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What Devs Need to Know about Amazon Alexa Skills
The document discusses building voice experiences for Alexa and provides an overview of the Alexa ecosystem. It explains that the Alexa Voice Service and Alexa Skills Kit support voice applications. It also outlines the process of developing a skill, from defining the core functionality, expanding features over time, testing and optimizing based on user feedback.
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What Devs Need to Know about Amazon Alexa Skills
- 1. BUILDING VOICE EXPERIENCES Beready for your customers whenever they Ask for you
- 2. @NoelleSilver_ Vice President ofDigital Technology National Public Radio (NPR) Managing Editor of AI Leadership Journal Co-Founder of ThriveTech Alexa Skill Developer and Voice/AI Influencer
- 3. AI for All Wecan change the world.
- 5. VOICE WILL BEEVERYWHERE
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- 7. Create Great Content: ASKis how you connect to your consumer THE ALEXA ECOSYSTEM Supported by two powerful frameworks ALEXA VOICE SERVICE Unparalleled Distribution: AVS allows your content to be everywhere Lives In The Cloud Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) Natural Language Understanding (NLU) Always Learning ALEXA SKILLS KIT
- 8. Refrigerator Alarm Clock Echo Tablet Wireless Speakers E-Reader Laptop Camera Lightbulb VRHeadset Headphones Toaster Phone Television Fitness band Car INTRODUCTION 8 Watch “Alexa…”
- 9. A FEW OFOUR ALEXA PARTNERS
- 10. UNDER THE HOODOF CONVERSATIONAL AI A closer look at how the Alexa Skills Kit process a request and returns an appropriate response You Pass Back a Textual or Audio Response You Pass Back a Graphical Response Alexa Converts Text-to-Speech (TTS) & Renders Graphical Component Respond to Intent through Text & Visual Alexa sends Customer Intent to Your Service Your Service processes Request User Makes a Request Audio Stream is sent up to Alexa Alexa Identifies Skill & Recognizes Intent Through ASR & NLU
- 12. WHERE DO WESTART? The Evolution of a Skill Traffic Skill Example Traffic Skill Example Traffic Skill Example RUN Evolve Over Time CRAWL What’s Your Core Functionality? ANALYZE USER FEEDBACK & OPTIMIZE SKILL WALK Expand Capabilities & Features INNOVATE FOR CUSTOMERS
- 13. THE PLAN High-Level Frameworkto help get you started VOICE EXPERIENCE DESIGN 1 2 DEVELOPMENT 3TESTING & CERTIFICATION START END
- 14. Build Your OwnAlexa Skills! https://blueprints.amazon.com/
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- 17. UNDER THE HOODOF ASK A closer look at how the Alexa Skills Kit process a request and returns an appropriate response You Pass Back a Textual or Audio Response You Pass Back a Graphical Response Alexa Converts Text-to-Speech (TTS) & Renders Graphical Component Respond to Intent through Text & Visual Alexa sends Customer Intent to Your Service Your Service processes Request User Makes a Request Audio Stream is sent up to Alexa Alexa Identifies Skill & Recognizes Intent Through ASR & NLU
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- 19. WHERE DO WESTART? The Evolution of a Skill Traffic Skill Example Traffic Skill Example Traffic Skill Example RUN Evolve Over Time CRAWL What’s Your Core Functionality? ANALYZE USER FEEDBACK & OPTIMIZE SKILL WALK Expand Capabilities & Features INNOVATE FOR CUSTOMERS
- 20. THE PLAN High-Level Frameworkto help get you started VOICE EXPERIENCE DESIGN 1 2 DEVELOPMENT 3TESTING & CERTIFICATION START END
- 21. … … Accolades roll in… A Perfect 10 WHATARE PEOPLE SAYING?