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Voice User Experience should be more humanic.

The Amazon would like to make Alexa to more HUMAN CENTRIC. You should not convert your web services to Alexa Skill directly.  What is the humanistic way? We consider these feature what we have.

  • We already have experience.  In conversation, We always complement information from our experience.
  • We often extend our conversation with the information that is stored each other.
  • We usually take care of him(or her) in conversation.
  • We store some keywords in our conversation for the next time.

In many cases of GUI systems, There are many implementations which we don’t go forward if all conditions should be clear. This is a not appropriate way for Voice User Experience. 

test

First Time
—————————————————————————————————————-
You:       Alexa, open booking concierge
Alexa:   Welcome booking concierge. What your name?

You:       hugtech
Alexa:    Welcome hugtech. ….
—————————————————————————————————————-

Secound Time
—————————————————————————————————————-
You:       Alexa, open booking concierge
Alexa:   Welcome booking concierge. What your name?

You:       (I already told my name to you….)
—————————————————————————————————————-

That is not humanistic! When you turn on the skill for the second time,  How about this?

Second Time
—————————————————————————————————————-
You:       Alexa, open booking concierge.
Alexa:   Welcome. I’m happy to see you again. 
—————————————————————————————————————-

In addition to this, We usually use several greeting. There are many patterns. Shall we modify greeting every time after Second time?

Third Time
—————————————————————————————————————-
You:       Alexa, open booking concierge
Alexa:   Welcome back, hugtech.
—————————————————————————————————————-

AAJUG Online Discussion #01

The AAJUG is a short name of Amazon Alexa Japan User Group.

The first online meetup was taken placed on 4 June 2018.

https://aajug.connpass.com/event/92574/

Thank you to all attendees!

Topics

  • self-introducing
  • about your skill
  • how do you usually do the test?
  • how to test the SSML
  • which is better node or python?
  • We wish the whole room can be Smart Home.
  • Clova, Google Home, Alexa, and Line
  • How about microphone’s performance of Spot and Show?
  • Which is better for designing the skill? Many conversations? Minimise?
  • advertisement(meetup, event etc..)

URL’s in the Topics

Python tutorial 5 munites alexa skill
https://developer.amazon.com/…/…/alexa-skill-python-tutorial

Alexa Skill： YUUBIN BANGOU KENSAKU
https://www.amazon.co.jp/Tomoyuki-Tochihira-%E…/…/B078SLJZ9G

Alexa Skill: Backlog for Amazon Alexa
https://www.amazon.co.jp/voicelabo-Backlog-for…/…/B07B2MVNQH

Alexa Skill: OTAMESHI GACHA!
https://www.amazon.co.jp/ottori-%E3%81%8A%E8%…/…/

Alexa Skill: MHW JAKUTEN checker
https://www.amazon.co.jp/ottori-%E3%80%8C%E9%9D%9E%E5%85…/…/

Alexa Skill: Mesoko URANAI
https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3…/…/B07CND9KR7

Alexa Skill： BOSS NO HITOKOTO
https://www.amazon.co.jp/voicehackerjp-%E9%9D%…/…/B07DBBJB16

Alexa Skill： POIMONN NO MORI
https://www.amazon.co.jp/TAKAHIRO-NISHIZONO-%E…/…/B077LPDVXW

tips Github/URL

https://github.com/daisukeA…/alexa-conversation-model-assert
https://github.com/daisukeArk
https://www.npmjs.com/package/alexa-ssml-jsx
https://github.com/nickclaw/alexa-ssml
https://www.twilio.com/channels

Others

[Amazon Key]
https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=17735409011

[Gadgets]
https://www.amazon.com/Light-Rhapsody-Control-…/…/B0766D7V3X

[Advertisement]
https://classmethod.jp/news/180712-alexa-salon-sapporo/

https://alexaskillawards.connpass.com/

 

Give me the PR、issue

https://github.com/ask-utils/ask-utils

 

See you next online discussion and enjoy voice experience!
https://aajug.connpass.com/event/92576/

 

FB Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/amazon.alexa.jp/

 

Slack

https://alexa-jp.slack.com/

Invitation link

https://join.slack.com/t/alexa-jp/shared_invite/enQtMzY0NzczOTA5MDc3LTdhOTdhMDllM2JhODZlMjg2NDdjYWQxNTU5OWQwMWEzZWU3YTEzNjQzN2M4N2Y2YjI1ZGZkNGZiMGMwMmMwNDQ

 

WordBenchが終わることについて

This post is written in Japanese.

