diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1f040f48..212e59f8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Chime TTS is a custom Home Assistant integration that eliminates the audio lag between playing a chime/notification sound effect before a TTS audio notification. -#### If you find Chime TTS useful, consider showing your support: Buy Me A Coffee +#### If you find Chime TTS useful, consider showing your support: Buy Me A Coffee - [What is Chime TTS?](https://nimroddolev.github.io/chime_tts/docs/getting-started#what-is-chime-tts) @@ -28,13 +28,15 @@ Chime TTS is a custom Home Assistant integration that locally combines TTS audio Latency is introduced between the notification chime and the TTS audio +Adding a notification chime before Text-To-Speech (TTS) audio messages requires two separate action calls, which introduces lag due to networking latency of cloud TTS platforms, audio processing, and delays before media_player playback begins. + ### The Solution: Chime TTS removes the latency between the notification chime and the TTS audio -**Chime TTS** solves this issue by stitching the audio files together as _a single file_ locally on your Home Assistant device, and played to your speakers in a single event, eliminating any lag. +**Chime TTS** addresses this issue by combining the audio files into _a single file_ locally on your Home Assistant device. This combined file is then played through your speakers in one seamless event, eliminating any lag. ***