My Workaround for Echo Speaks - Simple Use Case

Hi all, I wanted to share a simple workaround I figured out today using Echo Speaks. My goal was to have different preset welcome messages when I come home, and after some digging, I found a pretty easy solution. I used the ‘facts’ Alexa skill from GitHub as my template and edited it to fit my needs. I changed the preset responses and removed the default prompts like ‘here’s a fact!’ and ‘would you like to know another fact?’. I named this skill ‘home welcome’. Now, when I come home, my webCoRE routine flips a virtual switch, which triggers the ‘home welcome’ skill through Alexa routines. This workaround isn’t perfect, but it works perfectly for my use case! I had to ensure the virtual switch was set to a simulated Alexa switch in the IDE so Alexa could see it. I also had to do a bit of tweaking to get everything connected, but it was worth it to enable my welcome message system again. I hope this helps someone else looking to do something similar!