Alexa Skills Projects : Build Exciting Projects with Amazon Alexa and Integrate It with Internet of Things.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Dedication -- Packt Upsell -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: What is Alexa? -- The Need for Voice-Based Personal Assistants -- Applications of Voice-Based Personal Assistants -- Siri -- Google Now -- Cortana -- Alexa -- A Comparison of Various Voice-Based Personal Assistants -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Hello World, Alexa! -- An Introduction to Amazon Echo -- Amazon Echo - First Generation -- Amazon Echo - Second Generation -- Anatomy of an Alexa Skill -- Invocation Name -- Intents and Slots -- Lambda -- Hello Alexa - Building a Hello World Alexa Skill -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Hands-Free Experience with Alexa -- Overview of the Handsfree Messenger Skill -- Configuring the Twilio Messaging Backend -- Configuring the Handsfree Messenger Skill -- Coding the Lambda function -- Testing the Skill -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Let's Play Factly with Alexa -- Motivation for Designing Factly -- Designing the Factly Skill -- Building the Factly Skill -- Configuring the Lambda function -- Coding the Lambda function -- Adding Persistence to Factly -- Updating the Factly Lambda Code to Introduce Persistence -- Testing the skill -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Making Alexa Talk About CryptoCurrencies -- A Brief Introduction to Cryptocurrencies -- Designing the CryptoOracle skill -- Building the CryptoOracle skill -- Configuring the Lambda function -- Coding the Lambda function -- Testing the skill -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Home Automation with Alexa -- Introduction to Home Automation and Ambient Sensors -- Designing the Ambience Manager Skill -- Developing the Mobile App -- Setting up Firebase -- Developing the Ambience Manager Skill -- Configuring the Lambda function -- Coding the Lambda function -- Testing and debugging the Skill -- Summary -- Chapter 7: The Future of Voice-Based Personal Assistants.

Popular Alexa Skills -- Games and Trivia -- News -- Music and Audio -- Education and Reference -- Lifestyle -- Comparing Various Voice-Based Assistants -- Amazon Echo -- Google Home -- Apple HomePod -- Future of Voice-Based Assistants -- Summary -- Other Books You May Enjoy -- Index.

Amazon Echo is a smart speaker developed by Amazon, which connects to Amazon's Alexa Voice Service and is entirely controlled by voice commands. Amazon Echo is currently being used for a variety of purposes such as home automation, asking generic queries, and even ordering a cab or pizza.

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