Add button to dashboard

Configuration
1

Hello. Fairly new to Home Assistant. I am trying to add a simple button to the dashboard so when I click on it, a TTS message is sent over to my Google home. I have tried using the input_boolean but it doesn’t seem to work with the automation script:

configuration.yaml

input_boolean:
  dad_busy_status:
    name: Dad Busy Status
    icon: mdi:human-male

automations.yaml

- alias: Dad is in a meeting
  trigger:
  - entity_id: input_boolean.dad_busy_status
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  action:
  - data:
      message: Dad is in a meeting.
    service: tts.google_translate_say

Any help is much appreciated!

2

Welcome to the HA forum :slight_smile:

Use a button and have the TTS as a service which gets actioned when you click it

You can use similar code to what you currently have, just adjust to suit the button config. I don’t have time right now but could come back with it a bit later for you if you need

3

Hy!

I have been looking for a lora device with pressbutton recently.
Found this one: Zane zDash . I ordered a sample, waiting fot it to test.
Any other suggestions?

4

Thanks for the reply. Have tried adding a button but it seems it would need to be tied to an existing entity

5

what device are you sending the TTS message to? you could just link the button to that