Building Smart Azan Clocks with Lenovo ThinkSmart View and Pi Zero 2

When I bought those [Lenovo ThinkSmart View for Teams ](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/my-take-on-a-home-dashboard-running-on-the-lenovo-thinksmart-view-and-managing-multiple-devices-running-fully-kiosk/718355) devices, I wasn't sure what I'd do with them, but I knew one thing for sure: I'd be modding them for HA or some other Assistant.

At home, we have an alarm clock that plays the Muslim Azan five times daily. These times change often. These specialized Azan alarm clocks use AA or AAA batteries. You set them up by pressing buttons, entering your location, and so on—but every time the battery dies, you have to start over.

I got tired of this and, like anything that bothers me, I thought,

This shouldn't be this hard.

I tried some not-so-user-friendly solutions, like running a command on Google Home through a custom app that makes API calls back and forth. Meh. Like I said,…