VOICE TECHNOLOGY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR DESIGN? TsaTsaTzu Earlier this evening, our CTO Joseph Jaquinta was the invited speaker for the 1000+ member strong Dublin Design Thinking and Service Design Meetup at the Paccar Theater in the Science Gallery…
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VOICE TECHNOLOGY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR DESIGN?
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VOICE ASSISTANTS: STATE OF THE MARKET
VOICE ASSISTANTS: STATE OF THE MARKET In early 2017 Mike Jeffs, the Commercial Director for Branded3, put together a nice article called “OK Google, Siri, Alexa, Cortana; Can you tell me some stats on voice search?” that summarizes where VAs are…
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BOOK RELEASE: DEVELOPING AMAZON ALEXA GAMES
BOOK RELEASE: DEVELOPING AMAZON ALEXA GAMES Stacy Colella, Partner, TsaTsaTzu Following up on our category best selling book, HOW TO PROGRAM AMAZON ECHO, we’ve finally published the definitive guidebook to creating games with an audio interface, DEVELOPING AMAZON ALEXA GAMES:…
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SIX SWORDS: TOP AMAZON ALEXA GAME
SIX SWORDS: TOP AMAZON ALEXA GAME Stacy Colella, Partner, TsaTsaTzu We’re delighted to announce that our own Six Swords – the Alexa Fantasy RPG – is yet again listed among the official list of top Alexa games this month. We’re…
AMAZON IS NOW PAYING GAME DEVELOPERS OF POPULAR ALEXA SKILLS
AMAZON IS NOW PAYING GAME DEVELOPERS OF POPULAR ALEXA SKILLS As reported by Bret Kinsella on voicebot.ai, Amazon will be paying customer usage fees to its top Alexa skills developers starting April 2017. So far we don’t know much about…
VENTUREBEAT SHOUTOUT FOR SIX SWORDS ON GOOGLE HOME
VENTUREBEAT SHOUTOUT FOR SIX SWORDS ON GOOGLE HOME VentureBeat, the techie blog for the Google-inclined, put together a list of its picks for best audio apps for Google Home. Our own Six Swords has made the cut. From the article:…
SIX SWORDS IS LIVE ON AMAZON ECHO AND GOOGLE HOME
SIX SWORDS IS LIVE ON AMAZON ECHO AND GOOGLE HOME Our own audio-based fantasy roleplaying game, Six Swords, is now live on Amazon Alexa (Echo, Dot & Tap). Now you too can play your campaign anywhere with in-game support. Here’s…
AMAZON ELIMINATES SKILLS ENABLEMENT STEP
Today Amazon announced that rules governing skills deployment will be changing. Going forward, all Amazon Alexa skills will be enabled automatically upon certification. This changes means that all skills will work right out-of-the-box. For the user, they will find tens…
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PC MAGAZINE SHOUTOUT FOR OUR ACOUSTIC METRONOME
PC MAGAZINE SHOUTOUT FOR OUR ACOUSTIC METRONOME On March 24, 2017, PC MAGAZINE published its latest list of “The Best Amazon Alexa Skills.” Our own Acoustic Metronome – the little skill that could – has made the list under the…
NEW VIDEO: AMAZON ALEXA’S CUSTOM SLOTS
AMAZON ALEXA’S CUSTOM SLOTS We’ve streamed a new video explaining how to program for Amazon’s original and custom slots. In this video, Joseph Jaquinta talks through the old LITERAL type slot as compared to the new CUSTOM slot. He gives…
