Training: Alexa - A Free Introduction

In this course you will learn how to build 3 different skills including an interactive story for Alexa, the voice service that powers Amazon Echo. Alexa - A Free Introduction

• New Video Course by A Cloud Guru: Alexa Development for Absolute Beginners

Two important links

• AWS Lambda

• AWS Alexa

Build Out Three Skills

• Space Geek

• Game Helper

• Interactive Story for Mac

Steps:

1. Signing up to Amazon Web Services

   • Google for Amazon Web Services

   • Go to https://aws.amazon.com/

   • Select "Create an AWS Account" || "Create a Free Account"

   • Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console

2. Secure account with Multi Factor Authetication

   • Select under "Security & Identity", "Identity & Access Management (IAM), Manage User Access and Encryption Keys"

   • Select "Activate MFA on your root account"

   • Select "A virtual MFA device"

   • Get "Google Autheticator"

3. Signing Up To The Alexa Developers Portal

   • Google for "Alexa Developer Portal"

   • Go to https://developer.amazon.com/edw/home.html#/

4. Setting Up Lambda In The Skills Service

   • How we build our Skills

     • Skills Service: AWS Lambda

     • Skills Interface: Invocation Name, Intent Schema, Slot Type, Utterances

   • "Alexa, whats is the weather like?"

     • Skill Interface: Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Natural Language Understanding (NLU)

     • Skill Service: AWS Lambda Processes, The text sent to it and issues a response

   • Google for "Space Geek Alexa"

     • Go to SDK and example code for building voice-enabled skills for the Amazon Echo but it will be outdated

     • Now go to GitHub - alexa/skill-sample-nodejs-fact

   • Log in to the AWS Management Console

     • How to integrate AWS Lambda with Alexa

     • Under region drop-down in the upper-right corner, select US East (N. Virginia)

   • Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console

     • Select under "Security & Identity", "Identity & Access Management (IAM), Manage User Access and Encryption Keys"

     • Select "Roles"

     • Select "Create New Roles"

       • Set Role Name: Alexa

       • Select "AWS Lambda"

       • Search and select "Policy Type" "AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole"

       • You will be given:

         • Role Name

         • Role ARN

         • Trusted Entities

         • Policies

       • Select Create Role

   • Select under "Services" "Lambda: Run Code without Thinking about Servers"

     • Select "Create a Lambda Function"

     • Under "Select Blueprint" choose "alexa-skill-kit-sdk-factskill"

     • Under "Configure Triggers" select "Alexa Skills Kit"

     • Under Lambda function handler and role

       • Role: Choose an existing role

       • Existing role: Alexa

     • Select "Create Function"

5. Setting up Your Alexa Skill in the Developer Portal

   • Go to https://developer.amazon.com/edw/home.html#/

   • Select "Alexa Skills Kit"

   • Go to "Getting Started" and select "Add a New Skill"

   • Under "Skill Information"

     • Skill Type: Custom Interaction Model

     • Language: English (U.S.)

     • Name: Intel Geek

     • Invocation Name: Intel Geek

     • Global Fields: Audio Player No

   • Under "Interaction Model" populate "Intent Schema" with

     {
     "intents": [
     {
      "intent": "GetNewFactIntent"
     },
     {
      "intent": "AMAZON.HelpIntent"
     },
     {
      "intent": "AMAZON.StopIntent"
     },
     {
      "intent": "AMAZON.CancelIntent"
     }
     ]
     }

   • Under "Interaction Model" populate "Sample Utterances" with

     GetNewFactIntent a fact
     GetNewFactIntent a Intel fact
     GetNewFactIntent tell me a fact
     GetNewFactIntent tell me a Intel fact
     GetNewFactIntent give me a fact
     GetNewFactIntent give me a Intel fact
     GetNewFactIntent tell me trivia
     GetNewFactIntent tell me a Intel trivia
     GetNewFactIntent give me trivia
     GetNewFactIntent give me a Intel trivia
     GetNewFactIntent give me some information
     GetNewFactIntent give me some Intel information
     GetNewFactIntent tell me something
     GetNewFactIntent give me something

   • Under "Configuration"

     • Service Endpoint Type: AWS Lambda ARN (Amazon Resource Name)

     • Pick a Geographical region that is closest to your customer target: North America

     • North America: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:007315488252:function:IntelGeek

     • Account Linking: Do you allow users to create an account or link to an existing account with you? No

   • Under Test

     • Write under "Service Simulator" utterance "Give me an Intel fact" and select "Ask Intel Geek"