For thinking about community.

 

WordBench が終わることについて思うこと

僕は、WordPress のコミュニティにそれほど関わってる人間ではありません。WordBench には１、２回参加し、WordCamp KyotoでLTした、くらいの人間です。そんな数少ない参加でも、、それでも、WordBench は他のコミュニティよりも、よりピースフルな場所に感じていて、僕自身もWordPressではないですが、コミュニティを運営する立場の一人として、コミュニティに助けられた一人として、先日の「WordBench 終了」というのは、とても寂しい気持ちになった、というのが正直なところです。

一個人がブートしたコミュニティが１０年も続いたんです。止めたい時に止めればいいと僕は思います。

（もちろん、もったいないなあという気持ちはありますが。）

コミュニティを先導したのはMiyoshiさん（と有志のボランティアメンバー）、なのであれば、最終決定もMiyoshiさんがすればいい、というのが私の考えです。コミュニティは大きくなった、メンバーも増えた、それに群がる人たちも増えてきた。WordPressがデファクトスタンダードになるにつれて、不協和音も起こる、それを軌道修正しようとしたけどダメだった。止めます。それでいいじゃない？と思います。

「いままでありがとう！ あとは僕らが引き継ぐ！」みたいなのが起こったらそれはそれで続ければいいんじゃない？と。

そんな単純は話でないことはわかっていますが、止めるという意思も尊重したい。WordBenchの存続を望む声が多いんなら、遅かれ早かれ、引き継ぐ人が出るでしょう。コミュニティは、それくらいの「軽さ」でいいんではないか？ と思うのです。

 

10年続いたコミュニティなんです。ひとまず、ほんとにおつかれさまでしたと言いたい。

今後 meetup.com へ移行していくようですが、体裁やレギュレーションの差異はあれど、WordBenchの価値観がこれまでと変わりなく続いていくことに僕は楽観的です。これだけWordBenchを思う人たちが声をあげて議論がされてるところを見ると、作り上げてきたものはちゃんと伝搬してるのではないかと思います。

マル。

 

 

AWS Summit Benelux 2018

 

AWS Summit Benelux is the really big conference for developers.

 

Introduction

Opening Session (Werner Vogels CTO of AWS)

Some new AWS service was introduced.

Although I’ve already known at re:Invent 2017, I recognized again AWS improve and more convenient the world.

Sessions

Unfortunately, I didn’t watch sessions much. Here are sessions which I joined.

 

Machine Learning

 Introduction of AWS SageMaker.

 

Serverless

 Making Serverless App with GraphQL

 

Culture of AWS

 Interviewing to Werner Vogels.

 

AWS Community Organizers in the Netherlands

They are AWS community organizers. Amsterdam, Hague, and JAWS-UG the Netherlands branch(it’s me)

 

Community pages

AWS Amsterdam

AWS Hague

JAWS-UG the Netherlands branch

 

Mr. Danilo again since re:Invent 2017 and a new nice guy in AWS

We met at re:Invent 2017.  Thanks to Danilo, I could join AWS community in the Netherlands.

 

See you next AWS Summit Benelux!

 

Backlog User Group Netherlands (NBUG) has birthed.

Bucklog User Group has booted up!

The Backlog is famous Project Management tool in Japan.

Manufacture of Backlog (Nulab.inc) has come to the Netherlands recently.

Hugtech.io helped them to built up the community.

 

NBUG Netherlands Backlog UserGroup Meetup

Haarlem, NL
10 メンバー

https://backlog.com/Are you interested in Project Management?Would you like to your PM operation to be easier and more enjoyable?With using the Backlog, It may come true.I…

Check out this Meetup Group →

 

We held pre meetup at 26 May in Amsterdam.

Check it and Let’s join us!

Jump to the community page

 

AWS Amsterdam meetup report

 

I participated AWS Amsterdam meetup for the first time.

I also would like to greet AWS user group NL organizers too.

