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Alexa – Retirement of Display Templates

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021

The Alexa Development Environment has had a message announcing the replacement of Display Templates with the APL (Advanced Presentation Language).

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Alexa Developer Console Changes

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

The Alexa Developer Console layout has recently been updated. It may take some getting used to.  Old Version: Having a drop-down

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Problem with Alexa Builder using Previous Version

January 6, 2020

One small problem seems to occur when the Alexa Skill Builder is used to revert to an old version of

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Alexa Technical Tips 

New Alexa Warnings in Builder

February 28, 2019March 1, 2019

  The warning message below is a new one, which the Alexa Skill Builder began issuing within the last few

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Please consider upvoting this request

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019

Please consider upvoting this – 'Second Address Line beyond AMAZON.PostalAddress' – https://t.co/QI4iJKUx39 #voicefirst #ask #aws #alexadevs — David Young (@Dave3Young)

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Thanks – updates on AlexaSkills Tools & Features Presentation

February 9, 2019February 9, 2019

Thanks to @memodoring for the informative Twitch presentation on the newest AlexaSkills tools & features this week! @alexadevs #ask #alexa

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Alexa Technical Tips 

AWS Innovate Online Conference

July 25, 2018January 24, 2019

The online presentations were high-level, but still interesting

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Alexa Observations, part 2

May 29, 2018January 24, 2019 alexa, amazon, aws, Web

In the first post, the address slot type (AMAZON.PostalAddress) was shown in the Alexa Simulator as being populated with 5750

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Alexa Observations

March 22, 2018January 24, 2019 alexa, amazon, aws, Web

These are some simple observations I made while testing Alexa Skills under development. For address slot types, the simulator requires

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Thanks – “Designing Multimodal Skills for Alexa presentation”

February 7, 2018January 24, 2019 alexa, amazon, avs, aws, node.js, voice

Thanks @JeffBlankenburg & @memodoring for the great "Designing Multimodal Skills for Alexa presentation" today! #alexa pic.twitter.com/b6wQhdvwgF — David Young (@Dave3Young)

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Thanks for Alexa Dev Day Dallas (Aug 1, 2017)

January 21, 2018January 24, 2019

Thanks to @alexadevs,@intel, and @robmccauley for the informative Alexa Dev Day Dallas! #voicedesign #coding #github #AmazonEcho pic.twitter.com/0zBsASByEi — David Young

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