Unable to Remove Alexa Skills from Store
Alexa can be the roach motel of skills; They go IN but don't come OUT Developers unable to remove their skills from the Alexa Store We had an instance where we needed to remove a skill from the Alexa store for a period of time. Normally, this is easy: just...
Which Smart speaker is best for your business?
Choosing your smart speaker vendor Alexa or Google? Navigating hardware decisions We founded Voice2Biz Inc years ago on the premise that our technology and services would serve all smart speakers so whatever device you chose, we’d be there. Initially, that meant all...
Amazon Alexa Client Data Security Hole/Risk
Amazon Alexa has a client data security risk with Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
Alexa’s Showstopper bugs in their APL code
Oh, the many challenges with Alexa Presentation Language (APL) Our experience with Alexa Skills Challenge: Beyond Voice Amazon periodically holds hackathon contests to get Alexa developers to build skills that use certain Alexa capabilities. The most recent one is the...
World Meet MAVIS
Meet MAVIS - Multimedia Audio Visual Interface System Today we are proud to introduce the world to MAVIS. MAVIS stands for Multimedia Audio Visual Interface System and is the product of 7+ person years of technology development combined into one powerful...
Why So Quiet?
We’ve been quiet because we’ve been busy building some cool tech you’re about to hear & see.
Alexa In-Skill Purchasing Not Yet Ready For Prime Time?
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...
OAuth 2.0 for Google APIs – 3rd Party Audit Costs Require EmailMonkey to Shutdown
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 notification from...
Alexa Skill Certification – “CEO” Must Be “C.E.O.”
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 just ran...
Alexa Flash Briefing Woes
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...