Cool things to do with Voice Interfaces (and lots of things you shouldn't)

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A working Alexa skill runs the open extended jungian type scales quiz, parses utterances with the Alexa skills kit, stores answers in session and posts follow-ups to score intent, then sends follow-up responses to Amazon Comprehend for sentiment to nudge a 1–5 scale. The demo gets a plausible ISTJ from five questions but reveals the pain points: double questions are tedious, speech loses tone and hesitation, and the interaction is slow and fragile unless tightly constrained and networked.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:33WHAT VOICE INTERFACE TO BUILD?
3. 4:34OPEN EXTENDED JUNGIAN TYPE SCALES
4. 7:14SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PERSONALITY TYPES
5. 18:50ALEXA SKILL COMPONENTS
6. 21:22SECURITY
7. 27:38LESSONS LEARNED

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