Automation help needed on switch

Configuration
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Hello all…
Could someone help out for an automation
On a (shelly) or any (button) switch?
For now I made 2 automations
With tts.google_translate_say
The first says: Fountain is on
Second say: Fountain is off
Question is …
Can this be made in just 1 Automation?
And pls provide example?
Thnx!

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If you post the 2 automations you want to combine then I am sure someone will provide what you need.

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Ok Rossk…ty!
Let’s try this then
Script 1

alias: Fontein aan
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: device
    type: turned_on
    device_id: 149b9d6cdea56582735880d7a8a58aa4
    entity_id: ec85af3e05f8d66feda97c449146533e
    domain: light
condition: []
action:
  - service: tts.google_translate_say
    data:
      cache: false
      entity_id: media_player.nestmini2308
      message: "De Fontein is nu aangezet "
      language: nl
mode: single

Then the second one to turn it off

alias: Fontein uit
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: device
    type: turned_off
    device_id: 149b9d6cdea56582735880d7a8a58aa4
    entity_id: ec85af3e05f8d66feda97c449146533e
    domain: light
condition: []
action:
  - service: tts.google_translate_say
    data:
      cache: false
      entity_id: media_player.nestmini2308
      message: "De Fontein is nu uitgezet "
      language: nl
mode: single

I hoped this could be merged
Or changed in just 1 Automation…
Thnx…

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You can use trigger IDs to know what triggered your automation.

description: ""
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - light.ec85af3e05f8d66feda97c449146533e
    from: "off"
    to: "on"
    id: Turned on
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - light.ec85af3e05f8d66feda97c449146533e
    from: "on"
    to: "off"
    id: Turned off
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - Turned on
        sequence:
          - service: tts.google_translate_say
            data:
              language: nl
              message: De Fontein is nu aangezet
              entity_id: media_player.office_echo_dot
              cache: false
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - Turned off
        sequence:
          - service: tts.google_translate_say
            data:
              language: nl
              message: De Fontein is nu uitgezet
              entity_id: media_player.office_echo_dot
              cache: false
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Thank You mekaneck!!!
This worked fine…
Your help is appreciated!

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Good that you got help!

Please take the time to mark the answer as solution, you do that by selecting the three dots under the post:

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Then select the check box:

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This can be useful to other users as well and prevents that someone else steps in to try to help you.

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if i could find that buton i would, but it’s not shown anywhere!
only got share … flag… edit…bookmark…delete…post admin actions…

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Hi, so you don’t get the ‘solution’ box?!?

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Now I have!!!
Wonder why this never showed up…
Thank you people!!

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Shorter version using templates:

trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: light.ec85af3e05f8d66feda97c449146533e
    from:
      - "off"
      - "on"
    to:
      - "on"
      - "off"
action:
  - service: tts.google_translate_say
    data:
      language: nl
      message: De Fontein is nu {{ "aan" if trigger.to_state.state == "on" else "uit"}}gezet
      entity_id: media_player.office_echo_dot
      cache: false

If the light is reliably on or off and not unavailable or unknown, you can remove the to: and from: sections also.

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Also thnx to Troon!
Short as possible and effective…
Kuddo’s