So I had this idea around training a text-to-speech engine with my voice, then using that to speak over the Sonos at home to announce AI-driven events, such as people ringing the doorbell. A few hours' worth of video from these weekly updates fed into ElevenLabs and wammo! Here you go:
Oh yeah! Now *this* is cool! Or freaky 🤔 Doorbell by @Ubiquiti, voice by @elevenlabsio and orchestration by @home_assistant. It’s an evolution of this post: https://t.co/qwN64UJqWy pic.twitter.com/dMrD9hPT4J
— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) September 12, 2025
As an unexpected bonus, it's totally freaking the family out 🤣 But it does make you think about both the potential for good and for abuse. The latter is kinda mind-boggling when you get to thinking more about it...
