Inspiration
When we were kids we used to sing a lot! And we loved karaoke. We found out that there are no "cool" karaoke songs available on Alexa so we decided to change that.
What it does
It is probably first Christmas Carols Karaoke on Alexa. It really works! (organically tested). There are 10 Christmas Carols so far, each in two versions:
- original (with vocals)
- karaoke (instrumental)
If your device has a screen you can choose to play Karaoke version!
The most beautiful Christmas Carols are a great opportunity to sing along with family. Create a chorus, sing in two voices, at home, with friends or neighbours.
List of songs:
- Jingle Bells
- We Wish you a Merry Christmas
- Silent Night
- The 12 Days of Christmas
- O Christmas Tree
- Deck The Halls
- First Noel
- Joy To The World
- O Holy Night
- Angels we have heard on High
How we built it
We have prerecorded all songs as video to allow highlighting the text and syncing it with music. Our talented graphics designer prepared beautiful layout and logos.
The rest was simple - couple weeks of coding and the skill gained beautiful visuals.
Challenges we ran into
Very often the view in the simulator was different to the one on actual devices (Show and Spot) - we had to try and fail multiple times to make the skill look good.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
It works! Organically tested with friends and families!
What we learned
That Alexa can be used not only for audio but also for video (visual) content - this opens a lot of new opportunities.
What's next for Christmas Carols
More songs! And it would be awesome to allow voice recording and sharing the karaoke performances ;)
Built With
- amazon-dynamodb
- apl
- c#
- isp
- lambda
- s3

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