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Have Alexa pause during a conversation to allow user to think
Have Alexa pause when user needs time to think about a response/answer.
User can say: "wait" or "pause" or "one sec"
System will flash orange ring until user says: "OK"Conversation flow resumes.
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Enable and allow true push capabilities
Expanding the current implementation of Push would unlock a massive developer opportunity. Please allow devs to build and users to select skills that can speak without the user initiating the conversation. If a skill gets annoying they can turn it off.
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Ability to transfer a skill if ownership changes
Ability to transfer a skill from my account to a client's account.
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Allow skill to anticipate/disallow specific intents during conversation
I would like my skill to be able to listen for specific responses, i.e. make Alexa bias towards utterances of one or multiple intents that I specify in the skill's response, for the next user input.
For example, let's say my skill has a CityIntent which has utterances:
- I live in {city}
- It is {city}
- {city}
And my skill has another MovieIntent which has utterances:
- I like {movieType}
- I prefer {movieType}
- {movieType}
And at certain times my skill may also expect {yes/no} answer from user.
Since {city} and {movieType} have different value, Alexa usually does a good job of figuring…
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Remove/Delete Suppressed skills in Developer Account
Currently, Suppressed or inactive skills remain in developer accounts and create Clutter.
Allow for Developers to manage and maintain their developer accounts for organization and clarity.
Additionally a suppressed skill in a developer account still shows as "LIVE" which is in accurate this should be adjusted immediately.
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Enable developer access to the Show/Spot/Look Camera
Enable developer access to the Show/Spot/Look camera for both taking a picture or capturing video - bonus: easy integration with AWS Rekognition in ASK would be ideal.
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API for Alexa Voice Profiles
The Alexa Voice Profiles feature released recently is a great and awesome feature to have. Can you please have API for Alexa Voice Profiles so that we can use it in our Skills to perform a certain action based on the voice of the user and also customize response per user.
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Guest Mode
Say I've got an Alexa device in my guest room. It would be great if there was a kind of "guest mode" which I could use to apply certain (customizable) restrictions to features like:
- Skill invocation
- Smart Home
- Playing music
- Shopping
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Allow new skill session after audio stream has completed
Currently if a user streams audio via the skill there is no friendly way to get back to the skill without the user saying an invocation command.
I'd propose a way to allow a skill to open a new session, allowing speechOutput after the PlaybackNearlyFinished or PlaybackFinished events occur in the AudioPlayer interface.
There are a couple use-cases for this:
1) A podcast skill where it would be beneficially to ask the user if they'd like to listen to the next episode.
2) Give some information about the next episode before it begins to play
3) Provide a purchase opportunity…16 votes -
Alexa, did the power go out today?
She can't tell me how long she has been on, when she last rebooted, I want to know if the power tripped, and ideally how long it was out.
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Give the time in Routines
Presently we are able to get the News, Weather, or Traffic in a Routine. But right now we can’t get a simple time-stamp in a Routine. It would be nice if I could verbally trigger a Bedtime Routine that adjusted lights, temperature, and said “It’s 11:23pm. Good night!” It would seem rather simple to add this capability; wouldn’t seem any more difficult than News, Weather, or Traffic.
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Shopping list
Allow users to reorder items within a list ie; move an item up or down and allow sub-categories.
Also, provide a way to see all items on all lists and move an item to another list13 votes -
I want Alexa tell time in military clock
I want Alexa tell time in military clock
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Skill speaks device setting wake word
I want skill to be able to speak wake word, from device settings word.
Use case is skill help message.
Implement with SSML.
exsample...
New ssml tag is 'amazon:wakeword'
<speak>To stop skill, please say <amazon:wakeword name='device'/> Stop.</speak>10 votes -
Add some kind of "anti-trigger" to ignore the wake word in audio.
Allow the adding of some kind of "anti-trigger" that will stop Alexa waking itself when the invocation word is mentioned in a podcast, or SSML audio. And/or, allow a flag that will reduce sensitivity to the wake-word during a particular piece of audio, using the mic array to detect whether the wake word was generated internally or externally.
I know that there is an unofficial theory that self-invocation can be lessened by boosting / cutting certain frequencies around the actual wake-word, but this isn't always practical where third-party audio is involved.
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Add an SSML tag to allow alexa to sing
When you request Alexa to sing a song she will but there are no SSML tags to allow developers to request this using code
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Make the "Alexa for Your Day" a feature that can be turned off.
I'm extremely disappointed with the operating system of the new Echo Show 10. Unlike the other display features like weather or news there is no way to stop the "Alexa for Your Day" from displaying. I like seeing my pictures on all of my current Echo Shows, but with the new Echo Show 10 I see one of my pictures then I see the "Alexa for Your Day." Please make it a feature I'm able to turn off. It's very annoying to see the "Alexa for Your Day." in between my pictures.
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Enable Alexa of initiating aconversation
The idea is to enable Alexa of initiating a conversation, rather than just responding to inquiries. Some applications, such as using Alexa to interact with an autistic child, require that Alexa starts the conversation in some cases. Giving Alexa this ability may open the door for new and out of the box solutions.
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Have multiple invocation name for a single skill
Have multiple invocation name for a single skill
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Show custom skill on (Echo Show / Spot) home screen
I would like to have an option to add custom information on the Echo Show or Spot home screen.
For example, i developed a Webcam Skill and i want my Echo Show/Spot to show it without asking for.
7 votes
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