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1 online resource (243 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright and Credits; Dedication; Packt Upsell; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: What is Alexa?; The Need for Voice-Based Personal Assistants; Applications of Voice-Based Personal Assistants; Siri; Google Now; Cortana; Alexa; A Comparison of Various Voice-Based Personal Assistants; Summary; Chapter 2: Hello World, Alexa!; An Introduction to Amazon Echo; Amazon Echo -- First Generation; Amazon Echo -- Second Generation; Anatomy of an Alexa Skill; Invocation Name; Intents and Slots; Lambda; Hello Alexa -- Building a Hello World Alexa Skill; Summary |
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Chapter 3: Hands-Free Experience with AlexaOverview of the Handsfree Messenger Skill; Configuring the Twilio Messaging Backend; Configuring the Handsfree Messenger Skill; Coding the Lambda function; Testing the Skill; Summary; Chapter 4: Let's Play Factly with Alexa; Motivation for Designing Factly; Designing the Factly Skill; Building the Factly Skill; Configuring the Lambda function; Coding the Lambda function; Adding Persistence to Factly; Updating the Factly Lambda Code to Introduce Persistence; Testing the skill; Summary; Chapter 5: Making Alexa Talk About CryptoCurrencies |
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A Brief Introduction to CryptocurrenciesDesigning the CryptoOracle skill; Building the CryptoOracle skill; Configuring the Lambda function; Coding the Lambda function; Testing the skill; Summary; Chapter 6: Home Automation with Alexa; Introduction to Home Automation and Ambient Sensors; Designing the Ambience Manager Skill; Developing the Mobile App; Setting up Firebase; Developing the Ambience Manager Skill; Configuring the Lambda function; Coding the Lambda function; Testing and debugging the Skill; Summary; Chapter 7: The Future of Voice-Based Personal Assistants; Popular Alexa Skills |
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Games and TriviaNews; Music and Audio; Education and Reference; Lifestyle; Comparing Various Voice-Based Assistants; Amazon Echo; Google Home; Apple HomePod; Future of Voice-Based Assistants; Summary; Other Books You May Enjoy; Index |
| Summary |
Amazon Echo is a smart speaker developed by Amazon, which connects to Amazon's Alexa Voice Service and is entirely controlled by voice commands. Amazon Echo is currently being used for a variety of purposes such as home automation, asking generic queries, and even ordering a cab or pizza |
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Print version record |
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Natural language processing
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Computer hardware.
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Expert systems -- knowledge-based systems.
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Mobile phones: consumer/user guides.
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Portable & handheld devices: consumer/user guides.
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Computers -- Expert Systems.
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Computers -- Hardware -- General.
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Computers -- Hardware -- Handheld Devices.
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Natural language processing (Computer science)
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781788997584 |
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1788997581 |
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