Building your first Amazon Alexa Skill - Dabble Lab #52

That was very helpful and straight to the point. Thank you.

FYI: My free accounts on aws, under lamda and selecting blue print - search for Alexa lead to zero searches.

Great video. Give shortest path to success in half the time.

when i go to search for the blueprint, It will not show any results when I search "Alexa". Am I doing something wrong? I have followed all the steps so far and am stuck here. Someone please leave a helpful comment. Thanks!

can you set up a skill for me

Will it work on echo dot too?

very nice intro sir. You make it look easy

Hi, I found your video very helpful, but when I went into AWS and Lambda, and then used the GitHub, it did not allow me to edit the code, do I need to for it to work with what I did in the ASK or no? Thanks

i thought you'd make an example with your amazon alexa to show us

Thank you! Subscribed!

just when your build finished, my build finished at the same time lmao

Thank you for a great tutorial I have a question about can we open web browser?

Question: I am completely new to Alexa Skills. My question is if say I build an Alexa Skill and was downloaded by 1 million people, do I EVER pay for AWS services. I am confused about aws services and its link to building and deploying Alexa skills.

Great tutorial

Got it, Thanks Steve! I Overlooked it.

Hi Steve, great video, If possible can you share some insight on the following info I received from Amazon dev certification team? Thanks in advance. See below:

Your skill does not meet Example Phrase requirements listed below:

The first example phrase must include both the wake word and invocation name of the skill.

Actual: Alexa, open free things to do in Orlando
Expected: Alexa open orlando free admission attractions

No I didn’t.

Awesome, work fine. I was trying to extend it with 2 slots. The kind of stange thing is as soon as theres some kind of "room" name in the slot.. as office, kitchen etc... I just get: "I didn't find any Smart Home devices under Norman's account. To get started, go to the Smart Home section of the Alexa App." in the tests. Slots are even custom type...

I would like to create a skill for my internet radio station. I am visually impaired, and would pay for the help. I would like the skill to be public so that asking Alexa to enable it would work. Any help would be appreciated.

thank you so much for your video

When i try to test it says "A valid interaction model is required to test your skill.", I don't know what to do!

Hey Dabble, thanks for the great tutorial. I've noticed that the test simulator only responds with the correct data when I ask "alexa tell me a space fact". Any other utterance that is in the json editor such as: tell me a space trivia or give me some information only comes back with a <Audio only response> and there is no input/output data in the skill I/O. Any help fixing this issue would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hey Dabble,

i am trying to change the data strip in the AWS and when i change the facts and test, i get a communication error? please help

Hello Steve I need your help building an app that will turn something on and off hope to hear back from you ..thanks

Perfect tutorial - there are tons out there and they are all either too short or too long. This one was right on the money! Thanks!

Hey! It was pretty informative video, so if i want to make a custom skill that can access my university portal and tell me what assignments are due or when the exams are, if that is possible please let me know i would want to do it as a project, thank you

I have no experience in coding. Should I learn node js before building a skill?

What exactly does the copied code for json editor do?

Do you know why does the skill arn doesn't change even though I make more lambda function? Also it keep says that the role (lambda_basic_execution) already exists when I try to make a new custom role.

Followed each step and it worked exactly as explained - from zero to hero in 20 mins - awesome work !!

Thanks for updating this video. Really helpful to figure out where I was going wrong.

Just followed your tutorial through and this is brilliant, hmmmm what can I build, though I need an Alexa, mine arrives tomorrow!

Hi Steve. I'd love to hire someone to develop an Alexa skill for me. Do you recommend anyone?

When i went to add the triggers the Alexa Skills Kit trigger was not available. How do i move forward from there? Thanks

Thanks Steve!

Hey! Beginner here! I followed the steps and got it working great! But as a hit distribution and fill in the details under "Example Phrase 101 - I entered "Alexa, Tell me a space fact" - I keep getting "The example phrase must start with Alexa as the wake word."

any idea why?

Can you develop alexa skill for my business ?

Thanks Dabble,Very Clearly Explained.But i am facing an issue,alexa is not taking my voice input and it shows no content when i speak with mic or when i type like alexa, tell me something...it is working only the invocation name-like->>> Knowledge fact....please help me out.Thanks

Hi Steve, I have created a alexa skill , It working fine in Alexa Simulator but does not work in my echo plus device. Can you help me to get out from this issue?

Hi Im am having problems with my IntentRequest, they are not being invoked. Only the invocations. I checked and tested on the Lambda, it works fine. Must be on my Developer Console.

Hi, Is it possible to make an Alexa skill without using AWS Lambda?

Because I'm using my dad's account for this and I don't want to pay for AWS.

Hi Steve Sir, I was trying to create a basic fact skill using the predefined program which is being used for space facts. On changing the space facts to my facts, the index.js was showing 'Parsing error: Unterminated string constant' on some of my facts. Can you help me solve this problem?

Hi, great tutorial. Everything worked for me until the last step i.e. the testing step. When I speak into the microphone (or even when I type) "alexa open space fact", nothing happens. I don't get a result back from lambda. Do you know how to resolve this. I'm using N. Virgina for lambda

Nice ! :)

Really well done.
This is the first tutorial I found that took a novice like myself through the process step by step using language a novice could understand.
Thanks.

Hi steve, can you please help me. im having a bit of problems right here. when i click
"click create a custom role" it leads me to my dashboard unlike yours where it basically just pops up and leads you to that simple tab