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alexa-pi / AlexaPiDEPRECATED

DEPRECATED - Use https://github.com/alexa-pi/AlexaPi instead ...Turn a Raspberry Pi into an Alexa Client
https://github.com/alexa-pi/AlexaPi
MIT License
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Adding skills #27

Closed rndmsfree closed 8 years ago

rndmsfree commented 8 years ago

Never mind. Figured it out, for what it's worth.

maso27 commented 8 years ago

The shortcoming of AlexaPi is that it's currently only a state machine that waits for a button press, then records a request and returns a response. Anything that requires server-initiated audio beyond that one response gets dropped on the floor. There's still a large amount of functionality that does work under those constraints.

I've installed a number of skills on mine, and most work. I've had success with The Bartender, Teacher, Spelling Bee, and The Magic Door.

doubledrat commented 8 years ago

how do you go about adding skills to AlexaPi? I can't connect the amazon app to mine...

maso27 commented 8 years ago

For me, it was fairly seamless.

My Android phone is on the same network as the AlexaPi, and I installed the Alexa app on the phone. When I went into "Settings/Alexa Devices" I saw both my Fire TV stick and the RaspberryEcho. For some reason the RaspberryEcho is listed as Offline (most likely due to the state machine that just sits idle instead of constantly communicating with the server). I set my address, connected calendars, and all the other setup stuff in spite of the Offline status, and everything works.

I can also connect to it from my wife's iPhone, FWIW.

doubledrat commented 8 years ago

well this is odd. today I go into the app and the alexapi is there without me having to do anything. yesterday it wanted me to connect to the echo's wifi and allsorts.

lennysh commented 8 years ago

Can this be closed now?