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Developing apps for Amazon Alexa - so called skills.

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Is it possible to add to an Alexa Skill a custom dictionary to enhance and precise the speech-to-text transcription?

I have developed an Alexa skill, but its speech-to-text transformation is not precise enough for my backend. I have intents like "Whats the {playername}'s performance". These player names are real nicknames, so they are kind of tricky to be…
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Alexa APL Pager component not responding to OnPageChange event

I've created a new APL (Alexa Presentation Language) template using the Pager component and attached a "OnPageChange" event listener. I want this event to call another Command however it is never being invoked. Reference to OnPageChange event…
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Virtual Assistents Development Comparison: Alexa vs Google Home vs Siri vs Cortana

I would love to hear some advice from someone who has programmed for Alexa and any other virtual assistant. I'm the only one in my team with experience with Alexa and just recently we have sold our first Alexa product. The client wants to know how…
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Alexa Console - Add words to invoke skill / Skill invocation

I want to specify the different words that can invoke a skill. I know that I can run my skill with: [start | tell | begin | open...] [Skill_Name] But what if I want to add another word, like: Spin [Skill_name] The best I've found till now is…
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Alexa location permission request is not working

Whenever I request a location permission in the alexa simulator, the simulator does not respond. I use the code snippet below. How does the intent look like to process the response? conv._alexaContext!.response.speak(reasonForLocationPermissionText…
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Accessing the variable outside the function

I am developing a skill for Amazon Alexa in lambda using Node.js. I've declared the variable globally, and initialised in function and accessing it outside the function. But I'm getting undefined error. Please help. var res; async function…
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Alexa - Allow User To Add Item To Amazon Basket/Cart. Help Needed

I've posted this question on the Amazon Developer Forums but I'm not getting a response. In the meantime, I thought I'd see if any devs on here can provide any insight or advice: I’m building an Alexa skill for a client. So far we’ve added the…
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custom skill with https endpoint is not reachable from alexa app. It returns "Sorry, i don't know about that " or "Sorry, i am not sure"

I have written skill endpoints in PHP which returns proper response in test simulator But not reachable from alexa app. My custom skill is enabled in alexa app which is shown under skill & games -> development --> myskill. How to identify the issue…
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How can we publish updates to 10 Alexa Skills with one click?

We have more than 10 skills for dry cleaners around the U.S., and they all receive the same updates, but we have to individually publish them. How can we set up a system that allows us to submit them ALL for review at the same time? From the…
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Using Android Intent to launch Amazon Alexa app with query string

I am looking for a way to trigger the Amazon Alexa official application for Android to search for given query. I am able to launch the Amazon Alexa to trigger Alexa to listen for voice command via below code String activityAction =…
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Can Two Alexa skills have same invocation name?

I want to use one invocation name but it's already used by another skill in Alexa. I saw few skills have same invocation name.
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Alexa skills - fulfilling another slot in slot filling process

I'm working in a skill that search for doctors by name or by specialty. I have the intent: FindDoctor It have 3 slots: Type, Name and Specialty. This is what I have right now: When the user say: "I want to find a doctor" Then my code will delegate…
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Creating different response per device

Is it possible for alexa user to have different responses based on config in the app. For example my skill is returning measurements. Some users may prefer metric and others imperial. I'd like users to be able to specify this (and may be some other…
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Using Alexa skill customer porofile api along with dynamodb inorder to save user email address

I am trying to build a demo Alexa Skill wherein I use the Customer Profile API to get customer details such as email etc and then I want to save the email id to a dynamoDb . I have followed all the instructions from the documentation and am unable…
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Alexa Skill - Retrieve User's mail within multi-turn dialog

I am developping an Alexa Skill within the one the user has to provide a serie of answers to my backend (node.js) in order to get the right result. I would like to send this result by email. Is it possible to retrieve the user's email through the…
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