Using current track variables (%artist, %title) in Text-to-Speech announcements

[eLEn]

Hello,

I am using RadioBOSS 7.2.1.8.

I have successfully configured automatic weather announcements and variables like temperature and humidity work correctly in TTS announcements.

However, I would like to create an automatic announcement of the currently playing song and, if possible, the next song.

For example:

"Dear listeners, you are currently listening to %artist - %title. Next up is %next_artist - %next_title."

I found the Title Format Variables documentation and variables such as:

%artist
%title
%casttitle

but when I use them in a Text-to-Speech announcement, RadioBOSS reads them literally instead of replacing them with actual track information.

My questions:

1. Is it possible to use current track information in a TTS announcement?
2. Are there special variables for TTS announcements?
3. Is there a built-in way to announce the current and next track automatically?
4. Would this require a script or API command instead?

Thank you.

 

[eLEn]

Hello,

I found the solution.

The variables %artist and %title work correctly in Text-to-Speech announcements.

Example:

Poštovani slušaoci. Upravo slušate %artist - %title.

The reason it did not work initially was that the event was not configured as an overlay announcement. After enabling the "Starten über" (Overlay playback) option in the Scheduler event, RadioBOSS correctly replaced the variables with the current track information before generating the speech.

Thank you for your assistance.