Update December 7, 2019
The worksheets have been updated to reflect expanded locale support for the PhoneNumber and Ordinal slot types. Amazon’s announcement:
Introduction
The Amazon reference documentation and Alexa Developer Console (ADC) organizes the available built-in slot types by region. However it is not easy to see which slots are available when designing skills for use across multiple regions. These can be time consuming to research.
This article provides two cross reference worksheets to make it easier to see which slot types are available by region. The first worksheet covers the five english-speaking regions. The second worksheet covers the regions for other languages.
References
Two sources were used to develop and validate the worksheets.
Alexa Developer Console – Custom Slot Types
The Alexa Developer Console (ADC) was accessed and used to identify the available slot types for each region. When you log in and access the slot types, you will notice they are organized into two groups: “List Slot Types,” and “Numbers, Dates and Times.”


Alexa Skills Kit – Slot Type Reference
The official documentation was used to cross-check what is available via the ADC, as well as identify slots that are being deprecated. This document has much more detailed information about each slot type in comparison to the abbreviated descriptions in the worksheets.

The documentation for “Numbers, Dates and Times” should be reviewed thoroughly, as there is a substantial amount of information regarding formats.

What are Slot Types?
If you are just starting out, slot types can be a bit confusing at first.
Slots for “Numbers, Dates and Times” help Alexa recognize requests in a variety of formats. For example, if a user says “noon”, the slot type for time helps recognize this word as being the same as 12:00 pm.
Here’s another example. Dates can be spoken many different ways by users, and the date slot helps manage this. For example, a user might say “tomorrow, “December twenty fifth, “the twenty fifth of December,” and so on. These words are captured, and converted into a format that can be used for processing, such as retrieving date-related schedules or setting up appointments.
“List” in “List Slot Type” simply refers to slot types which have a series of values, such as a list of cities, colors and so on. They help Alexa recognize, match up and capture what a user is saying, to help make sure their intention is understood.
I also think of slots as “the variable part” of a user’s utterance. Imagine a user saying the following:
“Alexa, I want to fly to Portland tomorrow.”
In the above, The intent is that the user wants to fly somewhere. Where they want to fly is Portland. When they want to fly is tomorrow.
“Portland” is a city. To capture this from the user, you might use slot type AMAZON.City in your design. During the interaction, “Portland” might be captured by Alexa, validated and converted to the corresponding text. Your design might then have this text mapped into a variable.
Likewise, “tomorrow” might be captured using the AMAZON.DATE slot type in your design. Alexa would convert it to an actual date, and your design might have this mapped into a second variable.
Your design might then use the values in the variables, along with other information such as the User’s local airport, to look up flights in a travel system via an API.
There are many design considerations when it comes to slots, and Amazon provides a substantial amount of documentation. If you are just learning about slots, this document is a good starting point.
Alexa Skills Kit – Create Intents, Utterances and Slots
If you are using a skill-building tool such as Voiceflow Creator, tutorials are readily available which describe how to use slots in more detail. For example, the following tutorial explains how to configure slots in an Interaction Block, in combination with intents and choices.
Voiceflow Docs – Interaction Block
Slot Type Cross Reference Worksheets
Our objective is to save time when designing skills, particularly those intended for use in multiple regions. Rather than hunting and pecking through the ADC or the reference documentation, the following worksheets should help.
In addition to the charts in the web page below, the worksheets can also be downloaded in .pdf format.
