by v2badmin | Feb 2, 2020 | Dev, News, Voice Applications
Why are we so quiet over here? Yes we’ve been silent- but you’ll soon see why. It’s been 9 months since we’ve posted a public update and our sincere apologies. As you likely know, we are a small team. So when we are quiet, it means we are busy...
by v2badmin | Mar 11, 2019 | Dev, News, Voice Applications
Is Alexa In-Skill Purchasing Not Yet Ready For Prime Time? We’re having a heck of a time getting a client’s Alexa skill beta tested and certified. The skill uses Amazon’s In-Skill Purchasing, or ISP. Fun time #1 – Double Charges We found a verified...
by v2badmin | Feb 12, 2019 | Dev, Voice Applications
The Cost to use Google’s API: $15k – $75k (or more) for a 3rd Party Assessment It’s a sad day for EmailMonkey and the many folks who utilize our hands free gmail reader service for Alexa & Google Assistant devices. Last week, we received an email...
by v2badmin | Oct 2, 2018 | Dev, News, Voice Applications
Amazon’s Alexa Skill Certification – CEO Abbreviation We are generally very impressed with the Amazon Alexa system and set of developer tools that we’ve been given to service our clients. However, there are exceptions. One big Amazon bug exception that we...
by v2badmin | May 23, 2018 | Dev, News
Some Unexpected Challenges with Alexa Flash Briefings Creating an Alexa Flash Briefing skill is very simple. However, there are a couple of gotchas, and one that’s not documented as far as I can tell. Broken Feed URL When you create a Flash Briefing skill and...
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