Developing apps for Amazon Alexa - so called skills.
Questions tagged [alexa-app]
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How alexa-app framework and jovo framework are different?
I have trying to build and looking for a framework for my web service end point and I came across two frameworks:
Alexa-app: https://github.com/alexa-js/alexa-app
Jovo: https://github.com/jovotech/jovo-framework-nodejs
Can some one share the…

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Is there a neat way to organize Node.js Alexa code
Is there a neat way to organize Node.js Alexa code. As my intents in the interaction model increases, the lines of code in the index.js of the lambda increased to a point where it is unmanageable. Is there an example of how to structure Alexa…

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How to integrate with alexa app
I have a music application. I have built all the custom skill for my music application and it is working fine in amazon echo device. My question is how do i integrate it with alexa app. I can see spotify, pandora, saavn etc in the music section of…

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I need slot type of intent for my Alexa skill
I am creating a skill but I need a slot type for my intent (which takes a complete sentence as input) but it should be in Indian.
Like: AMAZON.LITERAL
It only supports English(U.K) and English(US).
I need any slot type which takes a complete…
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how to store or fetch requests given by user to alexa voice service on raspberry pi in database?
I am naive to alexa voice service.
I am trying to integrate machine learning algorithm(naive bayes) in alexa voice service sample app. To implement this algorithm i need to store all the request(voice commands given by user) which are successfully…

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How do you get Alexa to read really long texts?
I'm trying to get Alexa to read a really long text, however Alexa says the skill returned a failed response. When I return only the first 1000 characters of my text it works and reads them out.
How do I get Alexa to read me my very long document?

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How to show the current playing item (song) in player or queue screen in alexa app
I am able to send the songs to amazon echo devices and the song is playing. I am not understanding what i have to send to show the song in the player or queue screen in alexa app as it is coming to other music apps like saavn, spotify etc. Please…

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Delete Alexa History
Is there any way to access alexa history for a particular app form within that app(or lambda) programatically?
For e.g If I have library app and want to ensure alexa identifies my request history and tells me which book I already ordered/read…

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What is advantage in using alexa-sdk for alexa skill development?
Am new to Amazon alexa skill development and able to see alexa-sdk node modules is available for development. But not able to find more detail in documentation. Do i need to proceed the development with alexa-sdk or with out alexa-sdk.? could any…

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Alexa Node JS how to handle cancel event for multiple events
I have multiple custom skill intents. I want to handle cancel the event for all custom intents. How can I get that which cancel is getting called.
const Alexa = require('alexa-sdk');
exports.handler = (event, context) => {
const alexa =…
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Alexa end timed out no response on .listen() NodeJS
My skill times out with an error, "There was a problem with the requested skill's response."
I'm trying to end the session silently if the user does not say anything on both initial prompt and reprompt.
Currently, if the user says nothing the first…

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Custom Alexa Skill Overlapping with Native Echo Alarm
I have developed a custom alexa skill which works fine except for the following case :
Set an alarm for say 4:30 PM
Invoke the Skill at 4:29 and start the conversation with my custom skill
While alexa is conversing with the user , the alarm…

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I am not seeing dialogState in Alexa's event in AWS lambda logs, for a multiturn dialog?
I created an intent with slots in Alexa. This triggers an AWS lambda written in Python. I am logging the 'event'. I expect event['request']['dialogState'] to be present but it is not. Am I missing something?
Event:
{u'session': {u'application':…

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Develop alarm skill with Alexa Device except voice input
I am new to Amazon Alexa having one query about AVS & Alexa device,
How to enable Alexa to be enable to speak without voice input? Is this possible to give input by any other way except voice and take output from Alexa device in voice format?

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Echo Show is showing offline in my Alexa App and my Browser and it's not working properly
Okay I have reset my echo show and I logged in my amazon account. But when I check my device on the companion app it appears offline (alexa app is up-to-date) also in my browser on the computer I get the same things.
Also, any settings or skills I…

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