Amazon Alexa Skill: US Senator Bernie Sanders Latest Tweets

Listen to The Honorable Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders most recent tweets. Alexa can help you keep up with his latest announcements and thoughts. Alexa will first read his latest five tweets from @SenSanders. Afterwards, Alexa will then offer to read his latest five tweets from @BernieSanders.

You can say:

“Alexa, begin bernie’s latest tweet”
“Alexa, start bernie’s latest tweet”
“Alexa, launch bernie’s latest tweet”

The text is read by Matthew, a voice AI which has been optimized to mimic Senator Sander’s voice.

Tweet-To-Voice sample 🇺🇸

Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders)  April 18, 2018

Be aware that the tweets can include hashtags, website addresses, user names (ex. @Username), retweets, references to attachments such as images and video clips, and emoticons. Alexa will do her best to read the text provided in the tweet.

Listen to Bernie’s tweets today!  Just say:

“Alexa, begin Bernie’s latest tweet

To view and enable the skill, visit the Amazon Alexa Skills Store (free to enable)

Alexa Skills Store Link

🇺🇸 US Senator Bernie Sanders Latest Tweets – amazon.com

Credits

Development Consultant: Mark Maestas Consulting, Inc.

Linguistics Consultant: LaLa Speights

Bernie’s photo: https://berniesanders.com/media-kit/

Update Log

July 10, 2018: Added Bernie Sanders’ second Twitter account (@SenSanders), and expanded the skill’s functionality.  Before, the skill recited just one tweet from @BernieSanders.  Now, the skill recites the latest five tweets from @SenSanders, and provides the user the option to also listen to the five latest tweets from @BernieSanders.