Hands-on Building Alexa Skills

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Build voice commands for Alexa devices with the Alexa Skills Kit.Alexa is the most popular and widely used virtual assistant. Using simple voice commands, you can ask Alexa to find and read the news, play music, order a pizza, or control other smart home devices. The most valuable use of these voice-based apps on top of Alexa, called Alexa Skills, is for business use. There is a risk that many businesses are not taking advantage of Alexa Skills benefits, and are also wondering how and why they can—and should—use Alexa Skills to help drive their business growth. This course introduces the core concepts of voice design and how to program your backend using the Alexa Skills Kit.You will learn Voice User Interface Design principles, and how to build custom voice commands for Alexa devices using the Alexa Skills Kit, Voiceflow, and Node.js. You will explore the Alexa ecosystem and the components that make up custom Alexa skills; learn how to configure the Amazon Developer Portal, and create, code, and deploy it using Voiceflow, Node.js, Lambda functions, and Amazon Web Services. You will discover how to test your skills in the browser and on an actual Alexa device and share them with other Alexa users. You will learn to develop, test, validate, and troubleshooting skills, manage the publishing process, and work with the Alexa developer console.By the end of this course, you will be able to create voice UIs, configure Alexa skill functionality, and test/expand your skills.This course is suitable for developers who want to learn how to master Alexa Skills and use Alexa to build amazing voice UI applications, with real-world commercial benefit. Basic JavaScript and Node.js experience would be beneficial but not necessary.About the Author
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Paul Hickey (CEO, Data Driven Design) has created and grown businesses via digital strategy and internet marketing for more than 10 years

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The fundamentals that empower users and customers to converse effectively with their devices
Add metadata that your skill will use in the Alexa app to reach its desired audience
Create opening invocations that make sense and engage your audiences
Learn proper conversation flow, prompts, and stop messages
Prioritize your conversation paths for top-notch user experience and customer journey
Write proper synonyms to keep the user engaged and conversation going
How to properly test your skills and keep users engaged
Learn the Alexa Skill Testing, Submission and Approval/Publishing Process

