HA: Alexa TTS - list of rooms with open windows from binary sensor group, legacy group, or state object template

open_windows_tts_script.yaml

## *Using binary sensor groups and Area names*

### scripts.yaml  

tts_opened_windows:
  alias: Notify - Alexa - List Open Windows
  sequence:
  - service: notify.alexa_media_last_called
    data:
      data:
        type: tts
      message: '{{active_windows}}'
  variables:
    active_windows: |-
      {% set ow = expand('binary_sensor.all_window_sensors')
      | selectattr('state','eq','on')  |
      map(attribute='entity_id') | map('area_name')  
      | unique | reject('eq',None) | sort | map('lower') | list %} 
      {% set qty = ow | count %} 
      {% if qty != 0 %} 
      There {{'is an' if qty==1 else 'are'}} open window{{' ' if qty==1
      else 's '}}in the {{' and '.join((ow|join(', ')).rsplit(', ', 1)) }}.
      {% else %} 
      All windows are closed. 
      {% endif %}



# If you do not have, or do not want to set up a group for your sensors you can use the following
# but you may need to insert additional filters if you have other binary sensors
# with 'window' in the entity_id...

  variables:
    active_windows: |-
      {% set windows = states.binary_sensor 
      | selectattr('entity_id', 'search', 'window' )
      | rejectattr('entity_id', 'search', 'all' )
      | list %}
      {{ windows | selectattr('state','eq','on')  |
      map(attribute='entity_id') | map('area_name')  
      | unique | reject('eq',None)
      | sort | map('lower') | list}}



############################ LEGACY METHODS #############################
# The following pre-date the implementation of type-specific groups and 
# the ability to use Areas in templates.  As of Home Assistant 2022.7.2
# they still work, but they are less efficient than the script at the top of
# the page.



## *Using legacy Groups and Look Up Table*

### scripts.yaml

tts_opened_windows:
  alias: 'TTS List of Open Windows'
  sequence:
    - service: notify.alexa_media_basement_dot
      data:
        message: '{{active_windows}}'
        data:
          type: tts
  variables:
    active_windows: |-
      {% if states('group.all_window_sensors') == 'off' -%}
        There are no open windows
      {%- else -%}
        {{-'There are windows open in the'}}
        {%- for window in expand('group.all_window_sensors')
        | rejectattr('state', 'eq', 'off') | map(attribute='entity_id')%}
        {%- set active_room = dict([
              ('binary_sensor.cloud_bedroom_window_1', 'bedroom'),
              ('binary_sensor.kitchen_window', 'kitchen'),
              ('binary_sensor.living_room_window_1', 'living room'),
              ('binary_sensor.master_bedroom_window_1', 'master bedroom')
          ]) %}
        {{- (' ')}}
        {{- ('and ' if loop.last and not loop.first)}}
        {{- active_room[window] -}}
        {{- (',' if not loop.last and loop.length >= 3)}}
        {%- endfor %}
      {%- endif %}


# If the friendly_name of your entities is already TTS-friendly, 
# you can leave out the look up table section and modify the variable's template as follows:

  variables:
    active_windows: |-
      {% if states('group.all_window_sensors') == 'off' -%}
      There are no open windows
      {%- else %}
        {{- 'There are windows open in the'}}
        {%- for window in expand('group.all_window_sensors')|rejectattr('state', 'eq', 'off') | map(attribute='name')%}
          {{- (' ')}}{{- ('and ' if loop.last and not loop.first)}}
          {{- window -}}
          {{- (',' if not loop.last and loop.length >= 3)}}
        {%- endfor -%}
      {%- endif %}
  
  
# If you have your TTS set to pull from an input_text, just substitute the services in the sequence...
  
tts_opened_windows:
  alias: 'TTS List of Open Windows'
  sequence:
    - service: input_text.set_value
      target:
        entity_id: input_text.your_input_text
      data:
        value: '{{active_windows}}'
  variables:
      active_windows: 
      
        ### SEE ABOVE ###