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Shows how to reuse one REST API and C#/.NET code to power Alexa, Google Assistant and Cortana integrations, using Entity Framework for data, deployed to Azure App Service, tested in simulators and real devices. Demonstrates Alexa via Tim Heuer’s Alexa.NET SDK and Google via Dialogflow fulfillment, explains mapping intents, slots and SSML, and handles launch, intent and fallback requests. Live demo returns an animal fact (dog) from the API, proving the cross‑platform pipeline works end to end.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 2:22Virtual Assistants
3. 8:00Conversation Turn
4. 16:21MultiTurn Conversations
5. 22:21Alexa Demo
6. 27:28Building the API
7. 32:20Creating a skill
8. 35:03Adding Alexa fulfillment
9. 36:34Alexa POST
10. 37:45Business logic
11. 39:01Asking the user
12. 41:07Checking for context
13. 42:33Returning a response
14. 43:22Returning a request that we didnt want
15. 44:01Testing
16. 46:47Dialogue Flow
17. 48:53Google Assistant
18. 52:10Animal Facts Demo
19. 53:10Pub Comp

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