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Simon Says speech to text capture API
Expose the same API in the ASK SDK that the Simon Says Skill has access to. Using AMAZON.SearchQuery does not cut it for messaging and social media type skills.
Thanks
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Programmatic access to the device info (network status, etc.)
The programmatic access to the device info data would open new opportunities for business that serve the customers through Alexa.
Also, it would allow to access the data about the environment in which the device is operated.1 vote -
Enable integration of third party voice authentication mechanisms
Many large companies have or utilize third party voice authentication mechanisms to provide voice auth across a number of channels (e.g.,IVR, mobile app). While voice profiles are available through Alexa, is it possible to have an option to reuse existing third party voice auth APIs companies have invested in already within Alexa Skills?
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Provide function for escaping text in APL templates
According to the docs, APL Text items support some HTML-like markup, with a custom escape method for special characters:
https://developer.amazon.com/docs/alexa-presentation-language/apl-text.html
There should be a function in the SDKs that we can use for escaping a plain text string, to display it as-is.
Also, the chart under "Markup characters in text must be replaced with character entity references" is a little confusing. E.g. what are we supposed to replace &, <, and > with?
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Support running ask commands in npm scripts
To avoid having ask-cli installed globally which is not good when working with other developers together who might have version mismatches, it would be nice when you could trigger ask commands with npm scripts.
For example:
package.json:
"scripts": {
"validate": "ask validate"
}Currently this throws errors like described here:
https://forums.developer.amazon.com/questions/211596/run-ask-commands-as-npm-script.html?childToView=212326#comment-2123261 vote -
Invoke LaunchRequest by an external api
via some script we hit an api for a specific user that is in front of line and Alexa responds with example speech.
"Hi Jhon, welcome to Demo clinic"
or
"Hi Dave, welcome to Demo clinic"1 vote -
ASK SDK Python Lambda Layer availability in Europe
I'd like to have a Lambda Layer for the ASK SDK Python available also in Europe region. Today it is available only in US.
See also here for reference: https://github.com/alexa/alexa-cookbook/blob/master/resources/lambda-layers/ask-sdk-lambda-layers.md1 vote -
Skill Connections needs a re-schedule feature
Skill Connections is a great idea but needs an additional feature. My use case is my skill called "When is my Flight" is used at the departing airport and tells the user when his flight will land and I would like to give him the chance of booking an Uber when it lands. So at his departing airport he uses my skill and says book me an uber to take me home. At that point my service will book the uber at the landing time plus a delta of say 20 mins for him/her to get from aircraft to outside.…
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lambda + environment
It would be useful to permit the passing of Lambda Environment Variables as part of ask cli (and IDE plugins) configuration - OR - To bind the ask cli features as part of AWS SAM.
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JSON debarfer
The JSON editor should have undo back to the last "no big red x" version in a single click. That way after I spend a bunch of time trying to figure out what it is unhappy about I can start again from a known good place with a single click.
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Add Typescript support to ask-cli
Actually we can create and deploy javascript alexa skills, it would be great if we can do with typescript too.
I think it's not so hard to add typescript support (transpile before deploy)
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Utterance Profiler for Speech
Enable the utterance profiler for speech. My experiences using the profiler is that it gets typed utterances correct. However the problems occur during speech. I would like to see the various intent considerations.
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Add FM and DAB etc. to the InputController
I don't know if the intention is for the Mode Controller to replace the Input Controller in due course but as it stands the input controller does not have the full set of useful inputs in the localised markets.
In the UK for example I would suggest that FM, DAB are certainly missing and arguably it would be useful to have the more branded Freesat, Freeview, Sky as likely components that are driving an input.
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Please can the units of measure be enhanced to include all SI Units
The SmartHome SDK RangeController accepts a unit of measure.
It would be helpful if the full SI unit catalogue could be handled (both Base and Derived: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units#Base_units)
I can immediately see a need for Hertz for example
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delete persistence record automatically when user disables a skill
In node.js if a user disables your skill, the framework should delete the persistent info record from the DynamoDB stream for the alexa skill automatically. Why leave dead data in my persistence store? The user has decided to disable the skill. It even gives you a warning that it will remove information but it's not deleting it from my dynamo db stream.
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Add Locale information to the SmartHome API, in particular discovery
I had posted this previously but it seems to have disappeared?
With the SmartHome SDK there is a need to prevent users accessing interfaces that are not in specific regions. For example, an Australian customer accessing the US endpoint may or may not have access to the SceneController capability or the TemperatureSensor capability.
This is controlled at a level below the specific Alexa Gateway as some gateways only support some interfaces in some languages. We need a mechanism to identify which interfaces are supported.
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Add S3 Persistence Support to ASK SDK for Python
Currently the ASK SDK for Python supports data persistence using DynamoDB and it is recommended to use it, however, to expand some capabilities that only S3 can provide is a great alternative. the SDK for NodeJS already includes support for this officially. Not sure if this can be useful, I have implemented it and the information can be found here https://github.com/frivas/alexa-s3-persistence-python
I hope you find it useful.
Thank you very much.1 vote -
ASK-CLI YAML as option for configs instead of json
JSON is great, but YAML is way easier. Especially the configs for models can be quite long and the ability to add comments in YAML would really make it easier to read.
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Provide an error code for smart home skill devices that need some time between each controll
I've created a smart home skill for a device that needs some time between each actuation.
I know in advance if a device is ready or not to be controlled again.
I would like to provide a nicer feedback to the user by replying to control request with an error indicating that the device need some time to execute a new command in the cases where my device cannot be controlled when the request arrives.
This command should be translated in something like:
The device X is temporarily busy please try again later.The ASK SDK already provide few errors…
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Allow HTTPS service endpoint with an ipv6 only dns entry (AAAA record) for the domain
I would like to be able to test new skills on a local server which is only accessible via a public ipv6 address. The domain/subdomain has an appropriate dns entry (AAAA record) and ssl certificate.
As of now, neither the developer console nor a live test with an Echo is able to resolve the domain name.I originally asked this as a question to the developer support and they suggested to raise the topic here.
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