# Speech to Text?

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/speech-to-text/85427>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [July 28, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/speech-to-text/85427 "2023-07-28T09:29:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![parody](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/parody/32/67985_2.png) [@parody](https://community.homey.app/u/parody)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/speech-to-text/85427/1 "2023-07-28T09:29:29Z")

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I see plenty of options around tts (Text To Speech), but is there anything for speech to text? I use google home and Alexa. I want to be able to have either of them send a text version of my speech command to homey, so that it can be used as a flow input (as a text variable). If not with those devices, are there any out there that can do such a thing?

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Draper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jonathan_draper/32/33978_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Draper](https://community.homey.app/u/Jonathan_Draper)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 11:01am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/speech-to-text/85427/2 "2023-07-28T11:01:12Z")

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You’d need some kind of app or equivalent on the Alexa or Google device. I don’t use either of those so can’t help directly but with Apple HomePods you could set up a shortcut using the Apple Shortcuts app that takes input via voice and then sends the resulting text via a webhook to Homey. I guess there might be something similar for Alexa or Google.

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**Author:** ![parody](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/parody/32/67985_2.png) [@parody](https://community.homey.app/u/parody)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/speech-to-text/85427/3 "2023-07-28T11:38:20Z")

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Right, I checked for such a thing on google and alexa. I’ll see what is possible with apple shortcuts - I didn’t think that was able to do webhooks.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Draper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jonathan_draper/32/33978_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Draper](https://community.homey.app/u/Jonathan_Draper)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/speech-to-text/85427/4 "2023-07-28T12:44:08Z")

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Yes there’s a shortcuts card to make an HTTP request from a shortcut. More here: [Intro to web APIs in Shortcuts on iPhone or iPad – Apple Support (UK)](https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/shortcuts/apd2d448b2de/ios)