Amazon Alexa Hackathon | New York City
About this event
Amazon and General Assembly are excited to host an Alexa + Echo Hackathon! Amazon will lead an introduction to using Amazon Web Services with the Alexa Skills Kit to build voice driven experiences on Amazon Echo and other devices. They'll also share how to develop for the Echo platform using Alexa and Amazon Web Services. Then, we'll put your new knowledge to the test with a hackathon, providing you the opportunity to build a new Alexa Skill. Prizes will be awarded! We'll also provide breakfast, lunch and drinks for an end of day happy hour!
About Amazon Echo Amazon Echo is a hands-free speaker you control with your voice. Echo connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more—instantly. All you have to do is ask Echo has seven microphones and beam forming technology so it can hear you from across the room—even while music is playing. Echo is also an expertly tuned speaker that can fill any room with 360° immersive sound. When you want to use Echo, just say the wake word “Alexa” and Echo responds instantly. If you have more than one Echo or Echo Dot, you can set a different wake word for each—you can pick “Amazon”, “Alexa” or “Echo” as the wake word.
About Alexa Alexa, the voice service that powers Echo, provides capabilities, or skills, that enable customers to interact with devices in a more intuitive way using voice. Examples of these skills include the ability to play music, answer general questions, set an alarm or timer and more. Alexa is built in the cloud, so it is always getting smarter. The more customers use Alexa, the more she adapts to speech patterns, vocabulary, and personal preferences.
