[SGVHAK] DIY Alexa-enabled speaker + new Mars skill

[Braddock Gaskill]

Can you turn any Linux box with a microphone into an Alexa interface?
I'd like to play with it.

-braddock

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Lan Dang via HAK <hak at sgvhak.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There was news not too long ago that JPL had built an Alexa skill to enable
> people to get more detailed, real-time information about Mars.  Here it is.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Jet-Propulsion-Laboratory-NASA-Mars/dp/B01LYTB0MS
>
> I have no desire to bring an Amazon Echo into my house, but I might be
> interested in building an Alexa-enabled speaker using a Raspberry Pi.  It
> would be fun to learn more about Alexa skills.  All I need is a usb
> microphone, which I just ordered from Amazon for under $5.
>
> http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/25/11307066/amazon-alexa-echo-speaker-diy-guide-raspberry-pi
>
>
> Lan