We’re excited to announce that developers can now start building voice experiences, called “skills,” for customers in Brazil using the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) with the new Portuguese for Brazil voice model.

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

What's new in the Alexa Skills Kit for April 2019? Read our release roundup blog to find out.

In this new code deep dive series, we provide an end-to-end walkthrough of how to monetize your Alexa skill using in-skill purchasing (ISP).

さあ、Alexaで遊べるゲームを開発しましょう。さて、コーディングに入る前に、音声という文脈でスコープを決め、ゲームのアイデアを練り上げるのに役立つ原則をいくつか紹介しましょう。これから紹介する原則は、一般的なゲーム開発にも当てはまる場合があるかもしれません。ただし、ほとんどはAlexa Skills Kitを使った音声操作用ゲーム開発に特化した内容であり、Amazon Alexa音声デザインガイドに記載された音声デザインのベストプラクティスに従う必要があります。

The Alexa team is constantly inventing new ways for you to take your skills to the next level. We’re excited to showcase these inventions to developers around the world May 2 during Alexa Live, Alexa’s first online-only conference for voice developers. Learn more and register.

We've identified a few tips for helping you troubleshoot your custom skill's back end with one objective in mind: to help you resolve issues faster and deliver higher-quality skills.

As voice commerce grows, so will customers’ expectations that they’ll be able to purchase premium content from Alexa skills. Many will want to discover what your skill offers by asking, “what can I buy?” In this case, your skill should have a good response ready.

実は、ダイアログ管理は私のお気に入りのAlexa Skills Kit機能の1つです。長い時間をかけていろいろな実験をしてきました。スキルの質を高めるコンテキスト切り替え（英語）や柔軟な条件付け（英語）といった便利なテクニックは、こうして開発できたのです。中には、Alexaイベントや@SleepyDeveloperを通して開発者から頂いた質問にインスパイアされたものもあります。Alexa Skills Kitチームでは日々、ダイアログ管理に新しい機能を追加し、更新を行っています。どれもユーザーとのやり取りを向上させるすばらしい機能ばかりです。今日はその中から、インテントチェーンをご紹介します。

After hypnotherapy helped Mauri Niininen get some much-needed rest over 20 years ago, he had a business idea about delivering audio therapy benefits to a broader audience. Today, the Hypno Therapist skill for Alexa provides therapy to tens of thousands of customers.

The new dynamic entities capability helps you personalize Alexa skill experiences by adapting your interaction model at runtime without edits, builds, or re-certification.

The Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) Command-Line Interface (CLI) makes it easier to manage your Alexa skill throughout its lifecycle. The post describes how I automated the ASK CLI to sync my Alexa skill's interaction model faster.

Mark Cuban—Dallas Mavericks owner, Shark Tank investor, and self-made entrepreneur—shares why now is the time for developers to invest in Alexa and double down on voice. Catch the highlights of our interview with Mark.

Sending notifications from applications in your mobile devices is a common feature nowadays, but what if you can send notifications from your Alexa skills to Alexa-enabled devices? Now, with the release of the ProactiveEvents API, you can send timely and relevant information to customers.

Get a recap of our live-streaming sessions from the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2019.