2 Building a call-and-response skill on Alexa
This chapter covers
- Building with the Alexa Skills Kit SDK for Node.js
- Becoming acquainted with serverless platforms, including AWS Lambda
- Building a call-and-response skill
- Handling intents
- Communicating with voice
The magic of being a coder is that you are able to create something from nothing—a web page to click on, an app to swipe, an algorithm to sort with. By the end of this chapter, you’ll be able to make an app that talks. And not just talk, but respond. That’s enough to shout, “It’s alive! It’s alive!”
Making Alexa talk involves two steps:
- The interaction model —Teaching Alexa how to understand what’s said
- The fulfillment —Directing Alexa in how to respond
The skill you’ll build ...
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