous(false);
+    this->parent_->signal_stop();
+  }
+};
+
+template<typename... Ts> class IsRunningCondition : public Condition<Ts...>, public Parented<VoiceAssistant> {
+ public:
+  bool check(Ts... x) override { return this->parent_->is_running() || this->parent_->is_continuous(); }
 };
 
 extern VoiceAssistant *global_voice_assistant;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)

esphome/const.py

@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ CONF_MAX_VOLTAGE = "max_voltage"
 CONF_MDNS = "mdns"
 CONF_MEASUREMENT_DURATION = "measurement_duration"
 CONF_MEASUREMENT_SEQUENCE_NUMBER = "measurement_sequence_number"
+CONF_MEDIA_PLAYER = "media_player"
 CONF_MEDIUM = "medium"
 CONF_MEMORY_BLOCKS = "memory_blocks"
 CONF_METHOD = "method"