# 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:** [20 January 2022 15:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trying-to-get-alexa-to-read-out-a-temperature/56974/3 "2022-01-20T15:21:36Z")

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There are a few ways to do this.

You could setup a vitrtual device and use that to supply the data to Alexa via the response node, using the [alexa-home-skill](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-alexa-home-skill)

Or you could use Alexa blueprints as detailed here -

> [@Pure fun with Alexa and Alexa Skills](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pure-fun-with-alexa-and-alexa-skills/46867):
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> Now the authentication problem with various Alexa nodes has been sorted I thought I'd try something new. I used [BluePrints](https://blueprints.amazon.co.uk/home) to create a Q&A skill called 'Give me a status report' then linked that in the flow below. I've arranged for various devices around my home to report their status to a database that is accessed from the flow and sent to the appropriate Alexa device. Here's an example of capturing feedback from Sonoff-S20 switches and writing the status to a dB.

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