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Alexa Skill is Amazon’s voice service

Alexa is Amazon’s voice service and the brain behind tens of millions of devices like the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Show. Alexa provides capabilities, or skills, that enable customers to create a more personalized experience. There are now tens of thousands of skills from companies like Starbucks, Uber, and Capital One as well as other innovative designers and developers.

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Is there a list of values that Alexa recognizes as a certain slot type?

I would like to make a simple game where Alexa picks 7 animal names at random and says them to a user. The user has to repeat the names in the reverse order. I could use the AMAZON.Animal built-in slot type to listen for the animal names the user is…
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Unable to pull values from array when using variables

I've been trying to write this custom Alexa skill for a day now but am stuck at something very small. I am unable to put retrieve values from an array when using variables. The code places[theplace].pincode returns UNDEFINED. Any pointers? Here is…
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How do I test reprompt message with echosim.io simulator?

I am new to Alexa, is there any way to test reprompt text using any simulator like echosim.io Alexa doesn't reprompt back to me after taking my voice input once.
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i want to send receive and receive data from Alexa lambda node JS

Alexa should ask for use strict'; const Alexa = require('alexa-sdk'); exports.handler = (event, context) => { const alexa = Alexa.handler(event, context); var APP_ID = "amzn1.ask.skill.[XXXXX-45cc-9558-3c284b72148f]"; …
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Processing Custom Alexa Skill Cards in AVS-SDK

I am building some simple custom skills with card like this: this.response.cardRenderer(skillName,textCard); this.emit(':responseReady'); I have AVS SDK installed on a Raspberry Pi, but I can't see where the card info ends up. The service simulator…
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Alexa Skill Custom slots - Currency

Created a Custom Slot Type CURRENCIES with values USD JPY CNY SGD HKD CAD NZD AUD CLP GBP DKK SEK ISK CHF BRL EUR RUB PLN THB KRW TWD tested successfully with Value INR, GBP, EUR. However during Certification got feedback When attempting to…
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Alexa not responding for when i created skill from skill buidler

I have created custom skill intent called EmergencyIntent by using the skill builder beta. Now the problem is it's not asking Intent confirmation as I configured in skill builder. tried like this also why it's not asking for intent…
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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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Error saving interaction model - Bad request on Alexa Skills Builder

I am working on a alexa skill and on Alexa skills builder I can't save / build my skill with a Intent slot (Answer for a Trivia Skill) all I get is when I try is Error saving interaction model Bad request If I remove the custom intent slot (Answer)…
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how to handle Alexa Echo Show built-in intent

According to the echo show documentation, ONLY the AMAZON.PreviousIntent, and AMAZON.MoreIntent have to be handled by the skill developer. I've written the following code for them, but Alexa says an error occurred when invoking both previous and…
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how can I handle built-in intents in alexa

intents like "next, previous, more.." the required built-in intents in my model, how exactly can i handle them in my code? i know i'm supposed to delegate but i can't figure out how to do that exactly. Please note, this is NOT a multi-turn dialog,…
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Retrieve a random value from a twodimensional array

I hope someone can help me. I try to create a multilingual Alexa skill. There are language constants in my main file like provided from the sample code from Alexa like this: const languageString = { 'en': { 'translation': { 'QUESTIONS':…
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How to get publication status using Alexa Skill Management Api

I have created an Alexa Skill using Alexa Skill Management API's. Now using the API https://api.amazonalexa.com/v0/skills/{skill-id}/submit. This API returns success which means that my skill is submitted for certification. But How to get the…
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Connect to Postgresql with Alexa Skill

I am trying to develop a simple Alexa Skill that connects to a postgresql database using node.js and returns the results. I can connect to the database using node.js from my local machine but cannot when uploading to a lambda function on aws. I am…
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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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