“Hey, Alexa!” Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Manuel Rauber @manuelrauber Consultant Christian Weyer @christianweyer CTO 

Christian Weyer ! @christianweyer " https://www.thinktecture.com Co-founder, co-owner and CTO at Thinktecture AG Manuel Rauber ! @manuelrauber " https://manuel-rauber.com Consultant at Thinktecture AG Hey, Alexa! Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Speakers 

Topics Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

Disclaimer We are not affiliated with Amazon, whatsoever Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

APIs everywhere Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

§ APIs are everywhere – or rather: should be everywhere § „APIs FTW!“ § Internet-of-Things (IoT) only really works with APIs § HTTPS, WebSockets, AMQP etc. § BTW: https://www.programmableweb.com/ has some nice public APIs to play with API-ification Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

Voice User Interfaces Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

Punch cars
Text input & keyboard
Mouse & GUI
Touch
Gestures
Voice & speech VUI = Voice user interface How we got there Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

§ We always need a client
use cases define the interactions § Talk to the client application, rather than use a mouse or a finger § Voice user interfaces are not yet as ubiquitous § We need different UX
we still need to learn § Siri, Cortana, Alexa, Bixby etc. are already here § Can be used in any kind of application § Bots backed by artificial intelligence can leverage voice services as their input interface / API It is all about the use cases Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

Voice-enabled personal assistants Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

§ They are spreading like crazy Google, Apple & Co. Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

§ Amazon‘s entry into the game Amazon Echo & Echo Dot Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

Amazon Alexa Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

§ ”Intelligent” personal assistant § Alexa Voice Services § Open for custom services & 3rd party device integration § “AVS-enabled product” § “Alexa-enabled product” § https://github.com/alexa/alexa-avs-sample-app/wiki/Raspberry-Pi § Like Microsoft’s Cognitive Services or Google’s Speech API § MS currently has the broadest set of APIs § Used by Amazon Lex § Provides speech recognition & natural language understanding § For building conversational interfaces (e.g. chatbots) Amazon Alexa Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

Skills Programming Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

§ Two developer accounts § aws.amazon.com § developer.amazon.com § AWS: Lambda Function § Code is done directly in AWS or locally § Upload is needed when developing locally § Debugging is PITA § Skills can also be hosted anywhere (as a Web API) § Developer: Alexa Skill & Interaction Building § Intent § Utterance § Slots Basic Alexa Skill programming Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

“Real World” Demo ! Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

§ … he has to go to school ... The robot maker Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

Hey, Alexa! Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern 

Hey, Alexa! Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Alexa Mindstorms EV3 Demo - Architecture 

NOTE - Demo Please do NOT USE the WIFI J Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

EV3 on steroids Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

§ Debian Linux-based operating system § Runs on several LEGO® MINDSTORMS compatible platforms § Full development environment available § http://www.ev3dev.org § Python is best suited to build & run custom code ev3dev Wie APIs das alltägliche Leben erobern Hey, Alexa! 

Thank you! Questions? Demo Repository Hey, Alexa! https://github.com/thinktecture/basta-herbst-2017-alexa Manuel Rauber @manuelrauber Consultant Christian Weyer @christianweyer CTO