Would it be possible to set up a device, for example maybe a Pushover device, that could be used in a rule that when the device receives some kind of trigger it will announce the message? Basically what I’m trying to do is I want to use habitat to announce messages… What example use Pushover to send announcements to my Google Home devices.
I know I can use rules to speak messages to my Google Home. But I’d like to send a message and have that message go out to my Google Home.
How did you set up MotoZ2 as a notification device?
It finally hit me. That is just the name you gave Pushover when you set it up.
Yes, pushover name
What I was trying to ask though (probably wasn't clear) is how could you trigger your pushover device via....pushover for example or IFTTT/maker api?
I'm pretty new to hubitat so might be asking something dumb. I just want to "send a notification" to hubitat that triggers a rule to then announce the notification. Your screenshot would be the announce part, but I don't get how the trigger part is setup if possible.
Can pushover be used as a trigger? Or, could I somehow embed a message in a maker api. Maybe using %value% as the message. For example, IFTTT: if I get an email, send a pushover --to hubitat (device) --- with %value% as the email subject. The hubitat rule then announces the subject.
I'm guessing this isn't possible.
Yes you can create a virtual device with the pushover driver, and use (ex:) IFTTT applet to trigger that virtual device in hubitat which you can create a rule based upon that virtual device triggering.
No. Pushover receives data from a Hubitat app, like Rule Machine, and then sends your phone a push notification.
You want Hubitat to receive a message (from where would this message come?) and then send that text to a TTS device to have it played aloud, correct?
You should be able to use the Maker API app to expose an endpoint for a Hubitat Device that supports TTS. Then simply call it from your external app with the text you want spoken.
I am not aware of any Hubitat devices that can receive a SMS text message. Most users want to send a push or SMS Message from Hubitat.
This is already account for using the Assistant Relay driver and the drivers for Cast-Web-API. You just have to use the deviceNotification as the command and the phrase will be your secondary command. The drivers will automatically replace the %20 with a space so you won't hear GH saying "Welcome percent two zero home." when it should be saying "Welcome home." 
Well, I've since ditched google home as they are not reliable for me. Instead, I'm using dedicated Sonos speakers just for the purpose of hubitat TTS. Ran across a "Follow Me" app which is almost perfect except the driver does not seem to decode http---I was using Maker API and IFTTT to send to the driver...but alas, it plays spaces as %20, etc.
Getting close tho..
Ask the developer of the app to modify it to perform a simple text substitution of " " for every "%20". It is literally one line of extra code.
Download the Hubitat app
