Amazon recently released a new feature that allows for beta testing skills. That's something we (and a lot of other developers) have been requesting for almost a year, and I'm sure we'll have plenty to say about it going forward. Today, though, we wanted to call out one cool side effect: it's now much easier to get ASK Responder configured to play with...
Previously, to get started with ASK Responder you'd have to go through the process of setting up an Alexa skill. As of today, you can just piggyback off of our sample ASKResponder skill as a "beta tester", which means no more fiddling with intent models or sample utterances.
The tradeoff here is that you'll only get the default "GETRESPONSE" intent, meaning you can only have a single response mocked out at a time, but we figure that's a good starting point for a lot of people. And you can always switch to the older (and more advanced) setup anytime you want to take advantage of the full set of features.
To get onboard, all you have to do is follow our beta testing self-registration link here. That'll take you to the Alexa skill store, and you should see a modal like this:
The tradeoff here is that you'll only get the default "GETRESPONSE" intent, meaning you can only have a single response mocked out at a time, but we figure that's a good starting point for a lot of people. And you can always switch to the older (and more advanced) setup anytime you want to take advantage of the full set of features.
To get onboard, all you have to do is follow our beta testing self-registration link here. That'll take you to the Alexa skill store, and you should see a modal like this:
Mmmm, look at those quality skills in the background...
Click "I ACCEPT", and give it 30 seconds or so for the skill to get added to your account, and you're done! You can now use ASK Responder. This basically allows you to skip all the way down to the "Using the skill" section on the ASK Responder page. Have fun!
With setup being so easy, we plan to release a series of articles in the coming weeks about all the stuff you can do with Responder, so be on the lookout.
With setup being so easy, we plan to release a series of articles in the coming weeks about all the stuff you can do with Responder, so be on the lookout.
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