Possible work-around.... but I'm stuck on part of it.
There are a couple of new skills if you search for "Routine Trigger"
I am playing with the one called Routine Trigger URL.
https://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Smart-Home-Routine-Trigger/dp/B08SHHS8JZ/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3B20CMGZH4JCU&keywords=routine+trigger&qid=1645812704&s=digital-skills&sprefix=%2Calexa-skills%2C104&sr=1-2You can create as many fake "doorbell" devices and you get 3 URLs for each device. pasting the URL into a browser activates the "doorbell" in your list of alexa devices. You can then use the rest of the routine to read a variable...
(Add Action -> Custom -> "ask indigo to speak Variable Name")
In the variable, if you write your message between the tags <speak>Insert inspirational words here </speak> Then alexa will go right to the message without first saying "your variable value is..." or whatever she says.
Note: I tried replacing "speak" with "announcement" in the variable... that did nothing.
I created a trigger with the above skill, but I'm stuck on how to activate it from indigo. Everything I've tried gives me an SSL Certificate Error.
This is the format of the URL links that the skill's associated website gives me....
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HTML Response: https://www.virtualsmarthome.xyz/url_routine_trigger/activate.php?trigger=1234_substiute_for_my_trigger&token=4321_substitute_for_my_token&response=html
XML Response: https://www.virtualsmarthome.xyz/url_routine_trigger/activate.php?trigger=1234_substiute_for_my_trigger&token=4321_substitute_for_my_token&response=xml
JSON Response: https://www.virtualsmarthome.xyz/url_routine_trigger/activate.php?trigger=1234_substiute_for_my_trigger&token=4321_substitute_for_my_token&response=json