Washio + Amazon Echo

Alexa, ask Washio to clean my clothes.

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1. Washio + Amazon Echo “Alexa, ask Washio to clean my clothes.” By: Patrick Teague
2. What is Washio? API Clients DB
3. What is Amazon Echo? “Alexa, what’s the weather today?” “Alexa, ask Washio where my clothes are.”
4. Washio is a convenience service
5. What’s easier than 1- click ordering?
6. 0-Click ordering.
7. 3rd-party Alexa apps are “Skills” Definition:
8. Should I Make an Alexa Skill? Yes Maybe Not “Alexa, ask Tesla to purchase a Model X.” “Alexa, ask Yummly to find a recipe for vegan cupcakes.” “Alexa, ask GrubHub where my food is.” “Alexa, ask New Relic what the status of the servers is.” “Alexa, ask New Relic for a report on the servers from yesterday.”
9. How Do I Create an Alexa Skill? 1. Register a developer account through Amazon’s Developer Console. 2. Create a new Alexa Skill using the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) 3. Create a AWS Lambda function to handle Skill requests.
10. Skill Syntax Alexa, ask Washio to clean my clothes. Wake word Skill name Skill Intent
11. Handling Skill Intents: “Alexa, ask Riddlr to tell me a riddle.” AWS Lambda alexa = require('alexa-app'); app = new alexa.app(); ... app.intent(“tell me a riddle”, function (request, response) { riddlrApi.getRandomRiddle(request.sessionDetails.pastRiddleIds) .then(function (data) { addRiddleIdToSession(response, data.riddle.id); response.say(data.riddle.text).send(); }); }); ... exports.handler = app.lambda(); NodeJS
12. Account Linking Incoming Intent Session has Valid User Token? Clear Session + Redirect to Linking Page Proceed with Intent “Check your Alexa app to link your account.” User credentials verified + User Token returned No Yes
14. Capturing User Input
15. Slots “Tomorrow at 5:30 pm.” Date Slot Time Slot
17. Special Considerations 1. Use Managed Intents 2. Be careful when using Slots. 3. Track user progress using session storage. 4. Handle misinterpreted Intents.
18. Washio Skill Demo
20. In Conclusion Amazon Echo is all about Convenience Convenience is King Amazon Echo is King (And 3rd-party developer support!)
21. Questions?