Amazon Alexa Skill: Cat Relaxation Sounds

Kitties get stressed out too! This cat relaxation ambient sound skill consists of mellow forest creature sounds designed to help your cat relax and sleep. Play during the day when you are away to help them relax, or at night to help them sleep. The sounds feature birds, insects and other forest creatures, and a… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skill: Cat Relaxation Sounds

Amazon Alexa Skill: Ten Little Kittens (Retired)

Sing along as me and my friends sing “Ten Little Kittens Jumping on the Bed”, an interactive nursery rhyme based on “Ten Little Monkeys.” Sing along, as we sing about ten little kittens jumping on the bed! My friends come from all over the world, and so there are many different voices and accents. There… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skill: Ten Little Kittens (Retired)

Amazon Alexa Skill: Dance Music

Ask Alexa to play music tracks that are ideal for dancing!  These are original songs that are easy to choreograph, dance to, and most importantly, fun! Ideal for dance studios, dance conventions, dance competitions and parties. Great for warming up dancers at the beginning of classes. These songs are designed with dance instructors, choreographers and… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skill: Dance Music

Amazon Alexa Skill: Malcolm X Quotes

Alexa reads randomly selected quotes by Malcolm X using a male voice. You can say: “Alexa, open Malcolm X Quotes” “Alexa, start Malcolm X Quotes” “Alexa, launch Malcolm X Quotes” Alexa Skills Store Links This skill is FREE to enable and use. Follow the Amazon Skills Store links to enable, or enable using your Amazon… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skill: Malcolm X Quotes

Amazon Alexa Skill: Bees Flowers Bears Game

Recent Updates December 30, 2018: A scoring system has been added. This game is FREE to enable and use. The Game Play the Bees Flowers Bears game with Alexa! Sometimes the bee wins, sometimes the flower wins, and sometimes the bear wins! You can say: “Alexa, open bees flowers bears!” How To Play The game… Continue reading Amazon Alexa Skill: Bees Flowers Bears Game

Amazon Alexa Skill: U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Latest Tweets

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

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