Home Assistant Alexa Command Console and TTS Card

alexa_command_tts_console.yaml

# This is a variation of Alexa Media Player - Broadcasting with a custom card (https://github.com/custom-components/alexa_media_player/wiki/Examples:-Broadcasting-with-a-custom-card)

### PRE-REQUISITES -------------------------
# You will need to install the following integrations and add-ons:
#   - Alexa Media Player (https://github.com/custom-components/alexa_media_player)
#   - Text-input-row card  *(only needed for the example card)
#     https://github.com/gadgetchnnel/lovelace-text-input-row
#
# You will need to create the following helpers:
#   - input_select.alexa_state
#     This input_select needs to have an entry for every echo device and/or group that you want to use. 
#     You can make these entries whatever you want, we will convert them to the entity_ids with the alexa_selector sensor
#   - input_text.cmd_text
#   - input_text.announcement_text


### Template Sensor -----------------------------

template:
  sensor:
    - name: "Alexa Selector"
      state: >-
        {% set room = states('input_select.alexa_state') -%}
        {% set echo_select = {
            'Kitchen Dot: 'kitchen_dot',
            'All': 'everywhere',
            'Living Room Dot': 'a_s_living_room_dot',
            'Upstairs Bathroom Dot': 'upstairs_bathroom_dot'
        } %}
        {%- if room in echo_select -%}
          media_player.{{ echo_select.get(room) }}
        {%- endif %}

# NOTE:
# You can use the following template in the Developer Tools template tool 
# to iterate over your Alexa devices and return the value to paste into the 
# template sensor above for the value of echo_select:

{% for a in integration_entities('alexa_media')
| select('match', 'media_player.') if states[a].attributes.source %}
"{{ states[a]['name']}}": "{{ states[a]['object_id'] }}",
{%- endfor %}


### SCRIPTS -----------------------------
# Most Lovelace/Dashboard Cards do not accept templates, 
# so the logic and templating needs to be placed in a script.
# Then you can call the script from the card.


send_alexa_command:
  alias: Send Alexa command
  sequence:
    - service: media_player.play_media
      data:
        entity_id: '{{ states("sensor.alexa_selector") }}'
        media_content_id: '{{ states("input_text.cmd_text") }}'
        media_content_type: custom
  mode: single

send_alexa_announcement:
  alias: Send Alexa Announcement
  fields:
    type:
      name: Type
      description: Select between either tts or announcement
      default: announce
  sequence:
    - service: homeassistant.update_entity
      data: {}
      target:
        entity_id: input_select.alexa_state
    - service: homeassistant.update_entity
      data: {}
      target:
        entity_id: input_text.announcement_text
    - service: notify.alexa_media
      data:
        target: "{{ states('sensor.alexa_selector') }}"
        message: "{{ states('input_text.announcement_text') }}"
        data:
          type: "{{ type }}"
  mode: single

stop_alexa_command:
  alias: STOP Alexa command
  sequence:
    - service: media_player.play_media
      data:
        entity_id: '{{ states("sensor.alexa_selector") }}'
        media_content_id: stop
        media_content_type: custom
  mode: single


### SAMPLE LOVELACE CARD #1-----------------------------

type: entities
entities:
  - entity: input_select.alexa_state
    name: Select Alexa device
  - entity: input_text.cmd_text
    name: 'Type question/command here:'
    type: 'custom:text-input-row'
  - action_name: Run Command/Ask Question...
    icon: 'mdi:voice'
    name: ' '
    service: script.send_alexa_command
    type: call-service
  - action_name: Stop Alexa
    icon: 'mdi:voice'
    name: ' '
    service: script.stop_alexa_command
    type: call-service
  - entity: input_text.announcement_text
    name: 'Type announcement text here:'
    type: 'custom:text-input-row'
  - type: call-service
    name: ' '
    icon: 'mdi:voice'
    action_name: Announce It...
    service: script.send_alexa_announcement
    service_data:
      type: announce
    
    
### Sample Card 2
# Requires Mushroom and Stack-in-card custom cards available in HACS
# Adds separate buttons so a message can be sent as either a plain TTS or announcement
#
# Note: If you have speaker groups included in your target you must use the
# announcement button when sending to those groups.


type: custom:stack-in-card
cards:
  - type: custom:mushroom-title-card
    title: Alexa Console
  - type: entities
    entities:
      - entity: input_select.alexa_state
        name: Select Alexa Device
      - entity: input_text.cmd_text
        name: 'Type question/command here:'
        type: custom:text-input-row
  - type: grid
    columns: 2
    square: false
    cards:
      - type: button
        color_type: theme
        icon_height: 28px
        icon: mdi:close-octagon-outline
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: script.stop_alexa_command
      - type: button
        color_type: theme
        icon: mdi:apple-keyboard-command
        icon_height: 28px
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: script.send_alexa_command
  - entities:
      - entity: input_text.announcement_text
        name: 'Type announcement text here:'
        type: custom:text-input-row
    type: entities
    header:
      type: buttons
      entities: []
  - type: grid
    columns: 2
    square: false
    cards:
      - type: button
        color_type: theme
        icon_height: 28px
        icon: mdi:account-voice
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: script.send_alexa_announcement
          data:
            type: tts
      - type: button
        color_type: theme
        icon: mdi:bullhorn-outline
        icon_height: 28px
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: script.send_alexa_announcement
          data:
            type: announce

this is great thanks for this, exactly what i was looking for, unfortunately giving me a head-scratcher. it works initially then seems to change all my scripts for example from -

      data:
        data:
          type: announce
          method: speak
        target: '{{ states("sensor.alexa_selector") }}'
        message: '{{ states("input_text.announcement_text") }}'

to

    data:
      data:
        type: announce
        method: speak
      target:
        target:
          "[object Object]": null
        message:
          "[object Object]": null 

or

alias: Send Alexa Command
sequence:
  - service: media_player.play_media
    data:
      entity_id:
        "[object Object]": null
      media_content_id:
        "[object Object]": null
      media_content_type: custom

any ideas why this might happen?

Usually that is a sign that you have improperly used the same type of quotation marks both inside and outside the template.