alexa.yaml

blueprint:
  name: Alexa Media Player TTS/Announce from Lovelace UI
  description: Send a notification (TTS/Announcment) via the Lovelace-Ui with the help of a input select and input text. Uses the TTS component from Alexa Media Player which can be installed from the Home Assistant Community Store (HACS).
  domain: automation
  input:
    message:
      name: Message of the notification (Input Text)
      description: Input text where the message comes from
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: input_text
    target:
      name: Target of the notification (Input Select)
      description: The alexa device where the notification should be played. Must be in a input select. Options can be the Friendly Name, Serial Number, entity_id, or Home Assistant Group.
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: input_select
    announce:
      name: Is announcment
      description: Specify if announce-feature should be used. If not, the notification will be a standart text-to-speech.
      default: false
      selector:
        boolean:

mode: queued
max_exceeded: silent

variables:
  message_to_say: !input message
  target_for_message: !input target
  is_announce: !input announce

trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: state_changed
    event_data:
      entity_id: !input message

condition: []
action:
  - service: notify.alexa_media
    data:
      message: "{{ states(message_to_say) }}"
      data:
        type: >
          {% if is_announce %}
            announce
          {% else %}
            tts
          {% endif %}
      target:
        - "{{ states(target_for_message) }}"