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Alexa Skill Set vs. Alexa Voice Service

I am working on the Alexa skill (for Echo), and from the very beginning I learned the Alexa skill set.

Now I'm confused about Alexa Voice Service. I read the documentation on Amazon, but can't understand it better.

Please tell us what AVS? And how does this relate to Alex's skills?

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The Alexa skill set is designed to create skills that are specially performed on Amazon Echo or any other device that contains Alexa.

The Alexa Voice Service allows you to add Alexa voice controls to any product with a microphone and speaker.

Learn more about Alexa Voice Service at this link: https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-voice-service#How%20AVS%20Works

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The Alexa Skills Kit is designed to “make Alexa smarter” through the development of custom skills.

Here is the SDK in Node.js that Amazon has released on GitHub.

A prerequisite for these skills is that the user already uses an Alexa-enabled device, such as Echo or Echo Dot.

The Alexa Voice Service SDK allows device users to enable Alexa on any device with a microphone and speaker.

Here is the C ++ SDK that Amazon has released on GitHub.

This means that Alexa can be anywhere - from a car to a smart refrigerator, if you use this SDK, which is very cool!

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Alexa Skill Kit (ASK) is designed to create skills that will be available to users through Echo or other devices that support Alexa (or applications).

The Alexa Voice Service (AVS) is designed to create these other Alexa-enabled devices (or applications).

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AVS (Alexa Voice Service) is designed for existing or new physical devices. If you add AVS libraries, you can rotate this physical device into an Alexa-enabled device.

ASK (Alexa Skill Kit), on the other hand, helps you create “skills” for Alexa. BTW, you can still add skills to any device that you connect via AVS.

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Alexa Voice Service

There are many ways to interact with Alexa - with Tap, Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Look, Echo Show, Dash Wand, and Amazon Fire TV. However, Amazon has distributed Alexa to third-party device manufacturers through the Alexa Voice Service (AVS).

The AVS Device SDK provides C ++ libraries that allow any commercial device to process audio inputs and triggers, establish persistent connections with AVS, and handle all Alexa interactions.

Alexa Skills

A skill set allows you to customize your Alexa conversation by creating your own skill. Skills are similar to third-party applications for Alexa speakers. There are over 20,000 user skills. For example, you might say: "Alexa, open Jeopardy." You need to enable it in order to use it.

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I consider the AVS API to integrate Alexa into any third-party equipment with alexa capabilities (microphone and speaker).

How AVS relates to ASK: -AVS simply has the same ASK capabilities, but is not really used for anything particularly Amazonian. I think AVS is more suitable for third-party hardware, so when creating skills alexa does not need to focus on it.

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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/1012939/

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