Now you can use 27 different Amazon Polly voices in your Alexa skills.

How do you know if your Alexa skill should be conversational? Learn about the four hallmarks of conversational design, and then start ideating for conversation in our new self-paced training course.

Storylineは、プログラミングせずに、ドラッグ＆ドロップ機能を使いながら対話モデルを作成するツールです。Alexaスキル管理API（SMAPI）と連携することで、Alexaスキルの開発、テスト、公開、アップデートがすべてStoryline上で可能です。現在、世界で4000以上のスキルがStorylineを使って開発され、スキルストアに公開されました。

Every developer who submits a skill for certification has the opportunity to share feedback via a survey we send with their certification results. Based on the results of this survey, we’ve identified a few common certification pain points that are relatively easy to avoid.

With a variety of in-skill products to offer, it’s important to think about which one can help you best enhance your skill through premium content.

今年5月Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) SDK for Node.jsのバージョン2（以下：V2）がリリースされました。そこでV1からV2へ移行を考える方が多いと思います。先週行われたAlexa Dev Days Tokyoで沢山のAlexaスキルデベロッパーとお会いする中で、これに関連した質問をいただきましたので、ご紹介します。

Before you dive into creating conversational skills, you'll need to spend some time understanding conversation and the elements of communication.

Jeff Bolton has a catalog of 88 Alexa skills. When in-skill purchasing became available, he saw an even greater opportunity to monetize his popular skills by delivering premium experiences.

The entire AWS re:Invent 2018 session catalog is now live! Explore more than 50 Alexa technical sessions and then register to attend.

In July, we announced the Alexa Skills Challenge: Tech for Good. The challenge invited developers to build Alexa skills that could have a positive impact on the environment, local communities, and the world. We’ve finally narrowed down the 10 finalists and we’re excited to share them with you.

みなさまが開発されたAlexaスキルは、スキルストアへの公開に当たり、Alexa審査チームが認定審査をさせていただいき、スキルがよいユーザー体験をお届けできるよう、必要に応じてフィードバックをさせていただいています。このブログでは、審査で改善のフィードバックを受けるスキルの傾向を紹介し、事前にご対応いただく方法を紹介します。今回は「詳細な説明」についてです。

Today, we are happy to announce new doorbell APIs for smart home cameras and doorbells, unlocking new customer scenarios in home automation and monitoring.

Today, we’re excited to announce that developers can start building voice experiences, called “skills,” for French Canadian customers using the Alexa Skills Kit with the Canadian French voice model.

This tutorial will show you how you can add support for the French (Canada) model for your existing skills. It will also show you how you can use ASK to enable Alexa to respond based on locales.

The more customers you reach, the more likely they are to discover and engage with your skill. Therefore, we always suggest developers localize and publish skills in as many languages as possible. Follow these steps to localize your Alexa skill.