Slot Type Cross Reference Worksheet for the English Regions
List Slot Types | en-US | en-CA | en-UK | en-AU | en- IN | Description / Notes |
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AMAZON.Actor | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of actors and actresses. |
AMAZON.AdministrativeArea | ✅ | Geographical regions that are typically under the jurisdiction of a particular government. | ||||
AMAZON.AggregateRating | ✅ | Words describing the overall rating for an item. For example, “four star,” “top five,” and “highly rated.” | ||||
AMAZON.Airline | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of a variety of airlines. |
AMAZON.Airport | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of a variety of airports. |
AMAZON.Anaphor | ✅ | Recognizes words that are anaphors representing an item, such as "this", "that", and "it". | ||||
AMAZON.Animal | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of many different animals. |
AMAZON.Artist | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Full names of artists. |
AMAZON.AT_CITY | ✅ | D | D | A | Provides recognition for over 5,000 Austrian and world cities commonly used by speakers in Germany and Austria. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.City instead. A = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | |
AMAZON.AT_REGION | ✅ | D | D | A | Provides recognition for over 1000 geographic regions in Austria, Europe and the rest of the world commonly used by speakers in Germany or Austria. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.Region instead. A = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | |
AMAZON.Athlete | ✅ | Full names of athletes. | ||||
AMAZON.Author | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Full names of authors. / en-AU = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | ||
AMAZON.Book | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Titles of books. |
AMAZON.BookSeries | ✅ | Titles of multi-book series. | ||||
AMAZON.BroadcastChannel | ✅ | Names and abbreviations of broadcast channels, such as TV and radio stations. | ||||
AMAZON.City | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Provides recognition for local and world cities commonly used by speakers in the locale in which the slot type is used. |
AMAZON.CivicStructure | ✅ | Words and phrases describing public structures and facilities, such as “town hall”, “bus stop”, and others. | ||||
AMAZON.Color | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of colors. |
AMAZON.Comic | ✅ | Titles of comic books. | ||||
AMAZON.Corporation | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Full names of corporations. |
AMAZON.Country | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of Countries/Regions around the world. |
AMAZON.CreativeWorkType | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Words for different types of creative works, such as “song” or “show”. |
AMAZON.DayOfWeek | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Calendar days of the week. |
AMAZON.DE_CITY | ✅ | D | D | A | Provides recognition for over 5,000 German and world cities commonly used by speakers in Germany and Austria. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.City instead. A = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | |
AMAZON.DE_FIRST_NAME | ✅ | D | D | A | Thousands of popular first names commonly used by speakers in Germany. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.FirstName instead. A = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | |
AMAZON.DE_REGION | ✅ | D | D | A | Provides recognition for over 1000 geographic regions in Austria, Europe and the rest of the world commonly used by speakers in Germany or Austria. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.Region instead. A = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | |
AMAZON.Dessert | ✅ | Names of various desserts. | ||||
AMAZON.DeviceType | ✅ | Words for different types of devices, such as “laptop”. | ||||
AMAZON.Director | ✅ | Full names of film directors. | ||||
AMAZON.Drink | ✅ | Names of beverages. | ||||
AMAZON.EducationalOrganization | ✅ | Names of schools, colleges, and other educational institutions. | ||||
AMAZON.EUROPE_CITY | ✅ | D | D | A | Provides recognition for over 5,000 European and world cities. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.City instead. A = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | |
AMAZON.EventType | ✅ | Words describing different types of events. For example, “networking event,” “party,” and “meetup.” | ||||
AMAZON.Festival | ✅ | Names of festivals. | ||||
AMAZON.FictionalCharacter | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of fictional characters from books, movies, television shows, and other fictional works. |
AMAZON.FinancialService | ✅ | Names of businesses that provide financial services. | ||||
AMAZON.FirstName | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Thousands of popular first names commonly used by speakers in the United States. This slot type recognizes both formal names and nicknames. The name sent to your service matches the value spoken by the user. That is, the Alexa service does not attempt to convert from the nickname to the formal name. For first names that sound alike, but are spelled differently, the Alexa service typically sends your service a single common form. |
AMAZON.Food | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of food items. |
AMAZON.FoodEstablishment | ✅ | Names of businesses that serve food. | ||||
AMAZON.Game | ✅ | Names of many different games. | ||||
AMAZON.GB_CITY | ✅ | D | D | A | Provides recognition for over 15,000 United Kingdom and world cities commonly used by speakers in the United Kingdom. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.City instead. A = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | |
