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UdemyIntroduction to Voice Design with Amazon's Alexa
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Designing for voice instead of screens
This beginner course introduces voice-first user experience design through the lens of Amazon's Alexa platform, set against the backdrop of a fast-growing Internet of Things. It's aimed at developers who are comfortable building for screens but new to designing for voice.
What you'll learn
- An overview of Amazon Echo — described by TechCrunch as proof of the "viability of voice-based home computing"
- How Alexa works as a voice service, and how third-party developers extend it with "skills"
- The Alexa Skills Kit, and how to build a voice app using AWS Lambda
- Key differences between designing mobile applications and designing voice experiences
- Best practices specific to voice interaction design
Rather than treating voice as "just another screen," the course treats it as its own design discipline with its own constraints and conventions.
A useful starting point for mobile or web developers curious about extending into voice and IoT.
About this course
The Internet of Things is growing fast, and developers have the potential to unlock the potential of IoT for the connected home and beyond. This course is designed to provide developers with an introduction to IoT and voice-first user experiences, using Amazon’s Alexa platform as an example. We’ll give you an overview of Amazon Echo, the device that TechCrunch says “proves the viability of voice-based home computing.” Then you’ll meet Alexa, the voice service that powers Amazon Echo, and learn how third-party developers can add new capabilities, called skills, to Alexa. We will discuss the Alexa Skills Kit and explain how to create a voice app using AWS Lambda. Finally, we’ll help you understand the differences between building mobile applications and voice experiences and provide best practices for voice design.
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