My kids always leave the garden door open, even when its freezing outside, so I made a google Text-To-Speech (TTS) announcer that won’t stop until the door is closed. It’s my first blueprint and based on some other motion sensor examples I’ve seen on this forum.
Enjoy!
blueprint:
name: Door open TTS announcer
domain: automation
input:
door_entity:
name: Door Sensor
description: Entity that causes announcement
selector:
entity:
domain: binary_sensor
device_class: door
speaker_target:
name: Speaker
description: Entity to announce event on
selector:
target:
entity:
domain: media_player
announcement_message:
name: Announcement message
description: What to say when door is opened
final_message:
name: Final message
description: What to say when door is closed
cooldown:
name: Announcement cooldown
description: The minimum time needed in between announcements
default: 10
selector:
number:
min: 0
max: 600
unit_of_measurement: seconds
mode: single
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: !input door_entity
from: "off"
to: "on"
action:
- alias: Repeat the sequence UNTIL the door is closed
repeat:
sequence:
- delay: !input cooldown
- service: tts.google_translate_say
target: !input speaker_target
data:
message: !input announcement_message
until:
- condition: state
entity_id: !input door_entity
state: 'off'
- service: tts.google_translate_say
target: !input speaker_target
data:
message: !input final_message