AMAZON.GB_FIRST_NAME | ✅ | D | D | A | Thousands of popular first names commonly used by speakers in the United Kingdom. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.FirstName instead. A = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | |
AMAZON.GB_REGION | ✅ | D | D | A | Provides recognition for counties and regions of the United Kingdom. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.Region instead. A = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | |
AMAZON.Genre | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of many different genres that can be used to describe music, books, television shows, and other media. |
AMAZON.Landform | ✅ | Names of landforms such as mountains, plains, lakes, rivers, bays, peninsulas, and seas. For example, “mount everest.” | ||||
AMAZON.LandmarksOrHistoricalBuildings | ✅ | Names of historical buildings and landmarks. | ||||
AMAZON.Language | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Natural languages such as Spanish, Tamil, Hindi, and English. |
AMAZON.LocalBusiness | ✅ | ✅ | Names of businesses. | |||
AMAZON.LocalBusinessType | ✅ | Words describing different types of businesses a user might search for. For example, “men’s clothing stores,” “delis,” and “medical clinics.” | ||||
AMAZON.MedicalOrganization | ✅ | Names of medical organizations (physical or not) such as hospitals, institutions, or clinics. For example, “fullerton vision center.” | ||||
AMAZON.Month | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of calendar months. |
AMAZON.Movie | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Titles of movies. |
AMAZON.MovieSeries | ✅ | Titles of several multi-movie series. For example, “alien” and “star wars.” | ||||
AMAZON.MovieTheater | ✅ | Names of movie theaters. | ||||
AMAZON.MusicAlbum | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of music albums. |
AMAZON.MusicCreativeWorkType | ✅ | Words describing different types of musical works, such as songs and tracks. | ||||
AMAZON.MusicEvent | ✅ | Names of music-related events, such as music festivals and concerts. | ||||
AMAZON.MusicGroup | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of musical groups. Includes both individual performers and groups such as bands, orchestras, or choirs. |
AMAZON.Musician | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Full names of musicians. |
AMAZON.MusicPlaylist | ✅ | Names commonly used to describe playlists for music. | ||||
AMAZON.MusicRecording | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Titles of music recordings or tracks. Each title normally represents a single song. |
AMAZON.MusicVenue | ✅ | Names of venues that are used for musical performances. | ||||
AMAZON.MusicVideo | ✅ | Titles of music videos. | ||||
AMAZON.Organization | ✅ | Names of non-governmental organizations. For example, “amazon” and “microsoft.” | ||||
AMAZON.Person | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Full names of real and fictional people. For example, “Barack Obama” and “Batman.” |
AMAZON.PostalAddress | ✅ | Street addresses, consisting of the building or house number and street name. | ||||
AMAZON.Professional | ✅ | Full names of well-known professionals. For example, “Jeff Bezos." | ||||
AMAZON.ProfessionalType | ✅ | Words describing a variety of professions. For example, “banker,” “architect,” and “drummer.” | ||||
AMAZON.RadioChannel | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of radio channels and programs. |
AMAZON.Region | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Provides recognition for counties and regions commonly used by speakers in the skill’s locale. For example, this recognizes regions common to Indian English speakers in en-IN skills. |
AMAZON.RelativePosition | ✅ | Recognizes words that represent the relative position of an item in a list, such as “top,” “last,” “left,” and “middle.” | ||||
AMAZON.Residence | ✅ | Names of well-known residences. | ||||
AMAZON.Room | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of rooms typical in houses and other buildings. |
AMAZON.ScreeningEvent | ✅ | Names of events for screening films. | ||||
AMAZON.Service | ✅ | Names of services. For example, “fresh julienne wedding and event catering” and “coastal culinary personal chef service.” | ||||
AMAZON.SocialMediaPlatform | ✅ | Names of social media platforms. | ||||
AMAZON.SoftwareApplication | ✅ | Names of software programs and apps. | ||||
AMAZON.SoftwareGame | ✅ | Names of software games, such as quiz games, trivia games, puzzle games, word games, and other video games. | ||||
AMAZON.Sport | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of sports. | |
AMAZON.SportsEvent | ✅ | Names of sporting events. | ||||
AMAZON.SportsTeam | ✅ | Names of many sports teams. | ||||
AMAZON.StreetAddress | ✅ | The names of streets used within a typical street address. Note that these names just include the street name, not the house number. | ||||
AMAZON.StreetName | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | The names of streets used within a typical street address. Note that these names just include the street name, not the house number. For example, “Main Street.” | |
AMAZON.TelevisionChannel | ✅ | Names and abbreviations for television channels. | ||||
AMAZON.TVEpisode | ✅ | Titles of television episodes. | ||||
AMAZON.TVSeason | ✅ | Names of seasons of television shows. For example, “amazing race 2.” | ||||
AMAZON.TVSeries | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Titles of many television series. |
AMAZON.US_CITY | ✅ | D | D | A | Provides recognition for over 15,000 United States and world cities commonly used by speakers in the US. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.City instead. A = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | |
