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Live preview Alexa

Ask Ava out loud.

Connect your own Alexa skill and say “open vocaic ava”. Ava answers in the voice and accent you pick, and can say a phrase in another language in a native voice. Vocaic verifies every Alexa request before answering.

Connect your Alexa skill

Paste your developer key and the skill id from the Alexa developer console, and pick the voice Ava should answer in. Your key is identified by its hash only; a skill id is not a secret.

Your Alexa connections

Paste your developer key above to see the connections on it.

Finish setting up Alexa

Endpoint URL

Save your connection above first, and the endpoint URL for your skill appears here.

In your skill, choose endpoint type HTTPS, paste this URL, and select My development endpoint has a certificate from a trusted certificate authority.
Interaction model
{
  "interactionModel": {
    "languageModel": {
      "invocationName": "vocaic ava",
      "intents": [
        {
          "name": "AMAZON.CancelIntent",
          "samples": []
        },
        {
          "name": "AMAZON.HelpIntent",
          "samples": []
        },
        {
          "name": "AMAZON.StopIntent",
          "samples": []
        },
        {
          "name": "AMAZON.FallbackIntent",
          "samples": []
        },
        {
          "name": "AskAvaIntent",
          "slots": [
            {
              "name": "query",
              "type": "AMAZON.SearchQuery"
            }
          ],
          "samples": [
            "ask {query}",
            "tell me {query}",
            "what is {query}",
            "what are {query}",
            "how do I say {query}",
            "how do you say {query}",
            "answer {query}",
            "{query}"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "types": []
    }
  }
}
In the console, open the JSON Editor under Interaction Model, paste this, then Save and Build. The invocation name is “vocaic ava”; you can change it to any two or more words.
Try it
  1. Create a custom skill and choose “Provision your own” hosting.
  2. Paste the endpoint URL and the interaction model above, then build.
  3. In the console simulator say “open vocaic ava”, then ask a question or “how do I say thank you in Japanese”.