nope, well i dont notice anything happening anyway, i tried that before and nothing happened
Using the “Run Script” button should generate a debug trace if the script runs at all… Is there a trace available when you click the Trace button or does it say something like “No traces found”?
Also, have you tried it with the selector set to a non-Show device, just a plain Echo or Dot?
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theres this
and still this when i seleced a difrrent device
i also got this for the run command / ask question but i dont think this is important for the tts so i will ignore it for now
i had hoped it might be alexa needs to discover them so i did a discovery and it found the scipts but its defiantly within home assistant
Click “Trace timeline” and see if there’s an error and which step it is occurring at.
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i was going to mention in the thing it said it was turned off for some reason could it be that?
nevermind i just realised its on then off
Okay, there’s something weird going on… Here’s what mine looks like:
Notice how the entities in yours are missing their underscores and one of them does not match the script configuration you showed alexa_state vs. alexa selection.
I think it might be best to delete the script, restart HA, then re-create the script.
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script.send_alexa_announcement
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ok yep i had a feeling so should i run it to test it through the script? try it through the card?
Either way…i guess through the script editor is more direct.
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still nothing it seems
and
ok an update the top command / ask question works on the card for all devices —the tts works if run manually in the script (but only for the echo show trying to change it to the dot via the card and run tts through the script doesn’t happen at all) but the card is not detecting the tts script still
(i also changed it from announce to tts so no bongs before the announcemnnt)
good news i have gotten it all up and running just to figure out how to gget rid of the “call Alexa script”./ play button on the bottom left
unfortunately i cant manage to sort the buttons the way i like but its cool cause it all works, except it refuses to run any groups i make i have set up a media player group with two Alexa devices but any time i run it with the group selected neither of the devices speak any ideas??
I actually had a slightly different approach: instead of a sensor, I convert an “input_select” helper value to a string:
target:
- "{{(states('input_select.alexa_device'))|string}}"
Also I run this via an automation triggered by a button on a dashboard, and specifically checking whether I run it for a group or an individual device: for a group you have to use the “announce” method, while individual ones are fine with “tts”.
And adding a whisper toggle is a nice touch I think
alias: Dashboard - Alexa Says
description: ""
trigger: []
condition: []
action:
- if:
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_select.alexa_device
state: Downstairs
- condition: state
entity_id: input_select.alexa_device
state: Downstairs and Basement
- condition: state
entity_id: input_select.alexa_device
state: Everywhere
- condition: state
entity_id: input_select.alexa_device
state: Upstairs
then:
- if:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.whisper
state: "on"
then:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
target:
- "{{(states('input_select.alexa_device'))|string}}"
message: >-
"<amazon:effect
name='whispered'>{{states('input_text.alexa_says')}}</amazon:effect>"
data:
type: announce
method: all
else:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
target:
- "{{(states('input_select.alexa_device'))|string}}"
message: "\"{{states('input_text.alexa_says')}}\""
data:
type: announce
method: all
else:
- if:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.whisper
state: "on"
then:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
target:
- "{{(states('input_select.alexa_device'))|string}}"
message: >-
"<amazon:effect
name='whispered'>{{states('input_text.alexa_says')}}</amazon:effect>"
data:
type: tts
method: all
else:
- service: notify.alexa_media
data:
target:
- "{{(states('input_select.alexa_device'))|string}}"
message: "\"{{states('input_text.alexa_says')}}\""
data:
type: tts
method: all
mode: single
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