AMAZON.US_FIRST_NAME | ✅ | D | D | A | Thousands of popular first names commonly used by speakers United States. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.FirstName instead. A = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | |
AMAZON.US_STATE | ✅ | D | D | A | Names of US states, territories, and the District of Columbia. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.Region instead. A = Not identified in the documentation, but available via the Alexa Developer Console. | |
AMAZON.VideoGame | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Titles of video games. |
AMAZON.VisualModeTrigger | ✅ | Recognizes words that indicate that a visual response is expected, such as "show" or "display". | ||||
AMAZON.WeatherCondition | ✅ | Names of a variety of weather conditions, such as rain, cold, or humid. | ||||
AMAZON.WrittenCreativeWorkType | ✅ | Words describing written works, such as books and poems. | ||||
Number of available built-ins | 94 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 31 | |
Numbers, Dates, Times and SearchQuery | en-US | en-CA | en-UK | en-AU | en- IN | Description / Notes |
AMAZON.DATE | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts words that indicate dates (“today”, “tomorrow”, or “july”) into a date format (such as “2015-07-00T9”). |
AMAZON.DURATION | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts words that indicate durations (“five minutes”) into a numeric duration (“PT5M”). |
AMAZON.FOUR_DIGIT_NUMBER | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts words that represent four-digit numbers (“six oh four five” into digits (“6045”). |
AMAZON.NUMBER | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts numeric words (“five”) into digits (such as “5”). |
AMAZON.Ordinal | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts ordinal numbers ("first", "second", etc.) into digits (1, 2, etc.). |
AMAZON.PhoneNumber | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts the numbers or words that represent a phone number into a string format without punctuation. |
AMAZON.TIME | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts words that indicate time (“four in the morning”, “two p m”) into a time value (“04:00”, “14:00”). |
AMAZON.SearchQuery | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | A search query like you might enter into a standard search engine. |
Number of available built-ins | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Slot Type Cross Reference Worksheet for the non-English Regions
List Slot Types | fr- CA | fr- FR | de-DE | it- IT | jp- JP | pt- BR | es- ES | es- MX | es- US | hi- IN | Description / Notes |
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AMAZON.Actor | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of actors and actresses. | |
AMAZON.Airline | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of a variety of airlines. | |
AMAZON.Airport | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of a variety of airports. | |
AMAZON.Animal | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of many different animals. | |
AMAZON.Artist | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Full names of artists. | |
AMAZON.AT_CITY | D | Provides recognition for over 5,000 Austrian and world cities commonly used by speakers in Germany and Austria. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.City instead. | |||||||||
AMAZON.AT_REGION | D | Provides recognition for over 1000 geographic regions in Austria, Europe and the rest of the world commonly used by speakers in Germany or Austria. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.Region instead. | |||||||||
AMAZON.Author | ✅ | Full names of authors. | |||||||||
AMAZON.Book | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Titles of books. | |
AMAZON.City | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Provides recognition for local and world cities commonly used by speakers in the locale in which the slot type is used. For example, Indian cities when used in an en-IN skill. |
AMAZON.Color | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of colors. |
AMAZON.Corporation | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Full names of corporations. | |
AMAZON.Country | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of Countries/Regions around the world. |
AMAZON.CreativeWorkType | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Words for different types of creative works, such as “song” or “show”. |
AMAZON.DayOfWeek | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Calendar days of the week. |
AMAZON.DE_CITY | D | Provides recognition for over 5,000 German and world cities commonly used by speakers in Germany and Austria. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.City instead. | |||||||||
AMAZON.DE_FIRST_NAME | D | Thousands of popular first names commonly used by speakers in Germany. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.FirstName instead. | |||||||||
AMAZON.DE_REGION | D | Provides recognition for over 1000 geographic regions in Austria, Europe and the rest of the world commonly used by speakers in Germany or Austria. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.Region instead. | |||||||||
AMAZON.EUROPE_CITY | D | Provides recognition for over 5,000 European and world cities. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.City instead. | |||||||||
AMAZON.FictionalCharacter | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of fictional characters from books, movies, television shows, and other fictional works. | |
AMAZON.FirstName | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Thousands of popular first names commonly used by speakers in the United States. This slot type recognizes both formal names and nicknames. The name sent to your service matches the value spoken by the user. That is, the Alexa service does not attempt to convert from the nickname to the formal name. For first names that sound alike, but are spelled differently, the Alexa service typically sends your service a single common form. |
