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Announce to Alexa Media Player ​

You can configure HA to announce notification to Amazon Alexa!

Install ​

Install Alexa media player from HACS.

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Restart after installed.

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After restart, go to Settings > Devices & Services, then click + Add Integration blue button at the bottom right corner. Search for alexa.

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Enter your Amazon email and password. These will be used to auto fill the website form next.

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Service Call ​

Go to Developer Tools > Sevices, and try calling the service.

service: notify.alexa_media
data:
  message: The garage door has been open for 10 minutes.
  target: media_player.gary_s_echo_dot
  data:
    type: tts

Add Automation TTS ​

@ref: https://github.com/alandtse/alexa_media_player/wiki/Configuration%3A-Notification-Component

Example of announcing my presence in living room if Frigate Occupancy entity detected my presence in that area.

More Info ​

https://github.com/alandtse/alexa_media_player/wiki