I am using appelstrudel version of node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2 Alexa Remote and it mostly works fine - I’ve been transitioning over some flows from HomeAssistant and Alexa Media Player and overall I’ve managed to eliminate that I have some Halloween routines which use sounds from the Alexa Skill…

Do you want speech with the sound? Chime tts combines sounds with speech. That maybe a work around. [image] Chime TTS - Play audio before/after TTS audio lag free Custom Integrations Chime TTS Link to GitHub Link to Wiki Chime TTS is a custom integration for Home Assist…

Actually I’m just looking for the sounds on their own - I think that would need Alexa Media Player tho, which I’ve been trying to eliminate following recent issues

It looks like it can be done using the notify action instead of tts. https://community.home-assistant.io/t/alexa-media-play-sounds-more-sounds/216914/22

I’m sorry I know you’re trying to help, but you’re missing the key point of the post - I was using that way previously but do not wish to use Alexa Media Player which the route you are directing to is using Per the bits quoted below - I’m trying to use the nodered route now to avoid this integratio…

Sorry, I did not get the impression that you wanted to completely remove alexa from HA and only use NR. If you look through the issues of applestrudle you will see this closed thread. https://github.com/bbindreiter/node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2-applestrudel/issues/18#issuecomment-945947648 Which …

GENIUS! By digging around from that github link I managed to find the solution… Turns out the SSML dropdown doesn’t work, or at least not as expected. Dropping it in Regular works tho :slight_smile: [image] [{"id":"59ba513a343af47a","type":"inject","z":"820a07600cb5dbdf","name":"","props":[{"p":…

Getting Alexa to send sounds using Node Red

Third party integrations Node-RED

Mikefila (Mike Fila) October 29, 2024, 1:37pm 2

Do you want speech with the sound? Chime tts combines sounds with speech. That maybe a work around.