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Why All Businesses Need Alexa Skills 6 lectures 16:53 The Course Overview This video will give you an overview about the course. How Alexa Skills will Improve Your Audience’s Experience While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process, to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • See what a voice-based website looks like • Explore how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites Alexa Skills Are the New Websites While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • Learn what a voice-based website looks like • See how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites How Alexa Skills Reduce Friction and Save Time If people are used to using websites and mobile applications, why would they use voice apps? What’s in it for them? This section talks about the reasons why people should use voice apps. • See how voice apps save the time of people • See how voice apps reduce friction • Learn how voice apps give people options, and help businesses meet their audience “where they are” Alexa Skills with Account Linking (For Retention) This video covers the possibilities of integrating Alexa Skills with pre-existing data sources, to increase their value to the end user. • Get a quick review and a few examples of account linking • Explore what account linking is • See what account link looks like to the user Alexa Skills as Integrated Extensions of Other Pre-Existing Applications It’s hard enough to get users to adopt the use of a mobile app or web app. How can businesses encourage adoption of their Alexa Skill? • See a real-life example • Allow partial functionality within an Alexa Skill • See how to promote it from within an existing app Why All Businesses Need Alexa Skills - Quiz Why All Businesses Need Alexa Skills. 6 lectures 16:53 The Course Overview This video will give you an overview about the course. How Alexa Skills will Improve Your Audience’s Experience While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process, to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • See what a voice-based website looks like • Explore how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites Alexa Skills Are the New Websites While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • Learn what a voice-based website looks like • See how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites How Alexa Skills Reduce Friction and Save Time If people are used to using websites and mobile applications, why would they use voice apps? What’s in it for them? This section talks about the reasons why people should use voice apps. • See how voice apps save the time of people • See how voice apps reduce friction • Learn how voice apps give people options, and help businesses meet their audience “where they are” Alexa Skills with Account Linking (For Retention) This video covers the possibilities of integrating Alexa Skills with pre-existing data sources, to increase their value to the end user. • Get a quick review and a few examples of account linking • Explore what account linking is • See what account link looks like to the user Alexa Skills as Integrated Extensions of Other Pre-Existing Applications It’s hard enough to get users to adopt the use of a mobile app or web app. How can businesses encourage adoption of their Alexa Skill? • See a real-life example • Allow partial functionality within an Alexa Skill • See how to promote it from within an existing app Why All Businesses Need Alexa Skills - Quiz The Course Overview This video will give you an overview about the course. The Course Overview This video will give you an overview about the course. The Course Overview This video will give you an overview about the course. The Course Overview This video will give you an overview about the course. This video will give you an overview about the course. This video will give you an overview about the course. How Alexa Skills will Improve Your Audience’s Experience While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process, to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • See what a voice-based website looks like • Explore how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites How Alexa Skills will Improve Your Audience’s Experience While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process, to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • See what a voice-based website looks like • Explore how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites How Alexa Skills will Improve Your Audience’s Experience While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process, to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • See what a voice-based website looks like • Explore how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites How Alexa Skills will Improve Your Audience’s Experience While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process, to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • See what a voice-based website looks like • Explore how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process, to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • See what a voice-based website looks like • Explore how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process, to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • See what a voice-based website looks like • Explore how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites Alexa Skills Are the New Websites While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • Learn what a voice-based website looks like • See how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites Alexa Skills Are the New Websites While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • Learn what a voice-based website looks like • See how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites Alexa Skills Are the New Websites While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • Learn what a voice-based website looks like • See how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites Alexa Skills Are the New Websites While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • Learn what a voice-based website looks like • See how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • Learn what a voice-based website looks like • See how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites While audiences are familiar with how to use websites and mobile applications, users still aren’t sure how to use voice apps. This section walks developers through this process to help them build a solid voice-based experience. • Learn what a voice-based website looks like • See how a user accesses a voice-based website • The voice user interface design concepts behind voice-based websites How Alexa Skills Reduce Friction and Save Time If people are used to using websites and mobile applications, why would they use voice apps? What’s in it for them? This section talks about the reasons why people should use voice apps. • See how voice apps save the time of people • See how voice apps reduce friction • Learn how voice apps give people options, and help businesses meet their audience “where they are” How Alexa Skills Reduce Friction and Save Time If people are used to using websites and mobile applications, why would they use voice apps? What’s in it for them? This section talks about the reasons why people should use voice apps. • See how voice apps save the time of people • See how voice apps reduce friction • Learn how voice apps give people options, and help businesses meet their audience “where they are” How Alexa Skills Reduce Friction and Save Time If people are used to using websites and mobile applications, why would they use voice apps? What’s in it for them? This section talks about the reasons why people should use voice apps. • See how voice apps save the time of people • See how voice apps reduce friction • Learn how voice apps give people options, and help businesses meet their audience “where they are” How Alexa Skills Reduce Friction and Save Time If people are used to using websites and mobile applications, why would they use voice apps? What’s in it for them? This section talks about the reasons why people should use voice apps. • See how voice apps save the time of people • See how voice apps reduce friction • Learn how voice apps give people options, and help businesses meet their audience “where they are” If people are used to using websites and mobile applications, why would they use voice apps? What’s in it for them? This section talks about the reasons why people should use voice apps. • See how voice apps save the time of people • See how voice apps reduce friction • Learn how voice apps give people options, and help businesses meet their audience “where they are” If people are used to using websites and mobile applications, why would they use voice apps? What’s in it for them? This section talks about the reasons why people should use voice apps. • See how voice apps save the time of people • See how voice apps reduce friction • Learn how voice apps give people options, and help businesses meet their audience “where they are” Alexa Skills with Account Linking (For Retention) This video covers the possibilities of integrating Alexa Skills with pre-existing data sources, to increase their value to the end user. • Get a quick review and a few examples of account linking • Explore what account linking is • See what account link looks like to the user Alexa Skills with Account Linking (For Retention) This video covers the possibilities of integrating Alexa Skills with pre-existing data sources, to increase their value to the end user. • Get a quick review and a few examples of account linking • Explore what account linking is • See what account link looks like to the user Alexa Skills with Account Linking (For Retention) This video covers the possibilities of integrating Alexa Skills with pre-existing data sources, to increase their value to the end user. • Get a quick review and a few examples of account linking • Explore what account linking is • See what account link looks like to the user Alexa Skills with Account Linking (For Retention) This video covers the possibilities of integrating Alexa Skills with pre-existing data sources, to increase their value to the end user. • Get a quick review and a few examples of account linking • Explore what account linking is • See what account link looks like to the user This video covers the possibilities of integrating Alexa Skills with pre-existing data sources, to increase their value to the end user. • Get a quick review and a few examples of account linking • Explore what account linking is • See what account link looks like to the user This video covers the possibilities of integrating Alexa Skills with pre-existing data sources, to increase their value to the end user. • Get a quick review and a few examples of account linking • Explore what account linking is • See what account link looks like to the user Alexa Skills as Integrated Extensions of Other Pre-Existing Applications It’s hard enough to get users to adopt the use of a mobile app or web app. How can businesses encourage adoption of their Alexa Skill? • See a real-life example • Allow partial functionality within an Alexa Skill • See how to promote it from within an existing app Alexa Skills as Integrated Extensions of Other Pre-Existing Applications It’s hard enough to get users to adopt the use of a mobile app or web app Build In this video, you’ll learn about custom skills, flash briefing skills,...

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Basic JavaScript and Node.js experience would be beneficial but not necessary

Hands-on Building Alexa Skills

£ 150 + VAT