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Alexa Skills Projects

You're reading from   Alexa Skills Projects Build exciting projects with Amazon Alexa and integrate it with Internet of Things

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788997256
Length 250 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Madhur Bhargava Madhur Bhargava
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Let's Play Factly with Alexa

"The human voice is the most perfect instrument of all."
– Arvo Part

We have been making progress by leaps and bounds in our quest to become an Alexa Skills Jedi. We started by designing a Hello World Alexa Skill, which made us understand the finer details of a basic Alexa Skill. Armed with that knowledge, we continued to expand our arsenal by developing a slightly more advanced Alexa Skill, which also communicated with a third-party backend (Twilio).

In this chapter, we will take a slight detour and create a self-contained skill called Factly. Factly will be a trivia/quiz-oriented Alexa Skill that can quiz a user regarding various facts. It will be a self-contained skill and will not be communicating to any third-party APIs/backends.

We shall do this by covering the following topics in this chapter:

  • Motivation for Designing...
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