Inspiration
Wanted to use one of Google's cloud based APIs
What it does
It used NLP software to detect which language you're speaking in and translates to the requested language.
How I built it
Built an Alexa skill that runs an aws lambda function and calls the Google cloud translation api.
Challenges I ran into
Alexa skills are fairly limited and caused the scope of translations to be significantly less than desired
Accomplishments that I'in proud
Can translate in multiple languages.
What I learned
How to use to integrate Google cloud APIs into node.js
What's next for Alexa translate
More languages and a wider range of requests
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