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Get Started with a Voice Assistant: Developing Alexa Skills 

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Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

2,205

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Get Started with a Voice Assistant: Developing Alexa Skills
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Get Started with a Voice Assistant: Developing Alexa Skills
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  • Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
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Get Started with a Voice Assistant: Developing Alexa Skills
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Skills you will learn
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  • 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 will be introduced to voice technology, and Alexa, before learning about the future of how we will communicate with technology.
  • You will 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 will create your own Alexa Skill with code and learn how to publish it to the skill store.
  • To deepen your understanding of voice assistants, you will explore the evolution of a voicer user interface.
  • You will 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.
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Get Started with a Voice Assistant: Developing Alexa Skills
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Curriculum

HELLO ALEXA

Welcome to the course

Understanding Voice Assistants

Who is Alexa?

Building for the Voice

Introduction to Voice User Interface

Alexa Skills Overview

Code Alexa

Getting started with coding your first Alexa Skill

Say Hello to your first Alexa Skill

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Other: You will 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 will create your own Alexa Skill with code and learn how to publish it to the skill store. To deepen your understanding of voice assistants, you will explore the evolution of a voicer user interface. You will also delve into the concepts of voice assistants and identify the differences between voice UI and screen UI.
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