"Alexa Blueprints" that makes it easy to customize the skill of Amazon's AI assistant "Alexa" appears

Amazon's AI voice assistant · The "Skills" available in Alexa can be customized by users freely by themselvesAlexa Blueprints"Became available on April 19, 2018 in the US time. The work can be advanced on the screen of the browser, and even if there is no knowledge of code programming, it is possible to arrange the skill to own flow intuitively easily.

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Alexa Blueprints PageWhen accessing, the blue skill (= template) of the main skill is displayed. Users can choose the one closest to their purpose from this, and you can create your own skills by making detailed settings. Although it is written at the top of the screen, it is said that the language supported at the time of the opening is "English US" only, it can not be used in other languages. Also, you need to change the language setting of the device to be linked to English US.


There are 21 templates prepared at the time of opening. "Fun & amp; Games" which contains jokes and travel knowledge, games, etc. "Learning & amp; Knowledge" that can use quizzes and word cards, customize Alexa's reply, set it to answer babysitter questions There are four genres of "At Home" to do, "Storyteller" to read stories.


Breakdown of each genre is as follows.

Fun & amp; Games
· Inspirations: Create a list of quotes that give inspiration
· Burns: Alexa makes fun of friends and family
· First Letter: Set a genre such as "Rock Band" or "Celebrity" and answer names starting with any letter from A to Z
· Family Jokes: Create a list of favorite jokes for when you want to laugh
· Trivia: Create trivia (Trivia) games of various topics
· Double Trouble: Couple showdown game. Of the multiple couples, the game judges who knows best about the other party.
· Birthday Trivia: A game that finds people who know the best things about birthday people (= leader of today) in a quiz format
· Bachelorette Party: A game that finds people who know best about the bride in a quiz format
· Compliments: Skill that arranges compliments anyway and talks
· Family Trivia: A game asking about family history


Learning & amp; Knowledge
· Quiz: A literary quiz game. Multiple people can participate and compete.
· Flash Cards: Memorandum assistant who knocks down "state name and state capital name" etc in the head. It is also possible to test the memorized contents.
· Facts: It teaches knowledge such as "Thunder which is the longest distance in the world" and "The fastest animal in the world"


At Home
· Custom Q & A: Set Alexa's answer to user's question by deciding. Example "Q: What is the best mother in the world? A: I studied moms all over the world, but your mama is the best."
· Houseguest: For guests to inform questions and important points such as "How to put TV"
· Babysitter: Tell the baby sitter where you have a thing or a point you want to watch out for
· Pet Sitter: Tell people about points you want to be aware of pet sitter


Storyteller
· Fairy Tale: I will read the story that made the names of the princess and the prince their name and friend
· Sci-Fi: Read interactive stories using crazy nouns and names
· Fable: I will read allegories that will become better
· Adventure: I will read my adventure story with my child as the main character


Each skill can arrange for yourself or incorporate what you like. For example, you can register famous words to be read by "Inspirations" and their authors ......


In "Burns" it is possible to register jokes such as "Do you want to aim for astronauts? ...... One way to Pluto".


In "Babysitter", it is possible to register what you want to instruct babysitters to receive at home and points you want to be aware of and set it to respond according to the question.


If you set up each skill and publish it with your own name, you will be able to use skills with all Alexa compatible devices tied to the same account. By doing like this, in addition to the traditional skills such as "Alexa, what's the weather today?" And "Alexa, ordering rice", "Alexa, tease the father" or "Alexa, funny You can use skills like saying "Jokes" in the same way. There is no doubt that the convenience of Alexa and the corresponding Echo will improve, so I'd like to expect Japanese correspondence.