This document discusses creating Amazon Alexa skills without coding using Storyline. It provides an overview of Storyline, examples of sample dialogs for a cat facts skill, tips for testing and publishing skills, and resources for developing skills such as promotion programs, tutorials, tools and the developer's contact information.

1. CREATING ALEXA SKILLS WITHOUT CODING
STORYLINE
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‘THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE — IT’S JUST NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED’. WILLIAM GIBSON
@berlinlean

2. AMAZON ALEXA SKILLS WITH STORYLINE
ALEXEY VIDANOV
Source: Amazon
CODING SINCE 1987
ALEXA SKILLS SINCE MAY 2017
TALK TO ME HAMBURG HACKATHON, NOVEMBER 2017
CONSULTED STORYLINE GUYS SEPTEMBER 2017-FEBRUARY 2018
WEB DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1997
ELECTRONICS STUDY 1990-1996
CAREERFOUNDRY VUI DESIGN COURSE, MENTOR

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ALEXA SKILLS CREATOR
NICHOLAS BAILEY, 7

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GRAND PRIZE WINNER ($25,000)
DEVPOST HACKATHON BY AMAZON
AND MORE THAN 600 SKILLS PUBLISHED
IN THE STORE
▸ 4U ⇨ DEVPOST LIFE HACK HACKATHON
https://alexalifehacks.devpost.com/

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LET’S CREATE A SKILL FOR THIS HACKATHON
▸ Cat facts
▸ Cat facts with API
▸ Amazon IoT button integration
APIs for this demo
https://catfact.ninja/fact (open)
https://s3.amazonaws.com/iotbutton1/button.json (private)
Photo by KiVEN Zhao on Unsplash

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SAMPLE DIALOGS
SYSTEM: Welcome to the Hackathon. I can give you a
cat fact or report a status of your request. What is
your choice?
USER (alt 1): A fact
USER (alt 2): A status of my request
SYSTEM: Cats love fishes

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SAMPLE DIALOGS
SYSTEM: Welcome to the Hackathon. I can give you a
cat fact or report a status of your request. What is
your choice?
USER (alt 1): A fact
USER (alt 2): A status of my request
SYSTEM (alt 1): No request is active now
SYSTEM (alt 2): Request was sent. Please wait. The
help is on the way

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LET’S GET STARTED!
▸https://getstoryline.com

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SKILL CREATING BASICS AND TIPS
▸ For yourself: Make and use them instantly
▸ Test it with others: Prepare to publish, beta-test
▸ For the world: Make it, certificate and use
▸ Create skills for your business
▸ Crawl, walk, run!
Photo by Piotr Cichosz on Unsplash

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PERKS & REWARDS & EVENTS
▸ ALEXA DEVELOPER SKILL PROMOTION
https://developer.amazon.com/de/alexa-skills-kit/alexa-developer-skill-promotion
▸ ALEXA PRIZE
https://developer.amazon.com/alexaprize
▸ ALEXA FUND
https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-fund
▸ DEVELOPER REWARDS
http://alexa.design/devrewards
▸ AWS PROMOTIONAL CREDITS
https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit/alexa-aws-credits
▸ T-SHIRTS FOR SKILLS OF THE MONTH
https://getstoryline.com
▸ DEVPOST LIFE HACK HACKATHON
https://alexalifehacks.devpost.com/
Photo by Amazon

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MORE LINKS
▸ Storyline
http://gestoryline.com
▸ Alexa SDK
http://alexa.design
▸ Alexa SSML
http://alexa.design/ssml
https://developer.amazon.com/docs/custom-skills/
speechcon-reference-interjections-english-us.html
▸ CareerFoundry VUI Design Course
http://mbsy.co/jjwQf
▸ Prototyping sample dialogs
https://anilkk.github.io/voicex/
▸ Alexey Vidanov
https://vidanov.com/genese
▸ Crawl, walk, run!
▸ Audio conversion tool
https://getstoryline.com/audio-converter
▸ Design resources
https://www.sayspring.com/blog/category/design-resources/
▸ Sounds
https://developer.amazon.com/docs/custom-skills/ask-
soundlibrary.html
http://soundbible.com
http://freemusicarchive.org
https://www.audioblocks.com
▸ Fast design tool
http://canva.com/
▸ Alexaslack
http://www.alexaslack.com
▸ Germany Developer Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/alexadeveloper/

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MY CONTACTS
Contact me at alexey@vidanov.com
https://vidanov.com/genese
Twitter: @vidanov
LinkedIn: @vidanov
Xing: @vidanov