Voice In Canada Flash Briefing #283
Hey there, and hope you are having a fantastic day. It’s Teri here with your flash briefing for Wednesday. Here’s some big news, a new feature that is finally available in Canada. Well, it’s not so new in the United States, it’s been there for a while, but we had been waiting for it. And that is, of course, the Alexa Skills Blueprints. So what are Blueprints?
Blueprints are basically templates that make it really easy for any of us to create some skills. And there’s actually about 35 different templates that you can use. Let me give you a couple of examples of things you can do. You can create a “Chore Chart”, which keeps track of chores that are being done in the household. You can do a “House Guest” skill. So, when you welcome guests into your home, it has a guide to your neighborhood.
Blueprints are basically templates that make it really easy for any of us to create some skills. And there’s actually about 35 different templates that you can use.
You can do inspirations with fun quotes, you can do set up, games specific to your family, trivia games specific to your family. A birthday game specific to somebody who is celebrating a birthday in your family, or in your home. Compliments, fortune tellers, story quizzes, flashcards. A Pet sitter skill, so that if you have somebody come in, they can talk to Alexa and find out information about taking care of your pet.
Same thing with a babysitter. So, there are tons of things here, and what this does is it makes it very, very simple for any of us to create a skill. All you have to do is simply go to Blueprints.Amazon.ca and you can check it out. So, let me know what you make with the Blueprints. I’d love to hear about it. And I look forward to hearing from you. Talk to you again tomorrow.
Useful Resources
- Complete List of Alexa Commands
- Alexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in Canada
- Teri Fisher on Twitter
- Alexa in Canada on Twitter
- Alexa in Canada on Instagram
- Alexa in Canada Community Group on Facebook
- Please leave a review on the Skills Store!
- Shopping on Amazon.ca
- Create a Flash Briefing Tutorial – Free Tutorial to Create your own Flash Briefing
- Flash Briefing Formula – Your Complete Premium Step-By-Step Course to Launch a Successful Flash Briefing that Gets Found and Grows Your Brand
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1. Open your Alexa app and click on the Menu button > Settings > Flash Briefing.
2. Click on “Add Content” and search for “Voice in Canada”.
3. Click on “Voice in Canada” and the Enable button.
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