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I modified an existing Alexa “Give me a Fact” skill to turn it into a skill that quotes the things that Ruairi loves to say.

There seem to be general skill types – trivia, how to, facts, news flash, etc. I think you can start with a blank lamda code, or use one of these boilerplates. There is also some sort of SDK I found that I had no idea how to use. Am really going to have to spend some time learning python or node.js. Wonder which one is more promising?

I want to create a skill that will answer questions about how to navigate an office.

Installed Node.JS and github on laptop. Put together the raspberry Pi, installed its OS, and can see it running on the monitor. I’m stunned to see how much easier it is to understand it is than the old Arduino Leonardo and Uno boards I was playing with years ago. The years have been kind to these little micro-computers.

Things I am realizing I will need to learn if I want to do anything slightly ambitious with Alexa and/or the Pi:

JSON
Python
Node.js

Thought to bookmark: Google has a Cloud Speech API and Google Assistant SDK. There’s a tutorial on how to build an assistant I should find.

Resources discovered:

magpi magazine
https://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com
https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/
MIT’s “scratch” – a way for kids to learn the basic syntax of code

 

 

 

Came across an end-to-end, step-by-step depiction of building a bot using Microsoft services.  Once again, node.js is mentioned. I’ll watch Lynda beginners tutorial on it tomorrow, perhaps also see what’s up on code academy.