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Hands-On Python Deep Learning for the Web

You're reading from   Hands-On Python Deep Learning for the Web Integrating neural network architectures to build smart web apps with Flask, Django, and TensorFlow

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789956085
Length 404 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sayak Paul Sayak Paul
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Anubhav Singh Anubhav Singh
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface Artificial Intelligence on the Web
Demystifying Artificial Intelligence and Fundamentals of Machine Learning FREE CHAPTER Using Deep Learning for Web Development
Getting Started with Deep Learning Using Python Creating Your First Deep Learning Web Application Getting Started with TensorFlow.js Getting Started with Different Deep Learning APIs for Web Development
Deep Learning through APIs Deep Learning on Google Cloud Platform Using Python DL on AWS Using Python: Object Detection and Home Automation Deep Learning on Microsoft Azure Using Python Deep Learning in Production (Intelligent Web Apps)
A General Production Framework for Deep Learning-Enabled Websites Securing Web Apps with Deep Learning DIY - A Web DL Production Environment Creating an E2E Web App Using DL APIs and Customer Support Chatbot Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix: Success Stories and Emerging Areas in Deep Learning on the Web

Using the Alexa API in Python

Amazon Alexa is a voice-based personal assistant developed by Amazon. The product first featured as an interface for Amazon Echo devices, which went on to inspire the Google Home devices by Google, which use Google Assistant. Other competitors of Alexa are Microsoft's Cortana and Apple's Siri. As a virtual assistant, Alexa can easily set up calls, schedule meetings, or play songs. The various tasks that Alexa can perform are called skills in the Alexa terminology, which we'll be following in this section.

Skills in Alexa are the main core of how we can bring functionality to the platform. Each skill needs to be invoked from the primary interface of Alexa, whereupon the skill takes over the entire functionality unless the program logic completes or the user explicitly asks for the skill to end. Skills apply the logic for the task to...

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