Listen to the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) most recent tweets. You can listen to the last ten tweets, five tweets or just the last tweet, and keep up with their latest announcements. Alexa will read the latest tweets from the U.S. Geological Survey’s account, @USGS. You can say: “Alexa, begin u. s. g. s. tweets”… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skill: U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Latest Tweets
Month: August 2018
Amazon Alexa Skill: U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Tweets
Listen to the U.S. Department Of Energy’s (DOE) most recent tweets. You can listen to the last ten tweets, five tweets or just the last tweet, and keep up with their latest announcements. Alexa will read the latest tweets from the Energy Department’s account, @ENERGY. You can say: “Alexa, begin US Department of Energy tweets”… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skill: U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Tweets
Amazon Alexa Skill: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tweets
Listen to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) most recent tweets. You can listen to the last ten tweets, five tweets or just the last tweet, and keep up with their latest announcements. Alexa will read the tweets from the EPA’s account, @EPA. You can say: “Alexa, begin US EPA tweets” “Alexa, start US EPA… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skill: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tweets
Amazon Alexa Skills Development Tutorial: How to Retrieve Records from Airtable into Invocable: Method 1 – GET Records
UPDATE: November 15, 2018 Images and text have been updated to reflect Storyline being rebranded to Invocable. Introduction The Invocable prototyping tool enables easy integration with Airtable for data processing. Utilizing Airtable is an ideal way to store rows of interrelated data and retrieve them into your Invocable projects and ultimately your Alexa skills. Level: … Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skills Development Tutorial: How to Retrieve Records from Airtable into Invocable: Method 1 – GET Records
Amazon Alexa Skills Development Tutorial: How to Enhance Alexa with SSML using the Voice and Tone Simulator
Updates: January 30th, 2019: Updated to reflect use with the Voiceflow skill building tool. Additional updates coming soon regarding the URL changes for the Amazon Sound Library, and to discuss the Alexa Polly voice SSML tags. Level: Beginner This tutorial is designed for Alexa Voice Skill Designers and Developers, and no coding experience is required.… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skills Development Tutorial: How to Enhance Alexa with SSML using the Voice and Tone Simulator