AutoVoice Sneak Peek - Trigger Alexa Routines!
Added 2021-03-19 14:34:33 +0000 UTCThis could revolutionize Smart Home for Tasker!
Suddenly any device that you can control with the Alexa app you can now also control with Tasker!
That means that potentially thousands of different Smart Home products can now be controlled from Tasker! 😁 You don't even need an echo! You can simply install the Alexa app (which is free) and it should work!
This uses the AutoVoice Smart Home skill for Alexa and is currently in invite-only beta.
If you want to be part of the beta please follow the procedure below:
- let me know what email you use to sign in to Alexa so I can send it an invite to be part of this beta. Either send me a personal message here on Patreon or leave it below if you don't mind it being public. I'll try to send out invites during the weekend if I can, but I'll send them out on Monday at the latest
- Use this version of AutoVoice: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8G77eDgeMdwZE5CbjlxVW9venc/view?usp=sharing
- In Tasker use the new AutoVoice Trigger Alexa Routine action
- In the action you select (and create if necessary) a new virtual "button" that will be pressed to trigger the routine
- After that's done, go to the Alexa app and setup a new routine with the newly added virtual button (you may need to refresh the Alexa up by pulling down on the device/routine list)
- Make the routine do whatever you want and save
- Finally run the tasker action from any situation and it'll run the routine!
That's it! You can now control all of your Smart Home devices with this action! 😄
Please expect some bugs along the way but hopefully it just works!
Enjoy home automation on another level in Tasker! 😎
Comments
That's awesome :D Super cool use case, thanks!
João Dias
2021-04-07 13:52:34 +0000 UTCI took this a bit further (maybe it'll interest somebody), I took and old Logitech joystick which is connected to my PC and I linked its buttons to the Alexa routines. Basically I can turn on and off lights around the house with the joystick buttons. The whole flow is this: Joystick -> AutoHotkey script (PC) -> Join API (PC) -> Tasker AutoApps command -> AutoVoice Trigger Alexa Routine action. Thx, Joao, for the kind support!
petrus munteanu
2021-04-07 11:52:56 +0000 UTCif anybody else is struggling (like I did), the TLDR procedure is this: 1. Ask for a test account (from Joao) 2. Add the Autovoice skill to Alexa (link in the confirmation email from Joao) 3. Create the special Tasker action with a new device in it 4. Create an Alexa routine triggered by the new device (it'll show up in devices)
petrus munteanu
2021-03-22 13:39:41 +0000 UTCThat's awesome! :) Thank you very much for testing!!
João Dias
2021-03-22 13:00:44 +0000 UTCI managed to get it to work (thank you, Joao, for support!), and it runs lightning fast. This is a game changer for me, as I've been struggling for years to trigger Alexa without voice commands. I even created a developer account at Amazon, but the programming part overwhelmed me. Thank you, Joao!
petrus munteanu
2021-03-22 12:37:43 +0000 UTCHope it's working! :)
João Dias
2021-03-22 10:26:14 +0000 UTCAwesome! :) Glad it works now!!
João Dias
2021-03-22 10:24:15 +0000 UTCOkay... Yes, I had the non-beta version enabled. After disabling that one and searching again the beta version appeared as well. When I clicked on it.. it showed as enabled but didn't show up as enabled under the Dev tab on my skills. Disabled that one as well and then went back to the beta invite email and was finally able to get it enabled. Thanks.. it does work now and will play more with it later tonight! Sorry for the problem!
Robert Burton
2021-03-22 10:21:28 +0000 UTChhmm, did you maybe already have the normal non-beta skill enabled? Try searching for AutoVoice in Alexa Skills and see if the regular AutoVoice Smart Home Skill is already enabled. If it is, disable it. If it isn't, enable and then disable it. After that try the beta link again. hope this helps!
João Dias
2021-03-22 09:06:06 +0000 UTCExcellent! This is will be very useful. Thanks!
Jay
2021-03-20 18:34:50 +0000 UTCI followed the link to enable the Alexa skill but when I press the button to enable it.. it says account linking required... no matter how many times I press it. The AutoVoice skill shows up under My Skills but says the same thing there. Would it be because I use different emails for Google and Alexa?
Robert Burton
2021-03-20 11:10:31 +0000 UTCYeah, I've seen that one before too.. haha!
João Dias
2021-03-19 15:35:18 +0000 UTCYeah, this is exciting! :)
João Dias
2021-03-19 15:35:02 +0000 UTCAdded! THanks :)
João Dias
2021-03-19 15:34:52 +0000 UTCHave you seen the paper where they trigger specific smart home commands on all the different systems just with an laser through a window? That blew my mind 🤯 Do not find the link atm... This one was related: https://youtu.be/2i1hrywDwPo Aah, it was on another channel: https://youtu.be/ozIKwGt38LQ
jonas.app
2021-03-19 15:08:55 +0000 UTCvery neat trick, indeed. Right now I use Autoinput to navigate through to the routines and trigger them. I takes a lot of time and the Alexa app is finicky at that, so... pretty great!
petrus munteanu
2021-03-19 15:07:46 +0000 UTCMessage sent! This is exciting
Richard Miles
2021-03-19 15:00:58 +0000 UTC😄👍
João Dias
2021-03-19 14:53:45 +0000 UTCObviously LOVE IT
Mat
2021-03-19 14:49:24 +0000 UTC
