2. What’s amazon alexa
Alexa is an intelligent personal assistant developed by
Amazon, made popular by the Amazon Echo and the Amazon
Echo Dot devices developed by Amazon Lab126. It is capable
of voice interaction, music playback, making to-do lists, setting
alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audiobooks, and providing
weather, traffic, and other real time information, such as news.
Alexa can also control several smart devices using itself as a
home automation system.[2]
Most devices with Alexa allow users to activate the device
using a wake-word (such as Echo); other devices (such as the
Amazon app on iOS or Android) require the user to push a
button to activate Alexa's listening mode. Currently, interaction
and communication with Alexa is only available in English and
German.
8. Creating your own
ALEXA SKILLS
Alexa Skills have two parts:
- Configuration data in Amazon Developer Portal
- Hosted Service responding to user requests
![What’s amazon alexa
Alexa is an intelligent personal assistant developed by
Amazon, made popular by the Amazon Echo and the Amazon
Echo Dot devices developed by Amazon Lab126. It is capable
of voice interaction, music playback, making to-do lists, setting
alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audiobooks, and providing
weather, traffic, and other real time information, such as news.
Alexa can also control several smart devices using itself as a
home automation system.[2]
Most devices with Alexa allow users to activate the device
using a wake-word (such as Echo); other devices (such as the
Amazon app on iOS or Android) require the user to push a
button to activate Alexa's listening mode. Currently, interaction
and communication with Alexa is only available in English and
German.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)