aaiyar
December 26, 2020, 8:26pm
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Hi @brain - welcome to Hubitat!
What you want to do is definitely possible, but you'll need to add one of two community integrations:
Current Features:
Creates virtual Echo Devices for every physical Alexa device (if supported).
Make Alexa announcements based on any SmartThings or Hubitat event.
Play music/sounds based on an event (eg, when someone arrives)
Trigger weather/traffic reports, jokes, fun facts, sing songs, stories, get calendar events.
Create Alarms or Reminders based on any SmartThings or Hubitat event.
Many other Alexa features.
There are tons of possibilities.
There are ~50 custom commands available.
Alexa Gua…
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FYI - I am moving the status of this integration to DEPRECATED, as I have not used nor touched this code for a few years. For those looking for Alexa TTS, please take a look at Echo Speaks.
Direct Text to Speech integration from your Hubitat Hub to Amazon's cloud servers.
v0.1.0 - Initial Release
v0.2.0 - Fixed a bug causing the app to hang when the cookie is invalid. Added support for more 'Alexa Devices' like tablets, thermostats, etc... Thanks @stephack !
v0.3.0 - Added multi-country su…
Both of these create devices that can be used for text-to-speech (TTS). You can then create a rule in Rule Machine that sends a speech notification to the desired Alexa speaker when the chosen contact sensor opens.
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