This is a cool concept, but the skill needs more quotes from truly inspirational people to be considered complete. A request for Tupac Shakur gave me Oprah Winfrey, and I asked for Confucius and got Peyton Manning. I can see why this skill is popular, but it seems to be missing many figures typically associated with the word “inspiring.” Instead you get athletes, celebrities, and what people sometimes call “thought leaders.” So you can you create an applet that’s triggered when you say “Alexa, it’s time to start the day” that will turn on your lights, start making your coffee, give you a news briefing, and then activate the Inspire Me skill. I could definitely see this being incorporated into an IFTTT applet to start your day.Īpplets are what IFTTT used to call “recipes,” and you create them to combine multiple commands into a single voice-enabled command for the likes of Alexa and Google Assistant. This skill gives you an audio clip - complete with inspiring music - like words from Steve Job’s famous 2006 commencement address at Stanford University.
Slowing this down would make the game more fun. One criticism: The questions can come too fast to allow you to think. This is like trivia turned on its head, because the skill asks you a bunch of questions, and it’s pretty smart. It is ideal for hands-free devices, but maybe not so much for owners of the Tap Echo. This skill comes from the 2016 Alexa Customers Picks list. The Alexa software development kit has already been used to put Alexa into a wheelchair, and years from now we may all look back and wonder why we ever made a cane without Alexa built in.
It may be Alexa’s answer to why its assistant will spread to devices beyond an Echo or FireTV and into the homes of senior citizens who are not inclined to otherwise own an AI assistant. This skill taps into the hidden deep value of a hands-free device. It won’t call 911, but if you need help, you can tell Ask My Buddy to alert one or all of your friends, family members, or caretakers via SMS, email, or even a phone call. Ask My BuddyĪsk My Buddy is a personal alert system. I don’t think I’d ever make Alexa my prime source for bedtime stories, in part because of Alexa’s monotone speaking voice, but it is fun to play with for a bit. This skill should allow more customization - so that you can select the age of the child, not just their name - because the kind of story a five- or seven-year-old wants to hear is completely different from the kind best suited to a two- or three-year-old. When I played this skill for my kid, she asked for more and more stories, so that’s a great sign. That’s the only streak of commercialization I found in the stories. She also received a $100 Amazon Prime gift certificate. In one, my daughter was named a Nobel Prize winner. One story is about a zombie attack, which may not be exactly bedtime story material for most kids still young enough for a bedtime story. There’s a Minions-related story and one that takes place “in a galaxy far, far away.” There’s one in which a kid president gets elected to a second term for giving everybody ice cream. Short Bedtime StoryĮach of these stories is about 30 seconds to one minute long and is personalized to your kid’s name. Stories aren’t meant to be told in Alexa’s monotone voice, but this skill has been rated higher than almost any other skill in the marketplace, and it gets four out of five stars and a big stamp of approval from the Alexa user community. If you stop at any time, the adventure is over. I wish this skill gave you the option to start and stop. This can feel a bit like a novelty, but do this with other people and it’s immediately more fun. There are sleeping dragons, temples, the faint sound of music, and other mysterious sights and sounds to lure you in. It’s not always clear what you can do next, but the skill is keen to show you. This is a choose-your-own-adventure skill that lets you do things like explore the sea, hills, or a dark forest.
Each question comes from a different category and was made by writers from the Jeopardy! show.įortunately, J6 trivia is easier than trivia from the show. Like the show, your response must be in the form of an answer, and you have only a few seconds to respond. This is a daily collection of six trivia questions asked in a Jeopardy! style. Enable this skill and you’ll get thunderstorm sounds, and nothing else, but a lot of people seem to like that. 1 reason people use Alexa, and very basic sounds - like thunderstorms, rain, and ocean waves - are also among the top.
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