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Automate your tecla integrations

Tecla and IFTTT let you start automations by pressing a button or switch, so you can control your smart home hands-free. tecla allows anyone with limited upper-body mobility (resulting from spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, ALS, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, brain injuries, or stroke) to interact with their smart devices and appliances ––hands-free. It works with all assistive switches on the market including buttons, sip-and-puff controllers, head arrays, joysticks and the driving controls of a wheelchair.

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Create your own tecla workflow

Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.

3 triggers, queries, and actions

App button pressed

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when an IF button is pressed on the tecla app remote.

Switch action on tecla-e

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This trigger fires when a configured switch action is activated on a tecla-e.

History of app button presses

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when an IF button was pressed on the tecla app remote.

App button pressed

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when an IF button is pressed on the tecla app remote.

Switch action on tecla-e

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This trigger fires when a configured switch action is activated on a tecla-e.

History of app button presses

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when an IF button was pressed on the tecla app remote.

Automate tecla from your AI assistant

Ask Perplexity to create tecla applets for hands-free smart home control, right from your AI assistant, with IFTTT MCP.

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How to connect to a tecla automation

Find an Applet using tecla and Philips Hue

Find an automation to connect to, or create your own!

Connect IFTTT to your accounts

Securely connect the Applet services to your respective accounts.

Finalize and customize your Applet

Review trigger and action settings, and click connect. Simple as that!
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USE CASE

Emergency assistance alert

Set up an automation to send an emergency email to trusted contacts with a single press of the tecla button. This integration ensures you can request help quickly using the tecla app and Gmail.

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More credits, more tecla Applets

  • Connect to more Applets

    More credits, more possibilities

    Get more credits per month to power more automation activity.
  • If a new calendar event is added, with an AI prompt, then an AI agent runs actions across your services

    Power more advanced automations

    Use credits to power your automations, including actions that require more processing.
  • Get access to faster speeds

    Access faster speeds and higher rate limits

    Get faster updates and more actions with increased rate limits and more frequent checks.

About tecla

tecla allows anyone with limited upper-body mobility (resulting from spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, ALS, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, brain injuries, or stroke) to interact with their smart devices and appliances ––hands-free. It works with all assistive switches on the market including buttons, sip-and-puff controllers, head arrays, joysticks and the driving controls of a wheelchair.

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