Amazon Echo DOES Voice Notifications!

[nelemansc (Cassidy)]

Here’s a post for a smartapp I created for canned Alexa responses. Custom messages aren’t supported, but it should cover a majority of the scenarios.

[OBSOLETE] Alexa Voice Notification smartapp - compatible with any Bluetooth/Sonos speaker

So this is practically identical to my Morgan Freeman Sonos Notification smartapp from a couple months ago, but instead of Mr. Freeman’s voice I yearned for the smooth, sultry voice of Alexa to notify me if someone is bashing in my front door or if there is a water leak in the basement. Credit to Sam Machin for his web app which I recorded the Alexa phrases from via Soundflower & Audacity for Mac. Also thank you to @geko for his work on VLC Thing. The following phrases are currently supported: Mail has arrived Motion detected - Generic Motion in basement Motion in garage Motion in front yard Motion in back yard Motion at front door Motion at back door Front door opened Front door unlocked Back door opened Back door unlocked Basement door opened Basement door unlocked Garage door opened …