[Deprecated] BI Control - Local Blue Iris control

[jason]

An Alexa Routine with a Custom Action might do it for you. Use something like the Virtual Switch with Motion:

Use a Motion Sensor or Virtual Switch to trigger an Alexa Routine

Expose a motion sensor in the Alexa Skill and you should be able to just use it. For a switch to trigger, a regular virtual switch isn't supported by AWS. Only motion sensors and contact sensors are. So you need to use this simple custom code. Copy this code from Chris Wilson @cwwilson08 and create a new virtual device using this driver. Then expose it to the Alexa Skill. It will mimic a motion sensor output when a switch is digitally turned on within HE metadata { definition (name: "Virtual …

That would then allow you to trigger an Alexa Routine and you could use a Custom Action to silently speak to your Echo:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GLXY7RFX3L5GH2VR