Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Times Drill: a new skill for Alexa

My "Times Drill" skill for Alexa is now available for the general public since it passed Amazon's certification process last night. "Times Drill" is a quiz skill for "times table" facts. You can impress people with your knowledge of facts that you might have learned in elementary school (or you can work on honing your multiplication abilities).

You can try out "Times Drill" with an Alexa-enabled device. You might have a dedicated Alexa device (such as an Echo, Echo Dot, etc.). Or you might be able to turn your phone or tablet into an Alexa device by installing the Amazon Shopping app for Android or Apple devices. Once you've selected an Alexa device, just say something like "Alexa, open Times Drill". (I'd expect this skill to work in the echosim.io simulator website, but I haven't tested it there myself yet.)

You can comment below if you'd like to share your thoughts about the skill. If you do like this skill, please consider telling your friends about it or even rating the skill in the store.

(Since it's labeled as a "kids skill", you might need to jump through an extra hoop to enable this skill.)

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