From fb4320ed40ad3d6933e0927ab7b822bdef669ba9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Joshua M. Boniface" <joshua@boniface.me>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:38:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add dummy TTS speaker

---
 supersensor.yaml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/supersensor.yaml b/supersensor.yaml
index f282693..bc521b6 100644
--- a/supersensor.yaml
+++ b/supersensor.yaml
@@ -379,6 +379,22 @@ microphone:
     pdm: false
     channel: left
 
+# DUMMY: The SuperSensor has no speaker attached.
+# This is needed to work around home-assistant/core#142363 and the inability
+# of an Assist pipeline to work properly with no STT configured (issue unknown)
+# So instead we just have a speaker to nowhere. Stupid but should work.
+speaker:
+  - platform: template
+    id: dummy_spkr
+    output: dummy_audio
+
+media_player:
+  - platform: speaker
+    id: dummy_mp
+    name: "Dummy Speaker"
+    speaker: dummy_spkr
+# END DUMMY
+
 micro_wake_word:
   id: mww
   microphone:
@@ -410,6 +426,7 @@ micro_wake_word:
 voice_assistant:
   id: va
   microphone: mic
+  media_player: dummy_mp
   micro_wake_word: mww
   use_wake_word: false
   noise_suppression_level: 3
@@ -491,6 +508,13 @@ light:
             - script.execute: light_off
 
 output:
+  - platform: template
+    id: dummy_audio
+    type: float
+    write_action:
+      # do nothing
+      then: []
+
   - platform: ledc
     id: rgb_r
     pin: GPIO23