Alexa trouble for UK and German skills - already fixed for US customers
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This problem does not affect Google Assistant, which is what I've been using lately, so I'm sorry it took me so long to realize this is a serious problem. I switched back to AMAZON.LITERAL for US customers, so Alexa is working great for them.
You can see here it's a problem for a lot of developers:
https://forums.developer.amazon.com/questions/50740/there-is-a-growing-gap-between-what-a-us-dev-can-d.htmlI submitted this "feature request" that has the details about the Alexa problem:
PLEASE bring AMAZON.LITERAL to UK and German skills
Will you PLEASE bring AMAZON.LITERAL to UK and German skills? It works so much better with my TRIGGERcmd skill.
Thank you so much for bringing back AMAZON.LITERAL to US skills. My skill depends on it, so my UK and German customers are suffering.The advice at this site does NOT work for my skill.
https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/post/Tx3IHSFQSUF3RQP/why-a-custom-slot-is-the-literal-solutionIt suggests using many random words to confuse Alexa's NLP, but those words are too suggestive. I want to be able to say "Betsy" but if I have "Betty" in my custom slot, there's no way Alexa will hear "Betsy".
Also, the custom slot requirement made it very difficult to pass certification because I had to make every combination of each slot value work, so I had to add all of that data to the account Alexa uses to test the skill.For easy reference, this is where I saw the notice that AMAZON.LITERAL is back for US skills: https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/migrating-to-the-improved-built-in-and-custom-slot-types#literal
"Note: Based on developer feedback, the AMAZON.LITERAL slot is not being removed as previously described. You can continue to submit new and updated English (US) skills with AMAZON.LITERAL. However, in many cases, custom slot types provide better accuracy than AMAZON.LITERAL, so we recommend that you consider migrating to custom slot types as described here if possible.
English (UK) and German skills do not support AMAZON.LITERAL and cannot use the AMAZON.LITERAL slot type."In the meantime, the UK and German Alexa skills will understand these words best:
Computer voice words:
Familie
unten
büro pc
der computer
anzeige
sicherheit
haus
mein pc
hauptrechner
mein computer
rot
spiel
eins
haus computer
büro computer
arbeit computer
mein laptop
kalender
fernseher
büro eins
büro zwei
büro
raspberry pi
family
downstairs
macbook
mac
pc
computer
skippy
office pc
the computer
laptop
desktop
display
security
tablet
home
my pc
legacy two
main computer
my computer
red
game
amy pc
one
windows 7 pc
home computer
office computer
work computer
windows computer
my laptop
windows
garage
calendar
tv
office one
office two
officeCommand voice words:
reboot
calculator
notepad
pause
mute
volumeup
volumedown
play
shutdown
scalaplayer
fluidsim
back
next
previous
disengage
engage
update
financereport
rebooten
kalkulator
notizblock
dämpfen
lautstärkeerhöhen
lautstärkerunter
abspielen
herunterfahren
zurücksetzen
neben
bisherige
ausrücken
einlegen
aktualisieren
finanzbericht
taschenrechner