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Developing apps for Amazon Alexa - so called skills.

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In alexa custom app Can I get the query as a voice stream/audio file of a user?

After the user invokes an app on Alexa , Is there a way to get the query as a voice stream/audio file of a user? Through alexa I want to send the stream to a webservice/lambda that the invoked app will call and analyze the intent there. We have some…
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How to do error handling for "unhandled intent" asked by user in Alexa?

When alexa receives "unhandled intent" from users. How to handle error messages "Am not quite sure how to help you with that"?
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Alexa is responding I couldn't find any enabled video skills when i invoke my skill

I have a development skill "The great courses plus" in my account. 2-3 weeks before it was working fine. But Now when I say Alexa Open "The Great Courses Plus" it respond "I couldn't find any enabled video skills. Go to the music, TV and books…
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Build Skill for Echo Show

I have build several skills for echo dot. Now, I am trying to build a skill for echo show. I have gone through several documentation: Videoapp-interface-reference Echo Show Skills But, I am not getting where to put the directives and how to use…
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How do I let the user set a variable with Alexa?

For example, I would like the user to be able to set their home location as a 6 digit number. Then they can just ask my skill for an update, "when's the next bus coming", rather than having to say, "when's the next bus coming to location 123456".
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App/website model not showing on Alexa Developer console

I am trying to connect my alexa skill with the custom android app. For that I need App/Website model in Alexa developers console. But I can't find it. Is there anything I need to do to activate that model option.
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Amazon Alexa doesn't open the skill developed by me( on the device)

I have a problem with Amazon Alexa. I have started to develop a small skill in Alexa Developer Console. Everything works perfectly when I test it in that console, but when I tell to Alexa device to open my skill. It tell me "I don't know about…
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Is it possible to run an Alexa routine only if a specific voice profile detected on an echo device?

Long story short, I have a routine to turn on certain appliances in my house. I would like for this routine to proceed only after it has detected my voice profile. Is this even a possibility? I have looked around to see if Alexa has this ability but…
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Skill enable when Alexa account linking "Invalid account linking credentials" integration with Azure B2C

I am following this documentation https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/account-linking/app-to-app-account-linking-starting-from-your-app.html in order to make an in app linking. I get an error on the last step where I would like to do the…
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Custom handling for AMAZON.DATE slot type to find Past Dates only

The Problem I know in the docs that AMAZON.DATE slot type defaults to look for future dates. As far as I can see there's no way for me to set it to past dates by default. If that's the case, what can I do within my code to handle this? Example A…
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Amazon Alexa Skills - How to Add a Loop in the Skill?

I want to create a skill that's a simple game, where first the user launches the skill with its invocation name and then Alexa asks a question, "Shall I roll the dice?" If the user answers "Yes," it rolls the dice, and says the result. Then Alexa…
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Alexa skill having trouble avoiding the FallbackIntent

I'm having trouble avoiding the FallbackIntent. I'm writing a skill that labels different days Red Days or Blue Days. Using the dev console Utterance Profile I keep getting the fallback intent when I ask "is today a red day". I have a specific…
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Any idea how to do custom supportedCookingModes in Alexa discovery?

I'm trying to return a Discovery Response, but the supportedCookingModes only seems to accept standard values and only in the format of ["OFF","BAKE"], not Custom values as indicated by the documentation. Any idea on how to specify custom values? { …
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How to Create IP paramater for alexa skill that uses lambda?

I am creating a lambda based Alexa skill, and I need to input an IP address for a server that changes for every user that installs the skill. I know there is an account linking option but I need the IP of the server be inputted when the skill is…
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getting namespace Alexa insted of Alexa.PowerController on v3 smart home skill

I am trying to switch on a Alexa powercontroller device using Alexa android app. but each lambda event I get this. { "directive": { "header": { "namespace": "Alexa", "name": "ReportState", …
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