Using the Alexa Voice Service, you can develop a voice-powered UI to connected devices.
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HTTP2 protocol with URLSessionStreamTask
I am trying to build iOS client side of Alexa Voice Services. I am stuck at the networking layer.
Interaction with Alexa Server requires creation of mainly two streams over a single connection. After creating connection with server, you open a…
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I have created https endpoints for alexa custom skills using PHP. It was working fine in test simulator But not working on alexa app
I have created custom skills and https endpoints using PHP.
I have tested skills on simulator it was working. I am able to see my skills on alexa android app and i have enabled it. But not getting valid response.
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using Alexa.net - can i call an intent from code?
I am trying to build a quiz game using alexa.net. However i´ve run into a potential problem.
Whenever the user has answered a question and the answer has been evaluated i want to immediately ask another question.
As it is right now, the user has to…
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Is there a way to programmatically control Alexa?
I want to programmatically ask my Echo Dot to do something.
I'd like to make a program that does something like this:
alexa_api.ask('play music')
And after that, my Echo Dot starts playing music...
Is there a way to do that?
Thanks in advance
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How to make Alexa countdown in seconds
I want to be able to have alexa (audibly) countdown 15 seconds in my skill. I know I can just
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Alexa timeout wait time for the response
Here is the scenario
1) Alexa sends a request to an API
2) API handles the request and functionality and sends back a response
Please find my questions below
How long can the API take to respond back to Alexa or in other words
how long will Alexa…
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How to handle synonyms in intents in Alexa?
In the following example:
If the user says toffee, shouldn't that be translated to candy? I ask because the value handed to my intent is 'toffee'. So not sure what I have incorrect.
types":[
{
"name":"SHOPPING_LIST",
"values":[
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How can I add custom mode in Alexa smart home skill
I am implementing smart home skill in which user will change mode. I found Alexa supported few inbuild modes and for user-defined mode they have CUSTOM mode mechanism. Over the documentation they mention below JSON need to set:
{
"name":…
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Using apostrophes for Alexa slots
I am developing an Alexa skill, where I have a stop for names of fruits. However, if I speak something like "What is apple's cost" where the slot value has an apostrophe, Alexa does not seem to recognize the apostrophe. Workaround is to say…
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How to embed 'read-more' like url in Standard Card response of Alexa
I have seen few apps which are able to embed links in the response of Standard card in Alexa.
for eg :: see the skill : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guardian-News-Media-The-US/dp/B01N5HQRUC
They are able to show the links in the standard card response.…
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Amazon Alexa reading Google Spreadsheets
I got interested in customizing the Amazon Alexa reading Google Sheet. I tried to create codes to enable some of the Alexa functions such as read, edit and list but I was not able to complete and run the output properly.
I have the code in separate…
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Alexa Skill Not Distinguishing Letters & Numbers
We are working on as Alexa Skill which references information by a letter+number sequence. For example, we want to ask "Give me the status of item B1".
We have tried several ways to sort out the "B1" in our Alexa intent configuration, but we are…
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Alexa not recognizing some slot values dependent on the sample utterances
I created an Amazon Alexa skill that has one intent (MyIntent) and two custom slot types (SlotA and SlotB). The intent schema looks like that:
{
"intents": [
{
"intent": "Foo",
"slots": [
{
"name": "CustomA",
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Trigger Alexa Remotely
Is it possible to trigger Alexa remotely i.e I have a scenario where based on some action on Mobile App Alexa should be triggered and the response provided will be read out by echo dot.
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Push content to Amazon Echo
Is there a way to push content and/or make Amazon Echo to start the conversation. I tried building Alexa skill - however it is activated only after specifying the wake word.
My use case it to make Amazon Echo to announce if there is Nagios Alert or…
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