Alexa Skills Dev

Alexa Presentation Language for Audio

Or APLA for short — creating more immersive audio experiences.

One of the frustrations I’ve often found with Alexa skills was the ability to mix and match audio files effectively. You were limited…

Storing data with your skills

When you first start developing skills for Alexa, you’ll probably begin with something simple that doesn’t really require you to store any user data.

But as your skills become more and more complex, there will come a point when you will want to store…

How to redirect users to a different intent in your Alexa skill

Or why you might want to return a…

Reaching a wider audience with your skills — multi-locale

How to randomise your responses

and make your skill feel less robotic and more engaging

The Anatomy of an Alexa Skill

For today’s post I thought I’d take a bit of a step back. I’d realised I haven’t actually covered the anatomy of an Alexa Skill, which is probably a good step to take!

You can obviously go through the official docs at…

How to capture anything your users say

Capturing arbitrary text from your users

One of the more common questions I see with those delving into Alexa development is “how can I capture any text a user says?”.

So you want to develop Alexa Skills

Welcome to Alexa Skills Dev, a new publication aiming to bring tips,tricks and news to all things…