Multi State Virtual Switch That Can Trigger Alexa Routines

[tobymassey]

Ah ok. The Echo speaks seems a bit beyond me and the cost puts me off. I have Voice Monkey set up, but when I call the url from rule machine it changes the TTS from "The%20dishwasher%20will%20turn%20on%20tonight." to "Thenull20willnull20on%20tonight."
I have found a post that apparently solves the issue using a variable, but I really don't understand that. Any help?

Sonos "Set Track Name"

This problem has to do with pairs of % symbols, which are used to represent special values such as variables, %device% etc. A stand-alone % works as expected. To get a pair of percents into a string, create a local variable of type String, and set it to %. Use that local variable in the string to be used, like this: [Screenshot 2023-03-14 at 8.32.57 AM]