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alexa-pi / AlexaPi

Alexa client for all your devices! # No active development. PRs welcome # consider https://github.com/respeaker/avs instead
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What skills are possible with AlexaPi ? #391

Open howi42 opened 6 years ago

howi42 commented 6 years ago

I have AlexaPi up and running, asking questions and getting a result works fine. But what now ? Is there anything I can connect to AlexaPi ? Example :

PoltergeistProject commented 6 years ago

you can add skills to your Alexa and use it as you want.

Let's say you have a Philips HUE; you can add the PhilipsHue skill to Alexa and when you say Alexa/ Turn lights off it will turn off the lights for you

maso27 commented 6 years ago

@smowk, have you had this work for you, using AlexaPi?

To my knowledge, the smart home connection stuff is implemented in the various Alexa devices' internal software, not at the server. AlexaPi is merely a window to the server--sending and receiving audio files.

AlexaPi works great with any skills that are strictly audio-based but we just don't have access to or support for the client-side smart devices controls.

I feel like I heard reports of folks who also had echo devices connected being able to control their smart devices with AlexaPi but I'm not certain of it.

fourleggedostrich commented 6 years ago

Can it do the calls or "drop in" intercom system that the echo dots can use? When i try it on the Alexa pi, it just says "calls are not supported on this device, you can use the alexa app".

EmerickH commented 6 years ago

@fourleggedostrich no

AlexaPi is using Alexa API v1 that is very limited so a lot of skills can never work on it. I leave this issue openned to list skills that are working or not