About this action
Triggers, queries, and actions are the building blocks of Applets. Triggers tell an Applet to start, queries ask a question, and actions are its end result.
Developer info
- Description
- This action will make an announcement on your Alexa/Echo device using the text you supply. Ensure you open the Voice Monkey Skill as the final action in your routine. Text can be dynamic e.g. an ingredient from another IFTTT event or applet.
- API endpoint slug
- voicemonkey.announcement
- Filter code method
- Voicemonkey.announcement.skip(string?: reason)
- Runtime method
- runAction("voicemonkey.announcement", {})
Action fields
Monkey Dropdown list
- Label
- Monkey to trigger
- Helper text
- Create and manage your Monkeys at app.voicemonkey.io/monkeys
- Slug
- monkey
- Required
- true
- Can have default value
- false
Announcement Text input > Other
- Label
- Announcement text
- Helper text
- This is the text which will be converted to Alexa speech.
- Slug
- announcement
- Required
- true
- Can have default value
- true
- Filter code method
- Voicemonkey.announcement.setAnnouncement(string: announcement)