# Alexa TTS - info from Homey, spoken by Alexa **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\ **Created:** [January 12, 2019, 10:46am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657 "2019-01-12T10:46:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![autolycos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/autolycos/32/39277_2.png) [@autolycos](https://community.homey.app/u/autolycos)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 10:46am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/1 "2019-01-12T10:46:05Z")
Hi all. So I’ve been researching and scavenging the web for anything related to Alexa TTS - so that you dont have to use Homey for this. It’s much more intuitive to use Alexa for **both** the spoken commands, and for the readback/readout of information. What I gathered was that this is available (albeit with some crude coding) on many of the other home automation solutions. So what can/could be done for Homey with the below information? [Alexa TTS for Home Assistant](https://github.com/walthowd/ha-alexa-tts) [Alexa TTS for HomeSeer](https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/homeseer-products-services/cloud-service-integrations/alexa-smart-home-skill/1260770-alexa-tts-that-works-well-same-solution-as-for-home-assistant) [Alexa TTS for OpenHAB](https://community.openhab.org/t/solved-alexa-tts-via-http/46615) [Alexa TTS for Domoticz](https://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24272) I’m no coder myself, so I have very little to offer in terms of helping here, but I would guess that this is a feature that could be very valuable to a lot of users of Homey, and shouldn’t be that difficult to produce - based on the work already done by others. Suggestions anyone? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![xeeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/xeeder/32/3937_2.png) [@xeeder](https://community.homey.app/u/xeeder)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/2 "2019-01-12T11:09:22Z")
I’m also looking for this for Google Home’s. Willing to donate because I can’t code either. ---
**Author:** ![azid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/azid/32/8566_2.png) [@azid](https://community.homey.app/u/azid)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/3 "2019-01-12T11:15:11Z")
a Alexa TTS homey app would be great! ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/a/a17c7b078187ed81608b7d052af23728a8d8e73a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/4 "2019-01-13T15:48:31Z")
General better alexa support… I get a " radiator thermostat is not responding" 90% of the time for my fibaro heat… ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/5 "2019-01-15T04:23:45Z")
Very very cool, The code in the examples you provided also do a hell of a lot more than ‘text to speech’. Make alexa say the weather Make alexa tell you your traffic report Make alexa say your flash briefing. Make alexa sing a song ie. Create a flow which 'when motion is detected in the kitchen and its a workday and before 10am, then play the weather report (once). Looking at it - it also expects a capcha request/response so it would need to be able to handle that somewhere with in the app. I might be interested in this, though I was planning on getting an app for Arlo cameras next or perhaps an app for the weather down under. So many options so little time. ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/6 "2019-01-15T04:29:07Z")
The code which connects alexa -\> homey is manages by athom and is a private repo - you would have to contact support for help with that. This is how ever homey -\> alexa … ---
**Author:** ![JamesHiscott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JamesHiscott](https://community.homey.app/u/JamesHiscott)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/7 "2019-01-17T16:13:50Z")
This is the only thing stopping me from moving the platform, i use my Alexas to do all sorts of voice outputs like “welcome home” etc. ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 6:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/8 "2019-01-18T06:39:35Z")
I had a quick play, seems to work from Homey. ---
**Author:** ![autolycos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/autolycos/32/39277_2.png) [@autolycos](https://community.homey.app/u/autolycos)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/9 "2019-01-18T06:59:37Z")
Oh great! How did you set it up, maybe a short tutorial? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![azid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/azid/32/8566_2.png) [@azid](https://community.homey.app/u/azid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/10 "2019-01-18T07:41:34Z")
yes! a short tutorial would be great! ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/11 "2019-01-18T13:25:13Z")
It will require a app be created due to the way that authorization is given, (cookie). But if you able to handle that part its actually relativly simple JSON commands ```auto behaviorId: 'PREVIEW', sequenceJson: '{"@type":"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.Sequence","startNode":{"@type":"com.amazon.alexa.behaviors.model.OpaquePayloadOperationNode","operationPayload":{"deviceType":"XXXXXXPFR55MTB","deviceSerialNumber":"XXXXbace78d042abaXXXX8bf08eaXXXX","locale":"en-US","customerId":"XXXXDIVCUKXXXX","textToSpeak":"Ok Homey, Sexy Time"},"type":"Alexa.Speak"}}', status: 'ENABLED' ``` Ill try and create a demo app maybe this weekend to allow you to speak to a specific echo/alexa device (Tested so far with FireTv, FireTablet, Ecobee, Echo Dot, Echo Spot, Echo and Echo Plus). ---
**Author:** ![autolycos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/autolycos/32/39277_2.png) [@autolycos](https://community.homey.app/u/autolycos)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/12 "2019-01-18T13:39:41Z")
Great! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for an app during the weekend then. 😁 How hard would it be to make the device-choice and text input/output able to use variables from Homey? Looking forward to the development here. Will definitely send you a donation of you get this working. ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/13 "2019-01-18T14:14:13Z")
I wouldn’t expect anything use able on the weekend, perhaps just a prototype. Alexa just is looking for either a string or a ssml ( [Speech Synthesis Markup Language](https://developer.amazon.com/docs/custom-skills/speech-synthesis-markup-language-ssml-reference.html) ), Sending text to flows, with tags is pretty standard stuff with Homey - it shouldn’t be a problem. (So long as the login can be solve elegantly). ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/14 "2019-01-18T23:53:38Z")
Small hiccup in the middle of the night alexa decided to say one of my test texts from 5 hours earlier - and then just now 18 hours later I got another one 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 8:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/15 "2019-01-31T08:07:43Z")
Split this topic on January 31, 2019, 8:07am UTC 45 posts were merged into an existing topic: [[IN DEVELOPMENT] Amazon Alexa - Text to Speech, Announcements, Weather, News, Traffic](https://community.homey.app/t/in-development-amazon-alexa-text-to-speech-announcements-weather-news-traffic/8356/3) ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/55 "2019-01-31T08:09:08Z")
You can now view the [latest information about this here.](https://community.homey.app/t/in-development-amazon-alexa-text-to-speech-announcements-weather-news-traffic/8356/46) ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-tts-info-from-homey-spoken-by-alexa/6657/56 "2019-01-31T08:09:17Z")
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