Using the Alexa Voice Service, you can develop a voice-powered UI to connected devices.
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Amazon Alexa skills set : How to open an app and extract information from it
I am thinking of implementing a project using Alexa Skills Kit.
I couldn't figure out if its possible to open any random app in my mobile and get information from it and alexa to read that information for me.
For ex, is it possible to program alexa…
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Alexa auth works in Postman but doesn't work in the Alexa test
My authentication code is only not working on Alexa... When I test it, it only returns 'Cannot link at the moment,' but when I test it on Postman, it returns the linking token perfectly.
var oauth2orize = require('oauth2orize')
var User =…
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Query device state for Alexa SmartHome skill
I try to get the device states for my alexa smart home devices via the ask-smapi-sdk client (https://pypi.org/project/ask-smapi-sdk/). Idea is to use that information for automated testing.
I'm able to access to trigger the predefined Amazon on…
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Developing an Alexa skill in python but getting response "There was a problem with the requested skill's response"
I'm trying to make my first Alexa skill and I'm stuck, all help would be appreciated. I used the default hello world template using Python (only because I'm on a bit of a python kick).
I am trying to create a new intent called "NewChat" and add it…
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Develop alexa skills without intents
I want to develop my own logic for intents and the stuff so I want alexa sends me all the phrase without slots etc... This is because I will send it to my server using an API.
Is it possible?
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Problem using smart home on Raspberry pi with integrated Alexa not certified?
I have installed Alexa Voice Service (AVS) Device SDK on a Raspberry Pi.
I want to use smart home to turn on a led on my raspberry pi via the Alexa command.
To do this, I followed the following tutorial:…
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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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Invoke an Alexa Skill task from a web service
I am having a use case where we need to invoke a Alexa Skill directive/task from a webservice. We have all data like access token, deviceId, CustomerId, etc., in the caller webservice. I need to see whether there is a way we can invoke a custom…
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Why is my Alexa AddOrUpdate directive not updating my devices?
I'm trying to get the AddOrUpdate request to work for my Alexa smart devices. Discovery works as intended, and I can confirm that the endpointId matches here. I first questioned my access token, but I can use the same access token to control my…
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How do alexa skills earn money if they are free, but amazon services have a cost?
We are considering using voice commands to activate entry to a car park using Alexa.
I have seen that there are costs for using aws iot services and it is based on the number of devices and the number of transactions.
At first I thought that the…
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How apply gradient to AlexaHeadline template
I'm trying to apply a simple radial gradient to the AlexaHeadline template. If you set the boolean param backgroundOverlayGradient to true, a linear gradient appears. Official document says:
When true, apply a gradient to the background.
...but I…
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Raspberry Pi 4 curl/curl.h no such file in Alexa Voice Service
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 model B and trying to install the Alexa Voice Service onto it. I was following this tutorial: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-voice-service/build-the-avs-device-sdk.html
I was able to execute their 3 wget…
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Bulk Edit for annotation set in alexa ASR not working
I am interested in using the annotation set feature that is part of model evaluation in the Alexa developer console. Currently, I am able to import in the zip file containing all the mp3 files, however the "Expected Transcription" for each mp3 file…
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Alexa Audio Player Directive - Speak After Audio Played
I am trying to make an Alexa fitness app and when the user begins an exercise, Alexa explains the exercise and then plays an audio file. I would like to then get Alexa to explain the second exercise and play the next audio file. Repeating this for…
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Integration of IR-Blasters with Alexa Smart Home
My goal is to use Alexa Voice Service(AVS) to control TV,AC.. etc. through an IR blaster.
I have my own IoT application which can be used to on-board the said IR blaster and control it manually. The application supports other devices as well. In a…
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