In this video, I will show you how to make announcements (without the announcement sound) using Voice Monkey Alexa Skill and ShapTools on your Echo devices. Using this method you will be able to type simple text into SharpTools and get announcements on your echo devices.
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We will be using the HTTP feature in SharpTools and dropping in a few lines of code.
Products you will need:
Voice Monkey: https://voicemonkey.io/
Aeotec SmartThings Hub: https://amzn.to/3dz8iuJ
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Below is the code that you will need to copy and paste:
POST URL
https://api.voicemonkey.io/trigger?access_token={{$VoiceMonkeyAT}}&secret_token={{$VoiceMonkeyST}}&voice=Amy
JSON Payload
{
“monkey”: “your echo monkey name”, “announcement”: “type your text here!”
}
