Alexa development
Dashbot is a service that helps you track your Alexa skill’s analytics more comprehensively than the Amazon Developer Portal. If your requirements are not satisfied with the data provided by the Dev Portal, then I would suggest using Dashbot.
Today, I went to my very first Hackathon, and I’ll admit, I wasn’t thinking it would be very interesting. It was very fun and definitely worth the time.
On April 20th, I had my very first podcast interview ever! Thank you, Dr. Teri Fisher, for being a wonderful host and for giving me this awesome opportunity.
Adding localization is one of the easiest and best ways to improve your Alexa skill. Instead of only one country, countries all over the globe will use and enjoy your skill!
I recently wrote a blog post about ASR, NLU, and TTS. Yesterday, Bret Kinsella featured the video I created on Voicebot.ai.
There are three core technologies that power Alexa. It’s not just Alexa, either. All voice assistants such as Siri, Google Home, etc. use these important technologies. They are Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Natural Language Understanding (NLU), and Text To Speech (TTS).
I recently finished my second skill, Meal Buddy. I was brainstorming new skill ideas when it hit me: How about a Spin the Wheel skill?
For my dad’s birthday, I was wondering what I should give him. I briefly considered buying him a store-bought present, but I didn’t know what I should get. There wasn’t anything that seemed good enough. Then, I thought of the best thing he had done for me this year. My mind immediately went to one thing: Alexa.
I was learning how to add audio clips to an Alexa skill today, and it’s simpler than I was expecting! I thought I would have to memorize 20 lines of code, but it’s not that difficult.