AMAZON.Food | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of food items. | ||
AMAZON.GB_CITY | D | Provides recognition for over 15,000 United Kingdom and world cities commonly used by speakers in the United Kingdom. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.City instead. | |||||||||
AMAZON.GB_FIRST_NAME | D | Thousands of popular first names commonly used by speakers in the United Kingdom. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.FirstName instead. | |||||||||
AMAZON.GB_REGION | D | Provides recognition for counties and regions of the United Kingdom. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.Region instead. | |||||||||
AMAZON.Genre | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of many different genres that can be used to describe music, books, television shows, and other media. | |
AMAZON.Language | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Natural languages such as Spanish, Tamil, Hindi, and English. |
AMAZON.Month | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of calendar months. |
AMAZON.Movie | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Titles of movies. / it-IT, AMAZON.movie is under numbers, dates and times in the Alexa Developer Console | |
AMAZON.MusicAlbum | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of music albums. | |
AMAZON.MusicGroup | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of musical groups. Includes both individual performers and groups such as bands, orchestras, or choirs. | |
AMAZON.Musician | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Full names of musicians. | |
AMAZON.MusicRecording | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Titles of music recordings or tracks. Each title normally represents a single song. | |
AMAZON.Person | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Full names of real and fictional people. For example, “Barack Obama” and “Batman.” | |
AMAZON.RadioChannel | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of radio channels and programs. |
AMAZON.Region | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Provides recognition for counties and regions commonly used by speakers in the skill’s locale. For example, this recognizes regions common to Indian English speakers in en-IN skills. |
AMAZON.Room | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of rooms typical in houses and other buildings. |
AMAZON.Sport | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Names of sports. |
AMAZON.StreetName | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | The names of streets used within a typical street address. Note that these names just include the street name, not the house number. For example, “Main Street.” | |
AMAZON.TVSeries | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Titles of many television series. | |
AMAZON.US_CITY | D | Provides recognition for over 15,000 United States and world cities commonly used by speakers in the US. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.City instead. | |||||||||
AMAZON.US_FIRST_NAME | D | Thousands of popular first names commonly used by speakers United States. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.FirstName instead. | |||||||||
AMAZON.US_STATE | D | Names of US states, territories, and the District of Columbia. / D = Deprecation path. For better results, use AMAZON.Region instead. | |||||||||
AMAZON.VideoGame | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Titles of video games. |
AMAZON.VisualModeTrigger | ✅ | Recognizes words that indicate that a visual response is expected, such as "show" or “display". / fr-FR not in documentation but available in Alexa Developer Console |
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Number of available built-ins | 30 | 32 | 43 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 13 | |
Numbers, Dates, and Times | fr- CA | Fr- FR | De- DE | it- IT | jp- JP | pt-BR | es-ES | es- MX | es- US | hi- IN | Description / Notes |
AMAZON.DATE | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts words that indicate dates (“today”, “tomorrow”, or “july”) into a date format (such as “2015-07-00T9”). |
AMAZON.DURATION | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts words that indicate durations (“five minutes”) into a numeric duration (“PT5M”). |
AMAZON.FOUR_DIGIT_NUMBER | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts words that represent four-digit numbers (“six oh four five” into digits (“6045”). |
AMAZON.NUMBER | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts numeric words (“five”) into digits (such as “5”). |
AMAZON.Ordinal | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts ordinal numbers ("first", "second", etc.) into digits (1, 2, etc.). |
AMAZON.PhoneNumber | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts the numbers or words that represent a phone number into a string format without punctuation. |
AMAZON.SearchQuery | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | A search query like you might enter into a standard search engine. |
AMAZON.TIME | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Converts words that indicate time (“four in the morning”, “two p m”) into a time value (“04:00”, “14:00”). |
Number of available built-ins | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Conclusion
This article presented two cross reference worksheets to make it easier to see which slot types are available by region. As VUI Designers, the benefit is that they can help when designing interactions for skills which will be used across multiple regions.
Thank you for reading, and happy skill building!
Credits
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