Amazon Echo can be customized for specific commands, devices with this free
  tool
From: Tech Connect - 03/17/2016
By: Agam Shah

A new tool from UCI can help Alexa automate tasks at home via custom voice
commands

Alexa, the voice-activated service that's part of Amazon's Echo interactive
speaker, can order products, play music and wake you up in the morning. But
can Alexa be taught to talk and control a wider range of smart devices with
custom commands?

A new tool from Unified Computer Intelligence makes that possible. The tool
can also train Alexa to automate home tasks via custom voice commands.

The tool involves creating a "skill" so a device can be registered for Alexa
to recognize. The registered devices can be given names on UCI's portal, and
Alexa can then control the device.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.techconnect.com/article/3045637/amazon-echo-can-be-customized-for-specific-commands-devices-with-this-free-tool.html

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Alexa voice commands can now be spoken into Amazon's smaller Echo Dot
http://www.techconnect.com/article/3040610/consumerization-of-it/alexa-voice-commands-can-now-be-spoken-into-amazons-smaller-echo-dot.html