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live update catalog
I have setup a handful of "CatalogAutoRefresh" jobs along with one "ReferenceVersionUpdate" job to help keep my slot types fresh automatically when they change. And I have publishToLive set to true to ensure that the updates go to my live skill. This works great up to a point...
The "CatalogAutoRefresh" jobs succeed with every execution. But it seems that the "ReferenceVersionUpdate" job will only succeed if I haven't changed my development interaction model. (Or if publishToLive is false, which is not what I want.)
I assume that the failure is because the publishToLive aspect of "ReferenceVersionUpdate" works by doing the…
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allows pauses in ISP subscriptions, especially during the "off season" for sport skills
I have a sport skill and want to offer an ISP with a monthly subscription. I would like users to be able to pause the subscription during the off season.
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Convenience function for API Endpoint in Alexa object
The Alexa object already has a convenience function called getApiAccessToken() for obtaining the API Access Token. But (unless I am overlooking it) it doesn't have such a convenience function for obtaining the base API endpoint. For consistency's sake, it would be nice to have such a helper method.
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Modify the speed of the audio player
Hello to all!
It would be great to be able to change the playback speed of the audio launched via addAudioPlayerPlayDirective. It could be a new
speed
parameter from 0 to 2 where 1 would be normal speed, 0.5 would be half speed, 2 would be double...Thanks in advance,
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private/internal apl packages
I like the idea of APL packages, but the requirement to host them publicly on the internet makes them difficult to use as reusable snippets in the same skill.
That is, I would like to break down my APL templates by creating custom/reusable components, styles, etc. and then use those across many templates. Packages seem like the logical option here, but the requirement to host them publicly rather than alongside my templates makes them awkward to use in this way.
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Availability of paid skills in countries other than the United States.
At this time, paid skills are available in the United States only.
Paid skills should be available in other countries also.
This will help to increase customer base worldwide.1 vote -
apl-a renderer for testing
I would like a Node.js/Python library...or better, maybe a SMAPI endpoint...that lets me submit an APL-A template along with some model data and receive back a textual rendering of the template for testing purposes.
I anticipate the textual rendering being something akin to the "caption" property returned in a skill response. The different being that I don't need to invoke a skill to get back the textual rendering.
tl;dr
APL-A is a great for mixing and sequencing audio in a response. And although I know that I can use it for mixing in sound/music along with speech, more often than…
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permission card
Make cards, specifically permissions cards, more prominent in the app.
Right now if a skill sends a permissions card, the user kinda needs to know where in the app to look for that card. I seem to recall that in older versions of the app, the cards (and other skill activity) was more prominent and maybe even displayed on the home screen when opening the skill. Now I must know to navigate to "More" and then "Activity" to see the cards.
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task development
Enable invocation of tasks for skills in development.
As it stands right now, the only way to invoke a task is if the task is in a published skill. This both limits the ability to verify task behavior without first publishing the skill, but also prevents the creation of "personal" tasks for skills that I might never publish and are only intended for my own use.
It would be great if I could develop a skill with a task, deploy it, and without publishing it, invoke the task via a routine or some other means.
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Pass the ball back to 1st Party Alexa for a response
We keep the skill session open with users by giving them a follow up question prompt like "what else can I help with?". I have to believe there are a lot of skills that do this. There are quite a few circumstances where users ask things that 1st Party Alexa should respond to, not our skill. (Things like asking about the weather, about tides, or asking for a joke). We would like to be able to pass the ball back to 1st party for fulfillment.
This could be done by either closing the skill session and providing the 1st party…
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slot
Hi, I tried to use "multi-value" slots in PT-BR but that feature doesn't exist yet so I just want to ask when that feature or if that feature will be release to PT-BR.
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Add ability for a user to remove a skill
Previously when a user disabled a skill, if they then said the invocation name, Alexa would say, "You previously disabled the skill; do you want to re-enable it?"
Currently, there is no way for a user to "start fresh" with a Skill that has content previous stored in DynamoDB or another database
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notification
I use SendToPhone to see a link to my Alexa App. But there is no little red "1" on the Alexa App. So, the user has to open the Alexa App to see that I've sent them a link. Most phone app support a notification affordance.
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Get collectionID and FaceID from visual ID of echo show
hopefully collectionID and faceID from visual ID of echo show can be shared with aws rekognition in order to develop more interesting skills.
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echo camera access
Hopefully echo show camera can be accessed by API or the photos which were taken and stored by echo show camera can be referred using specific Url or API method from Amazon Photos.
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Send notifications to user from custom Alexa skill
I have a custom alexa skill for checking road conditions from SDX. We want to send notifications to users. Could you please help?
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Grant skills permissions via voice
Allow all permissions to be granted to a skill using a user's voice.
Currently, the user can only grant reminders, timers, and user information permissions via voice.
Other permissions, such as the Resumption API permission, have to be set via the Alexa mobile app.
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Make links in card clickable
If you send the user in the Alexa app a card, it's not possible to click on links that are in the card. It's also not possible to copy these links to the browser.
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Amazon Astro Robot ASK interface
Allow an Alexa Skill to control Astro actions that are currently available in Alexa Routines
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Allow longer answers. I.e. keep the mic open longer.
I need to be able to answer long form answers to questions and have Alexa capture those. I want Alexa to ask me, “how was your day?” And then listen while I answer. I don’t want to force this into AMAZON.SearchQuery. I want a new slot type that allows Alexa to listen. She would stop listening when I tell her to.
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