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The Amazon Echo is a Virtual Personal Assistant produced by Amazon. For questions about the usage of the device, ask at Internet of Things Stack Exchange. Ask on Stack Overflow for questions regarding programming the Echo with skills (the Alexa Skills Kit).

The Amazon Echo is a Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA) that is exposed to developers through the Alexa Skills Kit, allowing a voice activated interface to third party apps.

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Stream audio with Amazon Echo

I know this has to be possible because Spotify and Pandora provide support but I can't see it documented anywhere. Does anyone else know how these skills support audio streaming? Thanks!
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Can I use Amazon Echo as mediation device of Device that we're making?

We're making fitness device that connects with smartphone. I'm wondering if I could use Amazon Echo as mediation device for our device. Our device should connects with Echo via bluetooth and Amazon Echo should be able to send data to our server so…
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AWS Lambda Module, and AlexaPy Skill kit not finding the root function

I am trying to get my lambda function to run in AWS. I am using the PyAlexa Skill Kit. I created a test skill for Alexa using the PyAlexa Skill kit. This kit simply creates the necessary files and structure you need for aws lambda function for you.…
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Can you launch an Amazon Echo (Alexa) skill with just the name of the skill? No other connecting words

Is it possible to launch an Alexa App with just its name? This is similar to when you ask it what the weather is. "Alexa, weather" However I would like to be able to say "Alex, weather in Chicago" and have it return that value I can't seem to get…
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How to set the duration of Alexa wake time?

I am not seeing anything in the docs (Alexa Skills Kit or Alexa Voice Service) about adjusting the time that the device waits for a command after the "wake word" (default: "Alexa") has been uttered. I was wondering if I could adjust it and how to…
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Account Linking Alexa with Twitter - Amazon Echo

As of now I cannot seem to get my Alexa skill linked with twitter. Currently, I have a node/express server running on EBS which, I am using passport-twitter to handle the oauth part of the authentication. Right now my flow is such: Enable skill…
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Amazon Echo development: ways to set shouldEndSession

How should I set the shouldEndSession to be false in my intent handler? I tried to do something like: response.shouldEndSession(false); But it didn't work. I'm using JavaScript.
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How to encode audio for Alexa Voice?

I would like to use Amazon's Alexa Voice Service (AVS) but when I use the Recognize Speech Request all I get back is "{message: null}". Authentication works, request seems to be correct because I've received error messages from the API when…
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Amazon Alexa Service Simulator is not sending POST data?

I'm trying to build a .NET web api that will be invoked by Amazon's Alexa service (Echo). However, the Alexa Service Simulator at developer.amazon.com does not seem to be sending the POST data. I'm using the "Failed Request Tracing" feature of IIS…
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node AWS Lambda + twitter API: data is not defined

I'm having fun with the Alexa API, so I downloaded a Hello World example from here https://developer.amazon.com/appsandservices/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/getting-started-guide I managed to made some minor changes and have Alexa say other…
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Is it possible to be integrate Alexa Skills Kit with iOS mobile app to trigger a event?

For example, say I want to launch camera within my ios app to take a photo, Can I utilize ASK and iphone microphone to understand users speech command("launch camera") to launch camera and trigger a function within ios?
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Alexa Echo Beta SDK - Certificate issue

Amazon recently release Echo Alexa toolkit. I received, registered my app. Alexa clearly recognizes my app exists. However it gives this error Request Identifier: amzn1.echo-api.request.d969c196-8b3e-4169-99c8-20f566889760 The certificate…
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Have Google Home trigger smart device

I'm developing a smart device that needs to respond to a trigger and take an action. I'm having some trouble however determining what will host the code that fires the trigger. Google Home appears to have events based on time but I can't seem to…
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How to fix "There was a problem with the requested skill's response" error?

I'm trying to follow this very basic tutorial on how to get Alexa to turn on an LED attached to a Raspberry Pi, but I never get a successful launch of the skill. I always get a "There was a problem with the requested skill's response." I checked the…
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Can I use the "skills" word to label my product extensions?

We are developing a SaaS product that can be extended by developing add-ons or plug-ins. We are calling those extensions "skills", exactly the same way Amazon's Alexa calls its extensions. Our product is completely unrelated to Alexa or Amazon, but…
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