Accessing a User’s Amazon Info

As people get to know each other, they learn and remember things about each other. We start by getting to know each others’ names. Then, when we greet each other in the future, we can be more personable and acknowledge each other by name. As we get to know someone better, we might learn their phone number or email address so that we can contact them later. As the relationship progresses, you may share your address with someone so that they can visit you or maybe send you a birthday or Christmas card.

Although Alexa isn’t human, it helps the users of our skill to feel comfortable talking with her if she’s able to speak with them on a personal level. If she greets someone by name when a skill is launched, it makes ...

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