Hey all. I use Google cast for all my announcements. Works great. Plays music etc. IS there a simple Alexa node that can do the same thing. Simply send a payload of text and have it come out as voice and secondly but not as important, play a stream or send an audio file. I use Alexa as my voice input for my house. I find it better than google as my inputs.
While yes, what Hilo suggests works & I do use it from inside HA – In nodered I use an additional pallete
node-red-contrib-alexa-home-skill
Then you have alexa specific nodes to work with which is easier in my mind and I also can use it for sound effects… ie - alarm sound
Here’s an example
Top 2 will have the echo device say a random message from a list after we open the door from the garage
The bottom one is part of my alarm system and will make all my echos scream lol
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