Echo Dot custom MP3 playback

I have Amazon Echo Dots in each room and they are accessible to HA using the Alexa Media Player integration which I think came from HACS. It can use Text to speech (TTS) to make the Echo Dots say anything I want. It can also make the Echo Dots play any sound in the Alexa Audio Library which includes various dog barking recordings. I believe there is a way to have them play custom mp3 files but I haven’t tried that out. The Amazon Echo Dots require internet connectivity to work so be aware of that. Just my 2 cents for what you are looking for.

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… there! I got past the "500 Internal Service" error and I have an automation set up to play a sound effect when a specific trigger is enabled. Now - my Echo Dot is complaining that "Direct Music Streaming Isn't Supported", something that is set by Amazon, and not my AMP or HA. I'm attempting to play a sound effect, about 7 sec long. My "type" is set to music. If I change the type to "sound", I do not get an error, but the sound never plays, either. In my config, I've tried just the filename.mp3, then doing local/filename.mp3, and finally, the entire path, …

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