Using Macros in the voice notifications for a little randomness.

automation/Speech/announcements.yaml

@@ -22,5 +22,17 @@
         value1: >
           
           {% set person = trigger.entity_id.split('.')[1]|replace('_', ' ')%}
-          !include voice.macros
+          {% macro greeting_sentence(person) %}
+          {{ [
+          "Welcome home " ~ person,
+          "Guess who is home? "  ~ person +" is!",
+          "Attention: " ~ person + " is now in the house.",
+          person ~ " in da house!",
+          "Welcome Home " ~ person + ".  We've missed you. or at least Molly did.",
+          "Our home is now complete, Rest your head and relax your feet! Welcome Back " ~ person,
+          "Life is like a song, you’re back where you belong. Welcome home" ~ person,
+          "Hey there " ~ person,
+          person ~ "! You're home!"
+          ] | random }}    
+          {% endmacro %}
           {{greeting_sentence(person)}}

automation/sunrise_turnon_and_off.yaml

@@ -20,12 +20,19 @@
       entity_id: 
         - light.outdoor_bathroom
         - group.living_room_accents
-    - delay: '00:{{ (range(1, 20)|random|int) }}:00'
+    #- delay: '00:{{ (range(1, 20)|random|int) }}:00'
     - service: script.monthly_color_scene
     - service: script.Voice_notify
       data_template:
         value1: >
-          !include voice.macros
+          {% macro dark_outside() %}
+          {{ [
+          "It is pretty dark outside.  I will turn on the outside lights now.",
+          "It's a little past Sunset. Time to turn on the outside lights. I'm on it.",
+          "I'll switch on the outside lights.  It's getting dark outside.",
+          "Time to turn on the front lights. I'll take care of it."
+          ] | random }}
+          {% endmacro %}
           {{ dark_outside() }}
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