Eigentlich hat sich Alexander Martin seinen ersten Amazon Echo nur zum Spaß gekauft. Doch es dauerte nicht lange und der Entwickler hatte schnell seinen ersten eigenen Skill umgesetzt

前回APLパブリックベータ開始のお知らせをしましたが、今回は初めてのAPLということで、まずは簡単にお手持ちのスキルにAPLを使った画面表示を加える方法をご紹介してみたいと思います。APLによる画面デザインはゼロから作成することもできますが、今回はスキルビルダーで用意しているサンプルを利用します。

Alexa researchers show that their new neural-network-based text-to-speech system can learn how to read news in the style of a TV newscaster from just a few hours of training data.

We’re excited to introduce the Wake-on-LAN Controller, which enables customers to use Alexa to power on smart devices that have gone into a low power mode and cannot be woken up via the cloud.

You can apply for a preview that lets you build, edit, and publish a skill without leaving the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) developer console.

Whether you’re attending AWS re:Invent in person or following re:Invent activities from home, here’s a short insider’s guide to help you get the most out of Alexa.

In the new Designing for Conversation course, we explain why scripting is a valuable step when designing any voice experience.

After more than three months of hard work from Alexa developers around the world, the Alexa Skill Challenge: Tech for Good has concluded. Last week, we held our final judging event to determine the grand prize winner of this challenge from the 10 finalists selected.

Now Alexa can automatically re-prompt your users who provide unacceptable slot values in delegated dialogs.

In this technical post, I build upon the coffee shop skill and share how you can simplify dialog management with the new slot validations feature.

With over 60,000 active monthly users, Big Sky has earned Steven Arkonovich both income and publicity. But when in-skill purchasing became available, he saw the opportunity to build a sustainable revenue stream by selling  premium, personalized content to customers.

Learn how to use the Alexa Presentation Language (APL), Amazon’s new voice-first design language, to create rich, interactive displays for Alexa skills and tailor the experience for tens of millions of Alexa-enabled devices.

Now you can now test multi-turn conversations) using the new dialog command (beta) in the ASK CLI and the updated simulation API (beta) in SMAPI.

In this technical post, I build upon the coffee shop skill that I introduced in the blog about how to dynamically elicit slots based on a previous answer using dialog management.

Introducing the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) Hosted Splash screen to create a better and more consistent Alexa registration experience for devices with Alexa built-in.