With over 60,000 active monthly users, Big Sky has earned Steven Arkonovich both income and publicity. But when in-skill purchasing became available, he saw the opportunity to build a sustainable revenue stream by selling  premium, personalized content to customers.

Learn how to use the Alexa Presentation Language (APL), Amazon’s new voice-first design language, to create rich, interactive displays for Alexa skills and tailor the experience for tens of millions of Alexa-enabled devices.

In this technical post, I build upon the coffee shop skill that I introduced in the blog about how to dynamically elicit slots based on a previous answer using dialog management.

Get an overview of our latest Twitch series on how to build an engaging game skill from start to finish.

AMAZON.CreativeWorkType、AMAZON.Food、AMAZON.Sport、および AMAZON.VideoGame のビルトインスロットタイプがすべてのAlexaをサポートするリージョンで使用できるようになりました。これらのスロットと他のビルトインスロットのタイプを使用して、スキルの開発時間を節約し、ユーザー体験を向上させることができます。現在これらのスロットタイプはパブリックベータですが、スキルに適用してスキルストアに公開することができます。

In the new Designing for Conversation course, we outline a method for identifying users via user personas when initially designing a skill.

I'm often asked, "Is there away to change the slot and the question that Alexa prompts the user for next based on the previous answer?" The answer is yes! Learn more about how dialog management simplifies creating a multi-turn conversational skill.

When Amazon introduced Echo in the UK, Drew Cosgrove knew he’d found just the opportunity he needed to sharpen his skills development — and build a rewarding new career as a voice developer.

Gerade erst wurde Tim Kahle, Mitgründer der Voice-Agentur 169 Labs, zum Alexa Champion ernannt. Dass seine Karriere und Leidenschaft im Bereich der Sprachsteuerung liegen wird, ahnte er im April 2017, als er an seinem ersten Voice-Hackathon teilnahm, noch nicht.

We are excited to announce the general availability of the Music Skill API in the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK). You can use the Music Skill API to enable your customers in the US to access your entire music catalog via voice.

In less than a month, AWS re:Invent will kick off in Las Vegas, Nevada. To help you plan your experience, we asked members of the Alexa team to share an insider’s take on the sessions they are looking forward to.

Today we’re excited to announce the public beta of the Alexa Presentation Language (APL). This new design language allows you to build interactive, multimodal Alexa skills and customize them for different Alexa-enabled devices.

９月に開かれたAlexaスキルアワードのファイナルステージに登壇したファイナリストの一人、杉崎信清さんは、筑波技術大学の３年生です。同大学は視覚・聴覚障害者向けの国立大学で、視覚障害（全盲）のある杉崎さんは情報システム学科で勉強しています。杉崎さんにAlexaスキル開発の経験や、VUI（音声ユーザーインターフェース）への思いなどを伺いました。

Today, we added skill activation metrics to the Analytics tab on the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) Developer Console.

We regularly talk to developers about building a strong interaction model to optimize skill accuracy, helping customers get to the right intents. Here are a few best practices you can incorporate into your skills to improve customer engagement.