The Amazon Alexa platform enables developers to create powerful voice-first experiences across a wide array of devices that are powered by the Alexa, the world’s most popular voice interaction platform. In this course, Amazon Alexa: The Big Picture, you’ll take your first step in this platform by learning foundational concepts of voice interaction with Alexa. First, you’ll explore how users interact with the Alexa devices. Next, you’ll discover both built-in and custom Alexa skill types. Finally, you’ll learn how to leverage the tools Amazon has provided for creating Alexa skills of your own. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Amazon Alexa voice interaction models and tools needed to create your own custom Alexa skills.
Author Name: David Tucker
Author Description:
David is a Webby Award winning cloud development consultant that focuses on cloud native web, mobile, and IoT applications. For over fifteen years as a consultant David has led custom software development on emerging platforms for companies such as FedEx, AT&T, Sony Music, Intel, Comcast, Herman Miller, Principal Financial, and Adobe (as well as many others). David regularly writes and speaks on the digital landscape with published works for O’Reilly and Lynda.com. He has written for Mashable,… more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Interacting with Alexa
  23mins
• Alexa Skill Types
  14mins
• Alexa Development Tools
  25mins