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Book Synopsis

To create their own voice "skills," users need to learn some new device toolkits, the basics of Voice UI design, and some emerging best practices for building and deploying on these diverse platforms.

Voice Applications for Alexa and Google Assistant guides readers in the exciting world of designing, building, and implementing voice-based applications for Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant! They learn how to build their own "skills"—the voice app term for actions the device can perform—from scratch.

Key Features

· Designing a voice interaction model

· Fulfilling skills via a serverless platform like AWS Lambda

· Connecting a skill to a database

Audience

Written for JavaScript developers interested in building voice-enabled applications. No prior experience required!

Author Bio

Dustin A. Coates is a web developer and web development instructor. He has taught hundreds of students online and offline at General Assembly. Dustin also developed popular courses for OneMonth.com and the European non-profit Konexio, which teaches refugees how to code.

Voice Applications for Alexa and Google Assistant

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    Publisher: Manning Publications
    Publication Date: 07/08/2019
    ISBN13: 9781617295317, 978-1617295317
    ISBN10: 1617295310

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    To create their own voice "skills," users need to learn some new device toolkits, the basics of Voice UI design, and some emerging best practices for building and deploying on these diverse platforms.

    Voice Applications for Alexa and Google Assistant guides readers in the exciting world of designing, building, and implementing voice-based applications for Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant! They learn how to build their own "skills"—the voice app term for actions the device can perform—from scratch.

    Key Features

    · Designing a voice interaction model

    · Fulfilling skills via a serverless platform like AWS Lambda

    · Connecting a skill to a database

    Audience

    Written for JavaScript developers interested in building voice-enabled applications. No prior experience required!

    Author Bio

    Dustin A. Coates is a web developer and web development instructor. He has taught hundreds of students online and offline at General Assembly. Dustin also developed popular courses for OneMonth.com and the European non-profit Konexio, which teaches refugees how to code.

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