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INACTIVE - http://mzl.la/ghe-archive - Scout Alexa Skill
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Branch skill with no summary capabilities #91

Closed tamarahills closed 6 years ago

mkoidin commented 6 years ago

@tamarahills Given the unknown state of SMMRY currently - perhaps we should just set this up with a flag/preference to make summary capabilities optional? My guess is we will launch Pocket skill without summary given SMMRY hasn't been responsive to inquiries.

tamarahills commented 6 years ago

@mkoidin I believe that should work with one modification: 1) Create a separate "pocket" skill (just a .json with the intents configured) without the summary intents. This will keep them from accidentally triggering summary. 2) Right now, after they choose a title, I ask "would you like to hear a summary or the full article?" They say "summary" and then Alexa says: "one moment while I get that ready for you. I think the change based on flag is that Alexa just says "One moment while I get that ready for you".

tamarahills commented 6 years ago

This is fixed by #115. Essentially, there is a flag called SUMMARY. Set this flag to false in the configuration of the lambda to turn off the summary capabilities. The conversation flow will be: P: Alexa open A: Welcome to ... blah blah P: Get Titles A: Here are your titles: 1. blah blah.... What would you like to listen to? P: Play the one about polar bears A: One moment while I get that ready for you (Note that it does not ask the person if they want to hear a summary or the full article. When SUMMARY=true or SUMMARY is missing, they will hear the summary prompt)