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1. Allow Hyperlink in Descriptions

   I write the URL of "Share Routine" in the description field.
   And You can share "Routine" by clicking on the hyperlink.

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2. Use dynamic entities with slot elicitation in order to refine choice

   I'd like to set a dynamic entity with specific answers, and then prompt for the slot with that type. This isn't possible because of this error:"No other directives are allowed to be specified with a Dialog directive. The following Directives were returned: [Dialog.UpdateDynamicEntities]"

   The use case is refining the customer's choice where lots of the choices have similar values. The dynamic entity is being used to distinguish between them.

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3. Support APLA documents & directives for reprompts

   The new APLA Documents are great for providing rich audio responses at runtime to users.

   However, we are still stuck using the reprompt object in responses, and this can only contain PlainText or SSML.

   For a user who has just experienced an immersive experience but then hears a low-quality reprompt (especially when the audio element is used), this could seem disjoint.

   It would be great if we could use APLA documents in multimodal reprompts too :)

   Cheers.

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4. APL functions to retrieve properties of elements

   APL functions to retrieve properties of elements would be very helpful.

   For example:

   Document.getScrollTop();

   Element.getOffsetTop('id')
   Element.getOffsetLeft('id')
   Element.getWidth('id')
   Element.getHeight('id')

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5. Increase the Dynamic Entities update limit for bigger intent slots updates

   When using dynamic entities (slots type whose values are updated through the Dynamic Entities API), there is a limit of 100 values, including synonyms. Over this limit, the update request is simply ignored.
   This limit is far not enough since it includes synonyms: if having 30 slots for instance, each slot having 10 synonyms, we already are over the limit (we have then 300 values to update).

   The skill I develop is a game where the user can interact with objects in the place or in his pockets. He often have near of 20 possible objects, and to make them easy to interact in a natural way, I have to propose lot of synonyms for each element (to ensure that he will reach the desired element however he choose to call it).

   Please increase this limit to much more (500 or 1000).

   When using dynamic entities (slots type whose values are updated through the Dynamic Entities API), there is a limit of 100 values, including synonyms. Over this limit, the update request is simply ignored.
   This limit is far not enough since it includes synonyms: if having 30 slots for instance, each slot having 10 synonyms, we already are over the limit (we have then 300 values to update).

   The skill I develop is a game where the user can interact with objects in the place or in his pockets. He often have near of 20 possible objects, and to make them… more

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6. As a skill developer I want to switch between different apl versions on my own device

   As a skill developer, I have no way to reproduce a problem of an older APL version on my own device. I want to be able to choose which APL Runtime my device runs with to fix problems or to ensure better backward compatibility.

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7. Simulator should allow simulation of multimodal skills on voice-only devices.

   The simulator only offers display-based devices to simulate, meaning that multimodal skills that behave differently for display vs non-display devices can't be tested. The "Device Display" menu should have an option for "No display".

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8. Able to create custom dynamic slot type similar to Alexa's built in slot type

   When speaking with Alexa and specifying a clients name for search in our system. Alexa is able to pick up common English names like “Smith”, “John”....etc.

   Though as soon as you say something different like “Aitken”, “Hannam”, “Arundel”… It has a close to 0% chance of translating speech to the correct text spelling.

   If I load these unique names as slot values in the static interaction model json, it would work very well. However this model has a limit file size of 1.5MB. We have hundreds or millions of variations if we combine all the firms using our software. So likely this is not a good solution anyhow.

   The closest I've seen is the built-in slot types like AMAZON.Actors, AMAZON.Artists, AMAZON.FirstNames...etc.
   These models were pre-built and does not affect the file size. However we developers have no access to create our own.

   On top of that, it would be nice to have a dynamic mapping to the custom slot type. For example let's say we were able to create a slot type called [ClientNames]. We have 6,000 firms using our software, preferrably it would be better to create 6,000 [ClientNames] types. One for each firm, as the NLP processing would be more accurate and relevant to this client.

   So when a user speaks an utterance like 'Find client {clientName}'. Since our handler code knows the logged on user let's say with firmId of "100". We can pass it the slot type of [ClientNames:100] type. This will return names matching that specific slot type fot that firm.

   I'd imagine this feature would be very useful for a wide variety of search features for developers. As most searches are very domain specific, like looking up street names, businesses, specific fashion items, accessories range....and so on.

   Ideally it would be nice to have a built in slot type that doesn't affect JSON file limit, and a dynamic slot mapping feature where you can map the intent request to the right slot type.

