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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

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788997256

Length 250 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Alexa Skills

Concepts

Home Automation

Author (1):

Madhur Bhargava

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Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface

1. What is Alexa? FREE CHAPTER

2. Hello World, Alexa!

3. Hands-Free Experience with Alexa

4. Let's Play Factly with Alexa

5. Making Alexa Talk About CryptoCurrencies

6. Home Automation with Alexa

7. The Future of Voice-Based Personal Assistants

8. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Who this book is for

This book is aimed at everyone who is interested in learning about the underlying voice computing technology on which Amazon Echo and Alexa are based, and also learning how we can leverage that technology to create skills for Alexa oriented towards home automation, the Internet of Things, and various other domains.

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Authors (1)

Madhur Bhargava

Madhur Bhargava

Madhur Bhargava is specialized in Wireless and Mobile Computing from CDAC ACTS Pune, India. He started his career at Electronic Arts as a software engineer working on mobile games. He later addressed problems in personalized healthcare, leveraging the power of mobile and voice computing. He is proficient in various mobile/embedded technologies and strives to be a software generalist. He believes that good software is a result of talented individuals working together as a communicative team in an Agile manner. He likes to spend time with his family, read, and watch movies.

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