aws re:invent 2016: workshop: creating voice experiences with alexa skills: from idea to testing in...

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Nov 29, 2016

ALX203- Creating Voice Experiences

with Alexa Skills- From Idea to

Testing in Two Hours

@alexadevs

Welcome

Before we code

1. developer.amazon.com

2. aws.amazon.com

3. Check-in for the training:

• Bit.ly/alexacheckin – event name #Re:Invent

Today’s agenda

• Skill building fundamentals

• Voice User-Interface

• Advanced skill building

• Idea Challenge

70s 80s 90s 00s Present

mode

GUI

web

mobile

character

VUI

Skill Building Fundamentals

Before we code

1. developer.amazon.com

2. aws.amazon.com

3. Check-in for the training:

• Bit.ly/alexacheckin – event name #Re:Invent

8

The Alexa Service

Alexa

Skills

Kit

Alexa

Voice

Services


9

Alexa Skills Kit: Processing a request


Audio

Request

Response

Your

service

Speech Recognition

Machine Learning

Natural Language Understanding

Text to Speech

Cards

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Cards

Alexa Skills Kit: Utterances and Intents

Response

Your

service

Audio

Speech Recognition

Machine Learning


Text to Speech

RequestIntents

Utterances

ASR – Automatic Speech

Recognitionfor tē tīmz

• Forty Times?

• For Tea Times?

• For Tee Times?

• Four Tee Times?

Alexa, ask Anime Facts for a fact

wake word utteranceskill namelaunch

Utterances and Intents

One more please

utterance




GetFactIntent

Intent

utterance slot value


One more please

utterance



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Audio

Speech Recognition

Machine Learning


Text to Speech

Cards

Alexa Skills Kit: Requests and Responses

Request

Response

Your

service

16

Alexa Skills Kit: Request and Response


“Help”

17

Using Lambda for Processing the

Request & generating the response


18

Time to code: Build a fact of the day skill


developer.amazon.com

Skill information

Interaction model

End to end testing

aws.amazon.com

Skill logic

Lambda

Lamdba testing

Check in for the event:

Bit.ly/alexacheckin – event name #Re:Invent

Break

Next up:

Advanced VUI topics

Local Search Skill

@alexadevs

AnswerIntent {value: “one”}

slot valueIntent

one is the answerslot value

Slots in the utterances

The answer is oneslot value

oneslot value

21

Utterances and Intent Schema

Utterances Intent Schema

22

Utterances and Intent Schema

Utterances Intent Schema

23

Built-in and Custom Slot Types

24

Session Attributes


25

Session Persistence


exports.handler = function (event, context, callback) {

var alexa = Alexa.handler(event, context);

alexa.appId = appId;

alexa.dynamoDBTableName = 'YourTableName'; // That's it!

alexa.registerHandlers(State1Handlers, State2Handlers);

alexa.execute();

};

this.attributes['yourAttribute'] = 'value';

var yourVariable = this.attributes['yourAttribute']

Add dynamoDB

table name in

your index.js

put

get

26

State Management

Define states

Event handlers

for “Trivia” state

Event handlers

for “Help” state

27

Time to code: Build a local search skill


developer.amazon.com

Skill information

Interaction model

End to end testing

aws.amazon.com

Skill logic

Lambda

Lamdba testing

Check in for the event:


Break

Next up:

Idea challenge

@alexadevs

Idea Challenge

1. Logistics

2. Rules

1. You have 30 seconds to pitch your BIG idea to the room We

don’t need a fully defined idea. We want your idea pitched in

the form of an Alexa conversation.

For example:

“Alexa, how much milk do we have left?”

“Alexa, what time will UPS arrive today?”

“Alexa, send me a list of backpacks that fit my laptop.”

“Alexa, delete my browser history.”

3. Prizes

1. The winner will receive $300 in AWS Credits

Thank you!

@alexadevs


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