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Firebase Alexa

Alexa is a voice assistant platform from Amazon, that makes it easy to build voice-driven applications. Firebase is a comprehensive app platform from Google that makes it easy to do… a lot of things. Taking advantage of both makes it easy to build Alexa skills that take the conversation well beyond the Alexa environment itself.

We'll walk through the setup and architecture of a simple skill that takes advantage of the Alexa platform to interact with applications outside the Alexa environment, with activity in the conversation with Alexa being reflected in the changing display of a single-page web application.

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Jerome Scheuring

Jerome Scheuring

Distinguished Engineer, VML, Inc.

Build a Skill for Alexa with Web API and Azure

Amazon Echo, Amazon Tap and Echo Dot have brought voice interfaces to life for the home. We will discuss ways to integrate your existing software or database into an Alexa Skill, allowing for voice-activated, meaningful interaction with a user. Using this SAAS approach, with Web API hosted on Azure can make this process easy for rapid prototyping. We will build and deploy a skill that you can use immediately with your Alexa enabled device, and discuss the challenges of the publishing journey to get in Alexa's Skill Store.

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Heather Downing

Heather Downing

Senior Software Engineer, VML

Create your own Language-Driven Application Utilizing Google Cloud Speech API & Node.JS

The Internet of Things is here and it's growing fast. Smart, connected devices like Alexa are already transforming our world and are rapidly challenging businesses to keep up with innovation. According to estimations by the McKinsey Global Institute, the IoT will have a total economic impact of up to $11 trillion by 2025.

Now is the time to get ahead of the game.

In this session, I will guide you through how to create a simple IoT, Alexa-like application.

I will walk you through the challenges I encountered while writing my very own speech-recognition-powered GIF generator. I will be using Google Cloud Speech API and Node.JS to power my platform.

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Alex Goodman

Alex Goodman

Senior Software Engineer, AxiaTP