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Its first product was an answer engine that aimed to directly answer questions on any subject posed in plain English text, which is accomplished using a database of discrete facts. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The True Knowledge Answer engine was launched for private beta testing and development on 7 November 2007.
Amazon Alexa, or, Alexa, [2] is a virtual assistant technology largely based on a Polish speech synthesizer named Ivona, bought by Amazon in 2013. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was first used in the Amazon Echo smart speaker and the Amazon Echo Dot , Echo Studio and Amazon Tap speakers developed by Amazon Lab126 .
The Alexa Skills Kit is a collection of self-service application programming interfaces (API), tools, documentation and code samples. Developers can also use the "Smart Home Skill API", [26] a new addition to the Alexa Skills Kit, to extend Alexa's compatibility with cloud-controlled lighting and thermostat devices. All of the code runs in the ...
After seeing 2,000 people cut from the unit in the last several months, Amazon's Alexa business continues to invest in its Alexa Games product to deepen integrations in the video game space.
Alexa Game Control gives users an accessible, hands-free option that allows for easier gaming. Amazon announced the launch of Alexa Game Control, allowing gamers to play games by using their voice ...
The grand prize winner is Jason Allemann's Game Station, a project that uses Alexa for a five-game console -- you can play the likes of Simon, trivia or Race to the Top while Alexa issues commands ...
The game engine was also licensed out to other companies. The source code to Wolfenstein 3D, along with its prequel Spear of Destiny, was released on 21 July 1995 under a proprietary license, and then later under GPL-2.0-or-later. [2] [3] ShadowCaster (1993) was built upon the Wolfenstein 3D engine and was licensed out to Raven Software. [4]
Way back in 2019, Amazon announced that, going forward, any old idiot off the street could provide answers for its voice assistant Alexa to read aloud in response to questions from Alexa users.