I was asked by my family what I wanted for Christmas recently. As I was considering buying an Amazon Echo for myself, I suggested that I could order one for them to give to me.
It arrived a few days ago and like a naughty child, I opened my XMas present early and I have since been talking to 'Alexa' - with varying degrees of success (and frustration)!
I saw a video on YouTube about how to create a 'Skill' for the Amazon Echo (equivalent of a mobile phone app) and so yesterday, I decided to have a go.
I won't describe how I did it in detail, because there are many videos and other tutorials around which tell you how to do it.
I decided to try a simple Skill for Easy2Boot: e.g.
"Alexa, ask Easy2Boot Helper how to add ubuntu"
Here is how I got on...
It arrived a few days ago and like a naughty child, I opened my XMas present early and I have since been talking to 'Alexa' - with varying degrees of success (and frustration)!
I saw a video on YouTube about how to create a 'Skill' for the Amazon Echo (equivalent of a mobile phone app) and so yesterday, I decided to have a go.
I won't describe how I did it in detail, because there are many videos and other tutorials around which tell you how to do it.
I decided to try a simple Skill for Easy2Boot: e.g.
"Alexa, ask Easy2Boot Helper how to add ubuntu"
Here is how I got on...