# Lost Alexa Voice ST Announcements

**URL:** <https://community.smartthings.com/t/lost-alexa-voice-st-announcements/229746>\
**Category:** SmartApps & Automations\
**Created:** [August 4, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/lost-alexa-voice-st-announcements/229746 "2021-08-04T12:43:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/lost-alexa-voice-st-announcements/229746/4 "2021-08-04T13:49:20Z")

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If all you want is an echo announcement when the physical sensor opens, I would just use the official Alexa routine. It works well for that as long as ST isn’t having issues.😥

Here’s the thread discussing Voice Monkey if you want to learn more about that.

[Alexa Voicemonkey Skill](https://community.smartthings.com/t/alexa-voicemonkey-skill/205342)

Note though that anything relying on Webcore or any other groovy code will have to be rewritten later this year when the groovy cloud goes away. So the simplest option using just an Alexa routine may be the best place to invest your time right now if it meets your needs.

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