Building for Alexa with Web API

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Shows how to integrate an existing backend into Alexa by building a real skill with a .NET Web API, using a Web API hosted on Azure and a GitHub starter kit, handling intents, slots and session attributes, and adding expression with SSML. Cites platform facts: ~12,000 skills exist, 69% have ≤1 review, Domino’s gained 8% market share via voice. Demonstrates a published novelty skill (Star Trek LARS) and a practical Kansas City transit skill, warns responses must arrive in ≲4.5 seconds.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 6:33Grice's Maxims
3. 12:00FLASH BRIEFING SKILLS
4. 12:46SMART HOME SKILL
5. 13:16CUSTOM SKILL
6. 16:08ONE TO MANY RELATIONSHIP
7. 21:49REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR WEB SERVICE
8. 40:33SSML Example
9. 44:54ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

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