Report: “Amazon Makes Alexa Conversations Feature Generally Available”
From Voicebot:
Amazon has released the Alexa Conversations feature of the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) to the general public. First launched as a beta last year, Alexa Conversations is aimed at simplifying the process of building voice apps and making them more user-friendly.
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Alexa Conversations is a feature built around cross-skill goal completion, eliminating the need for developers to figure out everything a user might say while interacting with the skill. All they need to do is lay out the goals and potentially important details.
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Amazon has already started integrating Conversations into its own products. Alexa’s reading recommendation service introduced in the fall uses it to come up with ideas when asked about what to read next…
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Direct to Alexa Conversations Info Page
See Also: Making an Art Collection Browsable by Voice (via Amazon Science Blog)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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