It’s a nice office and there ware very interesting contents.

This is the photo report at AWS Amsterdam meetup Apr 24.

Jump to AWS Amsterdam(meetup.com)

 

Before starting sessions

In Japan,  Meetup usually starts from the session. It was a little bit funny situation form me.

 

A hosted company, Mirabeau has a cool bar counter and wine cellar. Are all Netherlands’s IT company same?

 

At the entrance.

 

With Martijn. AWS Amsterdam’s Organizer.

 

Sessions

I often found the recognizable screen at the meetup. and Today’S main actor, He is DeepLens.

The demo was so funny.  They try to tic tac toe game using DeepLens, Echo Spot, and some AWS Services.

Unfortunately, Demo could not have succeeded.  Monster always lives in the Demo.

 

 

This was a nice meetup and good presentation.  Thanks to all staffs!! I enjoyed!!

Alexa.west

 

Alexa.west

Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Okayama, Wakayama are one of the prefectures in Japan.

We are going to hold the co-organized meetup with above 5 prefectures at 16 May 2018.

This is named to Alexa.west

https://jaws-ug-kobe.doorkeeper.jp/events/71416

 

Sessions

  • TBD( JAWS-UG Okayama)
  • TBD中( JAWS-UG Kyoto)
  • Making Radio streaming Alexa Skill even if I was a beginner. (JAWS-UG WAKAYAMA Seiji Yamaguchi)
  • Experience of A4B 。 (JAWS-UG KOBE)
  • Amazon.Chime, Amazon.Connect and Alexa (JAWS-UG Osaka)

co-organized Branches

  • JAWS-UG Osaka
  • JAWS-UG Okayama
  • JAWS-UG Wakayama
  • JAWS-UG Kyoto
  • JAWS-UG KOBE

JAWS-UG all branches information

 

JAWS-UG KOBE Facebook Community
https://www.facebook.com/groups/450069605016080/

 

HugTech.io believes the power of community.

Let’s join our community

 

 

 

 

JAWS-UG KOBE Alexa MeetUp #12 newcomer night

This is the 12th Alexa Meetup at KOBE, Japan

18 April 2018

We held JAWS-UG MeetUp in Japan.

I would like to introduce a mood at the meetup.

https://jaws-ug-kobe.doorkeeper.jp/events/71417

 

Tweets

togetter (Japanese)

https://togetter.com/li/1220903

 

Photos

Entrance is really difficult to find. Most of the attendees who is the first time be getting lost on their way. 🙂

 

Echo dot with IFTTT

The first session was from Mr.Kitakado. He spoke that He tries to linking about Amazon Echo dot with IFTTT.

 

He encountered text garbling the notification from IFTTT. He immediately posted his question on Twitter. Someone will surely make a response to you.

 

 

Voice Assistant to your business.

The second speaker is Mr. Keiichi. He introduced what is good situations of using Voice Assistant from his experience in his business.

Voice Assistant has the capability which old people can use this. And He said Alexa can use in B2B and B2B2C. ex) recipient,  seller, etc…

 

Echo show

The third Speaker is Miss. Isaka. She introduced her Echo Show in her house.

She was wondering about account problem between Amazon.com and Amazon.co.jp.  When she said ‘Tadaima’ to Alexa, Alexa said something in English. That is the very confusing situation. But many people look like have same problems.

 

Echo with his wife

The fourth speaker is Mr.Akiyama. He introduced he try to explain what Echo is.

His wife called Echo to ‘The Wild black bar Guy!’

link to presentation

 

 

Just keep checking this post. I keep updating.

Enjoy Voice Experience!

 

Media interview on SmartHacks Magazine

Interview with a Developer of Alexa Skill

HugTech.io’s interview has listed in SmartHacks Magazine from Japan.

In this interview, I spoke about Alexa skills and AVS prototypes which I made,  lifestyle in the Netherlands, and Community.

Sorry, this Article is written in Japanese.

 

Related Links

 Interview is here

 

JAWS-UG KOBE Community(Language is Japanese) 

 

Alexa Skills

 

Jump to the Skill page when you click the icon.

 

This blog will be speaking from Amazon Echo soon.

Enjoy Voice Experience.