Tips and Tricks to Make Alexa Smarter by the Best Alexa Commands and Skills
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Voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google assistant has taken technology by storm. Even businesses are taking more interest in disruptive technologies and leverage the benefits for their good.The market share of Amazon Alexa is high in comparison to Google home. There are more and more devices that are coming with built-in Alexa, whether you are buying an Echo product from Amazon or third-party devices.Hence, you need to be aware of Top Alexa commands that make your life easy by obeying your commands. We have been keeping an eye on the Best Alexa Skills you need to know, here is the list of top Alexa commands.1. Radio and MusicOne of the top most used skills and commands for the Alexa are for playing music and radio.If you want to play something instantly, then it is much easier to (...)
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]]>The Ultimate Guide on How to Build #alexa Skills
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Voice assistants provides a lot more than we think, whether it is setting up quick reminder or ordering food, users can get things done a lot faster and easily than a mobile app, and hence Voice technology is going to be next big thing. Amazon Alexa lead it and have 73% market share in 2018. There is lot more you can do with Alexa, here is list of Top 10 things you can try with your Alexa device. In various predictions we see that by 2020 50% of all searches will be Voice Search. Each year Alexa is setting high selling records on Amazon. It also becomes #1 Top Free app on Google Play and Apple App Store, as it requires mobile app to setup Alexa first time. Not only echo devices but various other smart home devices that are in top selling list are Alexa enabled devices.6 reasons why (...)
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]]>How to add In-Skill Products to your #alexa Skill
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Since Amazon announced the ability to offer in-skill purchases for developers creating Alexa skills, I’ve added four pieces of premium content to two different skills. I recently published an article about why you should consider adding premium content, and in this article, I follow up with step-by-step code samples to show you exactly how you can do that via the ASK SDK.Types of In-Skill ProductsBefore getting into the code, I want to review the types of in-skill products (or ISPs) that Amazon has made available for Alexa, the different ways you can surface them, and some considerations to keep in mind about when and how often you prompt your customer with reminders about your content.There are three types of ISPs that your skill can offer:Entitlements: These are products that are (...)
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]]>Create an Alexa Radio Skill in 5 Minutes with Standard Library and #nodejs
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Create your own Alexa Radio Skill with your favourite streaming stations. Once deployed, you can say Alexa, open radio and Alexa will start streaming a radio station. You can stream a particular genre by saying Alexa, ask radio to play Jazz music. You can, of course, add or delete the stations, so you can have a completely personalised music playing experience. Getting up and running is super simple.If you haven’t checked out Code on Standard Library, do that right now. Sign up and get an account. It’s free.Next, click on Open and this will open up a panel with some featured templates you can use.Click on the Community API Sources tab and search for alexa-radio-skill. Click on Create API to use it as a template for your own service. Once it’s created, proceed to the next step.Minute One: (...)
]]>#alexa Voice Control Is Changing the Way We Do Business
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Voice-controlled devices offer a wonderful level of convenience and increased efficiency in our homes, cars, businesses, and even when we’re walking down the street. Not surprisingly, the popularity of this technology is growing. According to a Pew Research Center survey, 46% of U.S. adults use their voice to interact with smartphones and other devices, and this number is expected to rise dramatically over the next few years.A recent study by Net Elixir showed that the majority (64%) of people who use voice assistants do so via their mobile phones. This number is followed by 35% of respondents indicating that they use their voice to control smart speakers, while many consumers use this technology on a variety of devices, including laptops, tablets, and smartwatches. And the range of (...)
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