What to do when Alexa's annoying you
Jul 13, 2020
Alexa is a great digital assistant, but it isn't perfect. Here are a few ways it can get on my nerves and what to do about them, on any Alexa-enabled device (Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, etc).
My favorite hidden Alexa trick
Apr 16, 2020
Make Amazon's assistant say whatever you want with a custom skill. Alexa is great at controlling your smart home, checking the weather, playing music and more. Beyond the basics, you can teach your Amazon Echo Dot smart speaker to say whatever you want in response to your commands. Boost your ego, reinforce bedtime, settle an argument and more.
We use an Amazon Echo Dot in this video, but the trick will work with any Amazon Echo Smart speaker. We walk you through the steps here.
Introducing Alexa Conversations
July 22, 2020
Watch the Alexa Live 2020 keynote address introduction to Alexa Conversations.
Alexa Conversations (beta) is an AI-driven approach to dialog management that enables you to create skills that customers can interact with in a natural, unconstrained way - using the phrases they prefer, in the order they prefer – while freeing you to focus on the highest value parts of your experience. Unlike traditional dialog managers, with Alexa Conversations (beta) you do not have to code or even identify all of the different ways customers might interact. Instead, you provide a set of example dialogs and how they map to specific services in your skill. Alexa Conversations (beta) applies deep learning to extrapolate the many possible dialog paths that customers might use, and uses this learning in real-time to automatically manage customer interactions. This includes keeping track of state, maintaining context, accepting customer-driven corrections, and then calling your services at the right time.
Article "Amazon's Alexa event shows the future of the Echo's voice assistant"
Amazon hasn't revealed any major new Alexa-powered hardware this year, but today's Alexa Live developer conference gives insights into its voice-centric priorities moving forward.
by David Priest
July 22, 2020
How to build a Smart Home with Alexa
Sep 18, 2020
If you're looking to expand and build a smart home with Amazon Alexa the combination of adding Homey is a match made in heaven. Enhance the voice control capabilities of Alexa, to include the complete range of over 50,000 smart home devices that Homey integrates with.
Download Homey's Alexa Skill, discover your smart home devices, and use Alexa to control your smart home with Homey.
Learn more about how Alexa works with Homey at homey.app/en-us/talks-with-homey/amazon-alexa
Article "Amazon's Alexa gets a new brain on Echo, becomes smarter via AI and aims for ambience"
Amazon's new Echo devices are more like edge computing hardware in enterprises where the AI processing is going local. The upshot is that Alexa will be more ambient in the smart home, but most likely coming to work with you.
by Larry Dignan
September 24, 2020
Article "Amazon Alexa: How developers use AI to help Alexa understand what you mean and not what you say"
by Bill Detwiler
September 25, 2020
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Article "Amazon launches Alexa Care Hub for elder and family care"
Family members will be able to personalize alerts, check in with relatives and call for help with simple commands.
by David Priest
November 11, 2020
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