Is it still impossible to send text strings from Tasker of IFTTT to Amazon Echo?

[JDRoberts]

@ispooler

If not, is there any way to send from a phone to Alexa via bluetooth “simon says” to be said out loud by Alexa?"

Not via IFTTT, but you can do it with a local LANdroid setup. See the following thread. You’ll see several skeptical posts from me essentially asking “really?” But, yes, really. These guys did figure out a way to make it work. Not sure if this will fit your use case, but it’s worth taking a look at.

Amazon Echo DOES Voice Notifications!

I have no idea if that has been done yet, I have done a little bit of a search with no results on this particular subject… But tonight I got my Amazon Echo to say, “The Front Door is Open” when my front door opened! It is customizable as to what I want it to say. It’s freakin Awesome!!! Here is what you need to do Follow this link and install all of the stuff it says. DO NOT USE ver 1.1.14 of Big Talker, DO USE ver 1.1.13. TTS works in the older version and not the newer one. After you do all of that stuff, do this Connect your Android device to your Amazon Echo via Bluetooth. Now your Echo will give you voice notifications. What can you do with this?? You don’t have to use Echo, you can just use a bluetooth speaker or you can use the Android Device. But how totally cool is i…