Alexa TTS

[Keo]

Is there an easy way to get alexa to speak my alerts that doesn't require me hard coding my ID and PW in clear text within a file?

This one requires you to put your ID and PW in a file on a server or PI.

Alexa - -Unsolicited TTS

So a little googling brought me across this github repository. After a small amount of fuss I can confirm that I can trigger TTS directly on my alexa device with my pi. Seems this is what everyone is looking for. Device driver for Alexa TTS via Telnet Device driver for sending tts text via http to the tts script. /** * Alexa HTTP speach device * * * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except * in compliance with the Lice…

I'd prefer to have something without a password or with an encrypted password.

[cwwilson08]

I believe if you just manually place the cookie there is not a need to hardcode user and pass.

But this means you have to manually replace the cookie when it voes bad. I have seen reports of 20 plus days on one cookie.