A new parser that learns which words of an utterance belong together enables Alexa to handle multistep requests.

Data representation schemes — such as "embeddings" — are a hot topic in machine learning. At this year's IEEE Spoken Language Technologies conference, Alexa scientists present a new representation scheme that cuts skill selection error rate by 40%.

Starting today, developers can test live Alexa skills with the same toolset used to test skills during development.

Today, six new built in slot types along with the new AMAZON.NavigateHomeIntent are available in most Alexa locales. These can help you improve dialog models and the customer experience on devices with screens.

We recently wrapped up AWS re:Invent 2018, where the Alexa team engaged with the largest gathering of global Amazon developers. Check out the recordings and resources from the breakout sessions.

We are excited to announce the Security Panel Controller API, enabling your customers to control their security systems via Alexa-enabled devices.

New Alexa capabilities are often bootstrapped using "grammars", formal rules that can generate artificial training examples for machine learning systems. A new method for constructing statistical language models directly from grammars can improve speech recognition on new capabilities by up to 15%.

Alexaスキルでユーザーのリマインダーを設定、管理できる、リマインダーAPIがこのほど使用できるようになりました。このAPIは、Alexaでサポートされているすべての国・地域で使用できます。

We are excited to announce the availability of the ProactiveEvents API. With the API, you can enable your Alexa skills to send notifications to customers who have granted permissions.

Here are a few things to keep in mind as you start designing visual components to complement your voice-first experience.

We're excited to announce two new capabilities for Alexa Skill developers that help you quickly improve the performance of your interaction model and build more accurate and engaging skills.

A new technique that lets different natural-language-understanding modules independently calibrate their judgments about whether they should handle a given utterance helps improvements reach Alexa customers more efficiently.

Die Idee für den ersten Skill kam unserem neuen Alexa Champion Ralf Eggert gleich ein paar Stunden, nachdem sein erstes Echo-Gerät zuhause in der Wohnung stand.

In today’s resource roundup, I share our top articles from the year on how you can make it easier for customers to find and engage with your Alexa skills. 

Alexa developers from the UK, Germany, Austria, and Ireland have worked for two months to build the most engaging and entertaining game skills for Alexa. Today, we are happy to announce the grand prize and bonus prize winners.