# Trying to get Alexa to read out a temperature

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**Created:** [20 January 2022 14:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-get-alexa-to-read-out-a-temperature/56974 "2022-01-20T14:56:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [24 January 2022 17:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-get-alexa-to-read-out-a-temperature/56974/13 "2022-01-24T17:54:27Z")

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And of course, there is always the "Simon says" approach that needs no skills at all

> [@How to get all Alexa requests WITHOUT any other skills](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-all-alexa-requests-without-any-other-skills/26783):
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> Executive Summary ... just prefix all your house #IoT commands with "Simon Says" slight_smile And then listen out for them using node-red-contrib-alexa-remote2 Obviously, being called Simon doesn't make this method sound daft to me slight_smile History I tried a few Alexa nodes out and settled on using @hardillb excellent node-red-contrib-alexa-home-skill and that has worked very well for me. Only issue is that you have to pretend your home stuff is lights or a switch etc and limited v…

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