   Eg, If I had slots like;
   ClientNamesFirm100
   ClientNamesFirm200
   ClientNamesFirm300

   On request, we can intercept the slot entry and map it to the relevant slot type to be translated into text.

   I've posted a bunch of comments relating to this feature here; https://forums.developer.amazon.com/questions/205839/dynamic-entities-not-working-consistently.html. Scroll down to see replies.

   Any help or advice would be appreciated.
   Thank you.
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   When speaking with Alexa and specifying a clients name for search in our system. Alexa is able to pick up common English names like “Smith”, “John”....etc.

   Though as soon as you say something different like “Aitken”, “Hannam”, “Arundel”… It has a close to 0% chance of translating speech to the correct text spelling.

   If I load these unique names as slot values in the static interaction model json, it would work very well. However this model has a limit file size of 1.5MB. We have hundreds or millions of variations if we combine all the firms using our software. So… more

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9. Expose Calendar APIs in Alexa SDK

   Expose Calendar APIs in Alexa SDK. We are building a voice enabled assistant for real estate agents. We would like the skill SDK to expose calendar-related api's. We are assuming you must have such an API internally to abstract support for multiple calendar providers.

   We really like the built-in calendar support that is provided using your direct calendar linking feature. However, we can't use it. We chose to build our own calendar access into our skill to access google calendar API's programmatically, rather than using Alexa's built in calendar linking. The reasons we took this approach are:
   1) We integrate calendar appointment information with other data from backend system api calls into one intent. An example is our Start My Day intent, which summarizes, the real estate agent's appointments, then summarizes the number of active listings, # of pending closings, etc.
   2) We want consistency with our VUI. With direct calendar linking, they would simply speak to Alexa directly rather than using our invocation name. We don't want to frustrate the agent with a game of simon-says by forcing them to sometimes have to say the invocation name and sometimes not.

   The downside of our approach is as follows:
   1) As we add support for other calendars e.g. Outlook/Office 365, Apple, Amazon WorkMail we will have to implement a new api each time. If you exposed a single calendar API abstraction to the SDK then we could code it into our skill once and then let the right calendar get invoked based on what is linked.
   2) The built-in Echo Show display support for a direct-linked calendar is pretty compelling. We could not emulate that UI with previous versions of the SDK, for example we couldn't do that particular layout with the dates on the left column and scrolling text in the center with the highlight that follows the text as it is spoken. We could build all that ourselves with APL, but we would rather leverage the support that's already there than build it ourselves. if there were a way to hook into the calendar API through your SDK and let the built-in layout manager take care of the rendering and scrolling.

   Alternatively, if there were a way for our skill to delegate an utterance to the default alexa calendar processor, then our users could still use our invocation name for consistency's sake, but in our appointment handler if we could hand that off to Alexa for the calendar that's already linked directly that would be awesome.

   Expose Calendar APIs in Alexa SDK. We are building a voice enabled assistant for real estate agents. We would like the skill SDK to expose calendar-related api's. We are assuming you must have such an API internally to abstract support for multiple calendar providers.

   We really like the built-in calendar support that is provided using your direct calendar linking feature. However, we can't use it. We chose to build our own calendar access into our skill to access google calendar API's programmatically, rather than using Alexa's built in calendar linking. The reasons we took this approach are:
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10. Slow down Alexa's speech speed - Make Alexa more accessible

    I'd very much like my son (11 yrs) to be able to communicate w/Alexa.
    He's not an Eng as a mother tongue (native) speaker, as am I ;-)
    Regrettably, his command of the English lang is as a 3-4 yrs.
    I'd like that Alexa would:
    1) Speak A Lot (!) Slower?
    2) Reply A Lot (!) more accessible ("lower" English "level")?

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11. Respond only to Administrator / Account Holder and/or delagated learnt voices

    Some people seem to enjoy annoying Alexa during parties, sometimes adverts on TV activate Alexa, and sometimes friends discussing their Alexa accidently get overheard.
    A simple, switchable security measure regulating who would be recognised would be nice to have, and even more if this would be part of the „Voice learning process“
    A switchable Administrator/Account Holder only, Household Members, and everyone would probably suffice.

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12. Request time remaining on any device

    I can set a timer on device A. When I ask device B how much time is remaining, it tells me no timers are set. When the timer is ringing on device A, I can tell device B to stop, and it stops the timer on device A.

