Using the Alexa Voice Service, you can develop a voice-powered UI to connected devices.
Questions tagged [alexa-voice-service]
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OkHttp half-closed stream for AVS's downchannel on Android
I am using OkHttp v3.6.0 on Android for communicating with AVS v20160207. I am successful in communicating with AVS on the Events channel for both sending SpeechRecognizer Event and receiving the matching SpeechSynthesizer directive.
When…

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Detect the speaker of Google Home or Amazon's Alexa
I would like to detect who is interacting with my agent.
For example I read that Alexa should be able to detect different users. The Google Home advertisement also let me think that it should detect who is talking. So how can I see who is…

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Can the Echo dot 'talk' to local devices or does everything go via the cloud?
I'm looking at developing a plugin (probably an echo specific word for them) that will allow me to control a number of local hardware devices. The devices have a simple HTTP interface so very little plumbing should be required, however all the…

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Amazon alexa app discover devices process?
What process should be used to discover devices through the Amazon Alexa app? I can't find any related document regarding this process. Are there any account needs that must be associated with the list of devices? How does it find smart home devices…

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How to call built-in or third party alexa skills from my skill
I'd like to be able to run built-in or third-party skills from my Alexa skill. For example, I'd like to be able to say
"Alexa, start naptime"
and have Alexa turn off all lights, start a specific Tune-In station, and set a 30-minute alarm. But I…

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How to display hyperlinks in Echo Alexa cards
How do I display a hyperlink in an Echo Alexa card, i.e. the card that is displayed in the Alexa app after I talk to Echo? I understand its included in the response returned by the lambda function, but cannot find any documentation other…

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Amazon alexa skill development
I am creating a custom skill for Alexa Echo with my existing service.
The service has lots of functionality in it which serves a different purpose.
I want my skill to serve all these functionalities.
All the services are HTTPS POST service which…

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How can I get Alexa working on my iOS app?
I have been checking out the Alexa Skills kit the past few days. I have also been poring through the documentations for both the Skills kit and the Voice Service. I am just having a little hiccup trying to understand the flow. I have implemented one…

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Using the Alexa voice service RestAPI with cURL
I'd like to the the Alexa voice API (https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-voice-service/rest/speechrecognizer-requests) with curl. The voicerecogniser API call is more complex than I'm used to using and needs an MP3 file…

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I’d like to use Alexa SSML to only play a notification sound via the tag. However that does seem to work only in conjunction with text.
In case it is relevant, I am sending the SSML to Alexa via the openHAB home automation software and its Amazon…

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How to get the Config.json file for Alexa voice service (AVS) SDK (Download button missing ?)
I am trying to build AVS built-in device for Android platform
I followed the steps given in this doc
https://developer.amazon.com/en-GB/docs/alexa/avs-device-sdk/android.html
According to the steps given in the above doc, after i register my device,…

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Handling WaterfallSteps of a dialog Bot Framework V4 - Alexa Adapter
I am trying to integrate chatbot developed using MS bot framework V4 in NodeJS to the Alexa Channel. I am successful to an extent by referring to the GitHub repo Bot Builder Community - Alexa adapter library.
But I am facing an issue while handling…

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Parsing error due to invalid body ASK CLI
Using ASK CLI, I'm trying to update my smart home skill manifest but I'm facing the below error.
ask smapi get-skill-manifest -s amzn1.ask.skill.6d0d22eb-d305-4caa-8921-503cb7827454 -p supreet > skill-manifest.json
I have just changed a spelling…

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Does Alexa for business support Outside US, We planning to add support of Spanish language
We do have 1 private skill which does support in the US with English US support.
Skill does link using Lambda in Node.js.
That skill is developed and distributed as a private skill. skill linking and usage have done using Alexa for Business…

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Alexa skill not asking for permission (notification) when enabling the skill via voice
The skill in question asks for one permission when enabling in Web or app (Outbound Notification). But, when implemented Skill Enabled Event it's not asking user to give notification permission or not. Skill enablement works itself but permission is…

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