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Echo Dot or Echo Show Absolutely Free For Creating An Alexa Skill (Amazon Developer Account Required)
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This is an interesting offer here from the Amazon developer program, where you can get some cool goodies like the Echo Dot, Echo Show or a free AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder Exam Fee for free when developing an Alexa skill, so not only you learn something awesome, you get some reward in return too.
developer.amazon.com/en-…ion
You can reach a total of four milestones by meeting the requirements below. You can do any of them, it is not required to meet one after the other.
Register with your Vendor ID with the form below and publish or update your skills during the promotion period (15 May 2019 – 30 November 2019) and according to the requirements outlined below. Find your Vendor ID here (it starts with the letter M). If you don´t have a Vendor ID yet, register as an Alexa Developer.
If you were going after the echo show and wanted to buddy up with other people to use your skills has initiated a discussion thread here
Some helpful articles to get you going :
Good luck learning and hope it helps someone.
developer.amazon.com/en-…ion
You can reach a total of four milestones by meeting the requirements below. You can do any of them, it is not required to meet one after the other.
- Publish your very first, new Alexa skill during the promotion period and earn an Amazon Echo Dot.
- Publish three new Alexa skills during the promotion period, where one of them is used by at least 75 unique users during the promotion period, and earn an Echo Show 5 voucher.
- Add the Alexa Presentation Language to one of your skills (newly published or updated) during the promotion period and reach at least 150 unique users during the promotion period, and you will earn an Amazon Echo Show.
- (Only for Developers residing in Germany, Austria, United Kingdom, Ireland): Add in-skill purchasing to your skill (newly published or updated) during the promotion period and reach at least 150 unique users during the promotion period, and you will earn a voucher for the AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder exam fee
Register with your Vendor ID with the form below and publish or update your skills during the promotion period (15 May 2019 – 30 November 2019) and according to the requirements outlined below. Find your Vendor ID here (it starts with the letter M). If you don´t have a Vendor ID yet, register as an Alexa Developer.
If you were going after the echo show and wanted to buddy up with other people to use your skills has initiated a discussion thread here
Some helpful articles to get you going :
- Building your own Alexa Skill from scratch
- The Basics of Alexa Skill Development
- How to Build a Hello World Alexa Skill
- How To Build A Custom Amazon Alexa Skill, Step-By-Step
Good luck learning and hope it helps someone.
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Edited by matwalaboy, 21 October 2019
398 Comments
sorted byMy name is Alex. I thought you'd caught me the other day. I couldn't turn the radio on for your lovely mum, because I was trying to get out of the back rapido.
She is a pro compared to my wife who actually argues with google home, I heard her shouting at it, it was hilarious.
Guess you don't own a mobile phone then?
My mate keeps calling his 'Alisha'
Exactly - and the thing is those skills when used keep earning you a small affiliate fee too so a win all around.
You could change the name to computer. I would imagine that your mum would think of it more like a computer than a person in that circumstance?
...and yet you post on an open forum?
Exactly this , every single bit of technology in the device is entirely around listening and processing those 4 words all other speech recognition is done by uploading the recording the main server where higher powered computers can do a far better job at speach recognition! (edited)
I'm going to create a thread on HUKD for the skill sharing. Think it's the best way because this thread is too difficult to find everyone interested and FB link didn't work for me.
Thread link. (edited)
Can you change the wake up name? I'm going to put a random German name like Hilgart or something haha
You can between 4 preselected options. Alexa, Echo, Amazon, or Computer.
androidcentral.com/how…cho
Sadly yes....but amazon openly admit to eavesdropping...I'm just hoping the south Koreans cant understand me
Please enable and use it, and I will do the same for your skill, message me after you have done it with your skill name.
You can also enable it from here
amazon.co.uk/dp/…1-1
If you visit that link on your phone, it should automatically start up Alexa app or even allow you to enable the skill from the web browser (if you're logged into your Amazon account). (edited)
I have been meaning to learn how to develop an Alexa skill too and this offer just gives me an added incentive, thinking with Xmas around the corner to do something for the kids with Santa theme, if not anything, might be a fun thing for my 4 year old. And in the bargain if I end up bagging an echo dot for it, then that’s the cherry on top glad also that you found the post of some use
You have to put some hours in, but there are a few tutorials out there, developer.amazon.com/en-…ces for example.
If you know Python or Nodejs, it's pretty easy, JSON goes in and JSON comes out. Some good python example code at github.com/aws….py
Still voted hot.
I actually think I'm going to have a go tbh. If I don't get a freebie then I still learn something I guess.
Edit* Easiest way to create a skill blueprints.amazon.com/
You could even just copy 100 questions out of a few quiz books (edited)
Is she a switched on kid?
Doh - thats naughty - why won't they say something like Free Echo Dot or Echo Show For Developing Alexa Skill or some such. I am pretty sure folks will land here, see the discussion, get annoyed and vote cold thinking its my fault
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Thank you for your message. We understand you have a question about your participation in the marketing promotion for European developers.
We are glad to confirm receipt of your online application for this campaign on Oct 20.
As your skill XXXXXXX was published a few hours ago on our store, kindly allow up to 60 days in order to receive the prize for achieving this milestone.
Thanks for all your interest in Alexa.
So I am going to assume all is well and I should have a shiny echo dot sorted sooner rather then later
And this is the attitude that separates you from the whinging "10p off a bag of Iceland chips" masses on this site. Hats off to you Sir. Best of luck. (edited)
Thanks for your reply bud.
But you may as well have written that in chinese tbh as I'm new to any coding language.
I did watch all Mr robot though that's got to count for something lol...
I'm guessing I'm wanting to do more than i should be at the start. Just didn't want to just submit same ole sh*t for a reward. And now I'm not interested in the freebies anyway. I'll take my time and see what resources I can come across that help me do what I want.
Thanks again.
And while replying to you I got the golden vampire flamedeer and won a £10 amazon voucher so thanks again. (edited)
Download the alexa app onto ur phone.
heres mine. much appreciated if everyone gives it a go.
amazon.co.uk/dp/…1-1
Ah man I thought you could have any name lol
It wouldn't work out as I think they train every wake word with loads of different people with different accents - also the wake word processing is handled offline. If any word could be used then I'd imagine it would affect user experience as Alexa would be less capable of being woken.