Freelancing is considered an attractive option for those who desire to have enough control over their work. A freelancer is more of a self-employed individual because you get to work as a contract staff with the privilege of deciding what job(s) you want to take and what you wish to reject. With the Covid-19 …
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Prior to 2014, virtual assistants were seen as cumbersome, inaccurate, and unfit for mainstream use. It certainly didn’t help that people didn’t really want to use voice activation. After all, talking to a gadget seemed fundamentally uncomfortable — and no one wanted to feel ridiculous. The release and subsequent rise of Amazon’s Alexa system, however, …
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Amazon’s Alexa is getting an exciting new update centered around new tools for developers to integrate its voice assistant technology into a broader range of smart gadgets and devices. The Custom Interfaces toolkit will allow for interactions beyond the standard smart speakers and TVs. The main benefits of the new tools, according to Amazon, include: …
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Answer the public is a great site that shows the most common questions people are asking on the internet about a particular subject. There is no shortage of questions people have about echo dot. Here is a sample of the top “Will echo dot…” questions. Maybe some of these will inspire a google search on …
As remote work continues to gain popularity, many individuals are setting up smart home offices to create a productive and efficient work environment. Amazon, a leading player in the smart home market, offers a range of devices that can seamlessly integrate into your setup. In this article, we will explore how you can harness the …
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Get Fit with A Voice Assistant There are hundreds of millions of devices that offer voice assistants like Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Siri, and others. For the most part these voice personas help navigate simple tasks on phones or devices. Things like allowing you to stream music, ask about the weather, or complete simple searches …
This is an Alexa Skills training video tutorial from Alexa Developers. Here is the YouTube video description: In this video we’ll introduce slots to capture variable data spoken by the user and we’ll show how to create validation rules for them. We’ll also show you how to offload the slot value capture mechanics to Alexa …
This is an Alexa Skills training video tutorial from Alexa Developers. Here is the YouTube video description: In this video we’ll continue our course and explain a functionality that is used very frequently by Alexa skill developers: accessing external APIs. Alexa skills are not closed environments hence you can connect to external services from the …
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This is an Alexa Skills training video tutorial from Alexa Developers. Here is the YouTube video description: In this video we’ll be covering the Reminders API. This API allows you to set reminders in your skill so Alexa will say a message out loud at the time that you decide based on user input. In …
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This is an Alexa Skills training video tutorial from Alexa Developers. Here is the YouTube video description: In this video we’re going to continue on our Alexa skill building journey and focus on internationalization (i18n). We’ll depart from a simple hello world skill in English and add support for more than one language while keeping …
This is an Alexa Skills training video tutorial from Alexa Developers. Here is the YouTube video description: In this video we’re going to move away from the web browser and go towards the command line. If you’re an advanced developer used to the command line you can leverage our ASK CLI (Command Line Interface) which …
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This is an Alexa Skills training video tutorial from Alexa Developers. Here is the YouTube video description: In this video we’ll cover the very basics of Alexa Skill building. From fundamentals and terminology to a functional hello world skill you’ll get everything you need to get started in your skill building journey! Topics Covered: 1. …
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This is an Alexa Skills training video tutorial from Alexa Developers. Here is the YouTube video description: In this video we’ll look at accessing Alexa Skill Kit’s APIs. These are specific public APIs available to developers to access user and device information to tailor the skill experience to them. These APIs require user consent when …
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This is an Alexa Skills training video tutorial from Alexa Developers. Here is the YouTube video description: In this video we’ll take a look at the final step before our Alexa skill is available to everyone in the world and that is: publishing. We’ve been through coding and testing so now we’ll show you all …
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