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Get Started with a Voice Assistant: Developing Alexa Skills
Labdox
  • Start Date: 02 Aug, 2021
  • 3 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Learn how to create an Alexa Skill and delve into the technology of a voice assistant with this practical online course.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

Discover the skills needed to design Voice Applications


Statistics show that over 40% of adults use voice search at least once per day. There are over 300 million smart speaker units, such as Alexa, currently installed in homes – and the number looks set to double by 2024.


This means learning this new technology in the initial stage will give you an extra edge in the industry, as demand for voice UI developers continues to grow.


This three-week course will help you kickstart your voice developer journey and give you a strong foundation of knowledge in Alexa Skills.


Learning from the experts at Labdox, you’ll be introduced to voice technology, and Alexa, before learning about the future of how we will communicate with technology.


Get hands-on VUI experience


You’ll gain practical experience using the Alexa Skills Kits (ASK) and learn to design an engaging voice user interface (VUI) as you create a voice UI and build a custom Alexa Skill from scratch.


Delving into the Alexa technology, you’ll create your own Alexa Skill with code and learn how to publish it to the skill store.


Explore the history of a voice assistant


To deepen your understanding of voice assistants, you’ll explore the evolution of a voicer user interface.


You’ll also delve into the concepts of voice assistants and identify the differences between voice UI and screen UI.


By the end of the course, you will be ready to create Alexa Skills that your customers or friends will love.


This course is designed for developers interested in Alexa Skills.


It is an introductory course for people who want to add custom skills to their Amazon Alexa device.



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  • A Computer with a Good Internet Connection


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