    I would like to be able to request the time remaining from any device, instead of having to address each timer individually on a per-device basis, but then have control over any timer from any device. This is inconsistent and has lead to frustration multiple times when I have to yell across the house to communicate with the device with which I originally set the timer.

    I can set a timer on device A. When I ask device B how much time is remaining, it tells me no timers are set. When the timer is ringing on device A, I can tell device B to stop, and it stops the timer on device A.

    I would like to be able to request the time remaining from any device, instead of having to address each timer individually on a per-device basis, but then have control over any timer from any device. This is inconsistent and has lead to frustration multiple times when I have to yell across… more

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13. Add a quantity option to shopping list

    Alexa, add canned beans to my shopping list...
    - Ok, I have added canned beans to your shopping list. How many do you wish to purchase?

    Should display as... Canned beans (*) * being your input number ie : Canned beans (3)

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14. Alexa Skills Kit SDK for Ruby

    Please build an Alexa Skills Kit SDK for Ruby! Is there one in the works? What can I do to help? I really want to build Alexa skills in Ruby but I'm willing to wait if there's a Ruby ASK SDK coming. Thanks for all the great tools!

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15. Linking multiple accounts to a single skill

    It would be useful to be able to link multiple accounts to a single skill, e.g. a third-party authenticated music service that allows tracks to be added to a Spotify playlist.

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16. Add user's original text (the ASR result) to Request Body

    Add user's original text (the ASR result) to Request Body.
    I'm developing a game skill,which has many questions with several option.I need user's orginal text to match the option .

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17. Integration with IVR over webrtc or SIP

    Idea is to provide a communication channel between IVR services and Echo Device. IVR service providers will integrate with ALEXA and add their services as a skill, Alexa will initiate a VoIP call once Alexa user subscribes to IVR service hence providing a way for communication.

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18. Programmatically mute the device or programmatically check the Device's Mute status

    We wanna be able to mute the device and check the Device's Mute status. This would offer more flexibilities to address some security concerns.

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19. get certification feedback via API / webUI, not just email

    I create Voice Apps for over 20 large clients and I publish Skills from each client's own Amazon Dev account. Either they authorize me as a developer on their accounts, or they share their credentials with me.

    I usually develop & submit skills using the ASK CLI. Sometimes I use the webUI to run a prevalidation check & setup beta testing. In all cases, my skills pass the validation properly within the webUI. I wouldn't try to certify a skill unless they passed.

    However, the current process of the main company contact receiving an email with the certification results in insufficient for my (and many other developers') needs.

    1. Most of my client contacts are not the person who has access to the email address listed as the company contact.

    2. This means I have to email each contact to ask them to forward me certification emails so I can fix any issues. This is a hassle for them, clogs up their inbox, and slows down my deployment process.

    3. Even within my own company, I have to ask someone else to forward me certification emails, because even when I submit a skill - the email goes to another inbox (admin@). At a minimum, the email should go to the submitter & the company contact.

    4. When a skill fails certification, it goes back to the development stage. However, there's no record of certification feedback online, in the webUI. This is a big oversight in my opinion. Why not include the information there? Why do I need to dig through email?

    5. There's no way to get certification feedback via the ASK CLI. Why can't i submit something like a ask api get-certification-feedback --skill-id amzn.foo command to get the latest certification feedback for a skill?

    6. It'd also be great to have access to the beta testing features via the API also. This would save me a TON of time.

    Thanks for listening. I've deployed over 30 Voice Apps (flash briefings + custom skills for clients + my own via nealrs@gmail.com), so I have a strong interest in improving tools / capabilities for myself and other Voice App developers.

    I create Voice Apps for over 20 large clients and I publish Skills from each client's own Amazon Dev account. Either they authorize me as a developer on their accounts, or they share their credentials with me.

    I usually develop & submit skills using the ASK CLI. Sometimes I use the webUI to run a prevalidation check & setup beta testing. In all cases, my skills pass the validation properly within the webUI. I wouldn't try to certify a skill unless they passed.

    However, the current process of the main company contact receiving an email with the certification results in… more

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20. Treat AudioPlayer metadata on Fire TV Cube like the Echo Show

    Currently the Fire TV Cube renders the AudioPlayer metadata foreground image as a background image like the Echo Spot, despite a different background image being present in the response payload. Since the Fire TV Cube is connected to large high-resolution displays, using the background image in the same fashion as the Echo Show does would be a much better user experience.

    For an example, open "Rain Sounds" by Invoked Apps LLC on Fire TV Cube and Echo Show.

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