Adding in Repeat Function for TTS via MQTT.

automation/tts_repeat.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+######################################################################
+##  Announce when people come or go.
+## Announce over all Chromecast Audios 
+######################################################################
+- alias: 'State Announcements'
+  
+  trigger:
+    - platform: state
+      entity_id: input_boolean.repeat_message
+      state: 'on'
+      from: 'off'
+      
+  action:
+    - service: script.Voice_notify
+      data_template:
+        value1: "{{ trigger.entity_id.split('.')[1]|replace('_', ' ')|replace('garadget large', 'The large garage ')|replace('garadget small', 'The small garage ') }} is {{ (trigger.to_state.state)|replace('_', ' ') }}."

script/voice_notify.yaml

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ voice_notify:
 
     - service: mqtt.publish
       data_template:
-        payload: '{{ value1 }}"'
+        payload: '{{ value1 }}'
         topic: 'polly/lastmsg'
         retain: true
           

sensor/MQTT.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+###################################################
+## Various MQTT sensors
+###################################################
+
+- platform: mqtt
+  name: "Latest Arrival"
+  state_topic: "polly/lastmsg"