Only use alexa . Have a look at
Echo Devices (Alexa) as Media Player - Testers Needed
This is a very simple way of generating text to voice to Alexa without invoking the wake word. also check out
https://loetzimmer.de/patches/alexa_remote_control.sh
This is the original hack which makes TTS on the alexa possible. See (very long post)
I condensed the instructions on how to make it work in hass.io here
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