Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video, I'm going to show you how to trigger Amazon Alexa TTS from ESPHome.
I cover the basic setup and then an advanced version that automatically generates a multitude of variations for Alexa to speak.
If you're looking to add some extra magic to your devices, then you need to know how to trigger Alexa TTS. This is a great way to customise your Amazon Alexa experience.

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🎁FOR A GOOGLE VERSION 🎁
- homeassistant.service:
service: tts.google_say
data:
entity_id: media_player.comedor
language: en
data_template:
message: '{{ ["Alert, ", "FYI, ", "Attention"] | random + ["The Test Switch is ", "Test Switch is ", "Test Switch now "] | random + ["On.", "Activated.", "Powered."] | random }}'
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:18 Simple TTS via Automation
03:19 Advanced TTS
07:01 Outro

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