Words Adventure

• 

  Words Adventure: Alexa skill for kids

Inspiration

Amazon has made great strides in terms of voice technology. The opportunity to create for voice and make a difference in children's lives ultimately inspired me.

What it does

Words Adventure teaches kids key components of the English language such as nouns, adjectives, verbs etc, through a gamified quiz session each spanning for five questions. Whenever a kid get's the right answer they're congratulated by a by bazinga! SSML audio, bringing out the game-like nature of the quiz.

How I built it

Challenges I ran into

Some of the documentation on SSML integration was not quite clear. However, through listing possible integration solutions and managed to create a working solution. I experienced challenges in creating the video using echosim.io for testing, my fluctuating internet connection caused some hindrances, in this regard. I however, was able to create a demo video using the skill service and I hope, this does not jeopardize my chances of winning. I hope to purchase an echo dot soon, when I travel outside my country. In addition to the video submission, i created a video explaining the features of my skill. I have included the link in a text file under additional info.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

1. Creating an app for the kids. 2. Working hard, i persisted through the documentation, the code until i created my own features for building on top of the trivia sample. This resulted in app that gracefully handles Stop Intents, gracefully tells a kid whether they have done well or not, speaks and quizzes with the kids in mind. ## What I learned Building for Amazon is cool and that as a developer always be willing to put in the hours and make what you're building priority ## What's next for Words Adventure Integration of other elementary subjects such as Maths, Science, the addition of more English content and further gamification of the app.

Built With

• json
• node.js
• trivia-skills-sdk