Developing Alexa Skills for Amazon Echo
Pluralsight
Course Summary
In this course, you'll learn the foundations of developing voice-enabled apps for Amazon Echo, and build your own custom Alexa Skill in C# and ASP.NET Web API.
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Course Description
Amazon Echo and the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) open new doors of opportunities to build voice-enabled apps without deep knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP). This course, Developing Alexa Skills for Amazon Echo, will get you started working with Alexa Skills. First, you'll learn the differences between Echo and Alexa, as well as the differences between Alexa Voice Service and Alexa Skills Kit. Next, you will quickly evaluate the 'Hello World' node.js sample code provided by Amazon. Finally, you will see the certification process and requirements as well as the publication stages and creating new versions of live Skills. By the end of this course, you'll be better prepared to build voice-enabled apps, test them on your own Amazon Echo device, and publish them to the Amazon Skills store for others to enjoy.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction to Amazon Echo and Alexa Skills Kit- 11m 7s
—Introduction 0m 30s
—What Is Amazon Echo? 0m 32s
—Alexa, Tell Me More! 0m 29s
—Sample Use Cases 0m 44s
—Getting Started with the ASK 0m 10s
—User Interaction Flow 0m 42s
—Voice Design 1m 29s
—Supported Phrases 0m 49s
—Define the Voice Interface - Intent Schema 2m 39s
—Define the Voice Interface - Sample Utterances 2m 8s
—Recap and What's Next 0m 51sStarting Your First Alexa Skill- 33m 34s
—Starting Your First Alexa Skill 0m 59s
—Where to Go 1m 37s
—Browsing the Code Samples 5m 17s
—Creating a Web API Project in Visual Studio 4m 58s
—Publishing to Azure 6m 32s
—Working in the Amazon Developer Portal 2m 42s
—SSML 5m 41s
—Testing Your New Skill 4m 19s
—Recap and What's Next 1m 26sSessions, Requests, and Intents- 26m 48sSecurity, Authentication, and Certification- 24m 30s
