WTH I just want the speaker to announce daddy/ mummy is home

Like I picked this Google Home/ Speaker in my automation beginning with a happy mood,
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Then I want to type something for it to just say that sentence.
Like WTH I can’t just click and do it? And it’s Not even clickable. That means it can’t do nothing, like at all???
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I mean I’ve type something in the HA dashboard, and the speaker just works.
Also I have seen people in YouTube doing this TTS.
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Now Yes I did do a search and found some TTS and that is way-to-dxxx Unacceptably complicated.
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The Google home itself has no problem setting up a routine that speaks, like a breeze. So folks you can make it happen, right?
Let’s make the earthlings’ dream come true.

What you request would be a device automation for the media_player component for TTS.

I think that would be a great addition!

I use an automation that calls a script like this one:

  back_yard_motion:
    sequence:
      - service: tts.amazon_polly_say
        data_template: 
          entity_id: media_player.google_mini
          message: >
            <speak>
              Motion detected in
              <break time="0.1s"/>
              Back Yard
            </speak>

You are able to do this but with the call service. Calling the TTS service. I agree though that using the media player and calling an action of TTS would be nice

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OMG!
That is brilliant!
It’s working like a charm!