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

[Braddock Gaskill]

eek, 8 pages of dense instructions for the generic linux install.  I
don't really want a "project".  Let me know how it goes on the Pi.

-braddock

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com> wrote:
> I think so.  They say to follow the push-to-talk version.
>
> "Follow the instructions to set up the push-to-talk only prototype on Linux,
> Mac, or Windows."
>
> https://github.com/alexa/alexa-avs-sample-app/wiki/Linux
>
>
>
> I didn't read it carefully, so I don't understand why the instructions
> appear to require building a mobile app for Android or IOS.  I believe it
> has to do with how you authenticate with Amazon in order to use their Alexa
> Voice Service.
>
> Lan
>
> ________________________________
> From: Braddock Gaskill <braddock at braddock.com>
> To: Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com>; Hardware Hacking Special Interest Group
> <hak at sgvhak.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 1:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [SGVHAK] DIY Alexa-enabled speaker + new Mars skill
>
> 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
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