Echo Speaks questions

#1

Two questions about Echo Speaks:

  1. It’s not possible to execute any arbitrary command as if spoken to Alexa, right? e.g. there’s no Echo Speaks function like issueCommand(“turn on the Fire TV”) ? If not, any not-too-hacky workarounds for this (other than Logitech Hub Harmony for this specific example - I mean in general for any command…)?
  2. Same question about Alexa routines, e.g. there’s nothing like executeRoutine(“My Custom Alexa Routine”), right?
#2

Yes, but you can execute any piston with voice command by using virtual switches

#3

For question #1, I believe you are right… This is the method that I use to send any command to Alexa… It works for all native commands as well as any arbitrary skills you have installed.

The initial setup takes about 20-30 minutes, but it allows any piston to send any command with a single character here in webCoRE.