alexa skills kit with web api on azure
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Alexa Skills Kit with Web API on Azure
Heather Downing
Heather Downing
@quorralyne
DigitalLightCycle.Blogspot.com
● Focus in .Net, mobile and voice apps● Experience developing for Fortune 500
companies ● Speaker and entrepreneur ● Horseback Archery Competitor● Elven vocalist with 3 recorded albums● Semi-Professional photographer
@quorralyne
There are over 10,000 skills available currently in the Alexa store.
Documentation:
developer.amazon.com/alexa
What do you want to build?Flash Briefing Skill
Smart Home Skill
Custom Skill
Flash Briefing Skill
Smart Home Skill
Custom Skill
Alexa Custom SkillComponents
1. Intents
1. Intents
Various commands the user can access.
Think of them as events.
2. Sample Utterances
2. Sample Utterances
Specific words/phrases the user can say to invoke your intents.
There can be many versions of an utterance to invoke a single intent.
3. Invocation Name
3. Invocation Name
The word/phrase that the user speaks to identify your skill.
It may or may not match the name of your skill.
4. Cloud Service
4. Cloud Service
Accepts these Intents and acts upon them.
Will form a response to the Alexa request.
5. Portal Configuration
5. Portal Configuration
Ties everything together and allows Alexa to route requests to the web service for your skill.
Controls publishing.
Just one! Your own.(With a little help from your smart phone)
Tip
Remember. If something sounds like common sense, people will ignore it.
Highlight what is unexpected about your topic.
Skill Visual Components
Card
Displays for each intent in Alexa companion application
Android, iOS, & Web
Cloud-Based ServiceAWS Lambda Functions
OR
Web Service over HTTPS
Custom Slots & Built-In Intents
Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) & Speechcons
Portal Tour
Let’s Code
Additional ReferencesIntent Sequencing:
freebusy.io/blog/building-conversational-alexa-apps-for-amazon-echo
SSML:
bespoken.tools/blog/2017/02/13/playing-audio-with-alexa-using-ssml
LCARS Example Skill:
https://github.com/Quorralyne/LCARS-Alexa-Skill-WebAPI
Walter QuesadaPluralsight Author
.Net/Web API/Azure
https://app.pluralsight.com/courses/amazon-echo-developing-alexa-skills
In Conclusion…Keep skills short and to the point
Build efficient executable code (>4.5 seconds)
Adhere to voice design principles
HAVE FUN!
Stay curious.
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Heather Downing@quorralyne
DigitalLightCycle.blogspot.com