Learn Alexa The Fun Way

Learn to create interesting and fun-filled Amazon Alexa skiils and publish them

What you'll learn
Amazon Alexa
Artificial Intelligence
Building skills
Requirements
Have basic programming experience
Have little knowledge on Java script or node js
Description
June 2020 UpdateIncluded a new lecture on the important ASK DEPLOYcommandIncluded document to solve frequent error and queries faced by studentsUpdated Videos 1.5, 2.5, 3.3 & 4.6Hello learners, Welcome to MAKERDEMY's "Learn Alexa the fun way" course. If you are looking for that one course that will help you gain the confidence to build and publish Amazon Alexa skills, you have come to the right place.With numerous custom made illustrations and animations, we have set the standard in terms of production quality. All so that you can have a terrific learning experience.This course is meant for anyone who wants to build many fun-filled Alexa skills and publish them for the whole world to use. If you are an engineer who wants to get started with Artificial Intelligence or a hobbyist looking to learn about Alexa or earn money by publishing custom Alexa skills, then I am sure this course will be perfect for you. This is because we have tailored this course by giving equal importance to both the projects as well as the concepts.So come, join me in this introductory course on Learning Alexa the fun way. I am looking forward to being your instructor and hearing about all the incredible skills you were able to make with Alexa.

Overview

Section 1: Getting familiar with Alexa

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What are the Alexa enabled devices?

Lecture 3 Creating your first Alexa skill

Lecture 4 Expanding your first Alexa skill part - 1

Lecture 5 Expanding your first Alexa skill part - 2

Section 2: Creating interactive skills

Lecture 6 Including images in the card

Lecture 7 Introduction to slots

Lecture 8 Including slots in your Alexa skill

Lecture 9 Creating an image quiz

Lecture 10 Read sentences as input

Section 3: Getting accustomed to AWS

Lecture 11 Working with AWS

Lecture 12 Exploring the features of AWS

Lecture 13 Modifying audio to be Alexa usable

Lecture 14 Creating an audio quiz part 1

Lecture 15 Creating an audio quiz part 2

Section 4: Working with ASK - CLI

Lecture 16 Understanding ASK - CLI

Lecture 17 Installing ASK - CLI

Lecture 18 Configuring ASK-CLI

Lecture 19 Creating a new skill with ASK - CLI

Lecture 20 A short note on "ask deploy"

Lecture 21 Introduction to DynamoDB

Lecture 22 Including DynamoDB in our skill

Section 5: Exploring the SSML tags

Lecture 23 Introduction to SSML

Lecture 24 SSML tags

Lecture 25 Including SSML tags in our skill

Lecture 26 Publishing your skill in the Alexa skills store

Lecture 27 Conclusion

Engineers interested in AI,Hobbyist looking to enter the world of AI,Anyone interested in building Alexa skills