Subject
Need knowledge on passing properties' value to a slot with properties...
Description
Hi Amazon, Good Evening. I am Prabhakaran from India - a Budding Alexa Conversational Skill Developer. I recently have observed that the slots may have properties instead of values. I tried declaring such slots but don't know how pass or assign values to those slot's properties. I have searched in the internet but no avail as it may be a recent future for alexa skills. I even tried posting a question on stackoverflow. But they haven't even promoted as my as a question. Need help. Please assist. Thank you. With Hope, Prabhakaran
p.s: stackoverflow.com/questions/79388452/how-to-supply-values-to-the-properties-of-custom-slot-types-defined-with-propert

Hope its not unethical to share it here. Otherwise, kindly advise on the same. Thanks you.

 

Amazon is a pretty large (actually HUGE) enterprise. Most likely the person who received your message doesn't even know to where it needs to be forwarded.

Things like Alexa were developed by Amazon's Lab126. It might help to address your message to Larry Sovulewski and tell him that I sent you.

Amazon Lab126
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Sunnyvale, CA 94089
T: 650.426.1100

 

developer.amazon.com/alexa/console/contact-us
I used the above form...

 

One would think that would have worked. Maybe it will take a couple of days since the week-end it the U.S. just ended a few hours ago. Otherwise, see whether Larry can help you.

 

One would think that would have worked. Maybe it will take a couple of days since the week-end it the U.S. just ended a few hours ago. Otherwise, see whether Larry can help you.

Sure. and Thanks

 

Amazon replied!


To:You
Tue 28/01/2025 11:01


Hi there,

Thank you for contacting us. I understand that you are trying to understand how to pass or assign values to the properties of custom slot types that have been defined with properties, instead of just simple values.

To better assist you, I need some additional information:

What are the specific properties of your custom slot types that you need to pass values to?

What is the use case or context where you need to set these property values?

Can you provide an example of the code you have tried so far to set the property values, and describe any issues or errors you are encountering?

With more details on your specific scenario and what you have attempted, I can provide guidance on the proper way to pass values to properties of custom slot types in your Alexa skill after consulting with technical team. Please provide the additional information requested, and I'll be happy to assist further.

To know more about Alexa Conversation: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/conversations/about-alexa-conversations.html

To know how Alexa Conversations Works: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/conversations/how-alexa-conversations-works.html

To know more about how to create the Interaction Model for Your Skill: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/...ate-the-interaction-model-for-your-skill.html

Best regards,

Aijaz Ahmad L.
Alexa Developer Advocate
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Hi. Good Evening. Thanks for your reply. I really am excited and at the same time thrilled to get replies from Amazon.
As for the properties...
My friend is running a vegetable shop serving restaurants around my town.
So. I am thinking of Developing a VUI (Voice User Interface) for him using Alexa as the backbone.
Restaurants.csv
ID; Name; NameInLocalLanguage; Location; Mobile.
The above will go for the static properties.
At the same time... When I think on it, it may posses additional properties with dynamic values.
For Example:
Restautrant.PendingAmount; LastOrderDate and so on.
These are my initial ideas but may grow further.
Requesting you to guide on the same.
ps:
upon searching I came to know that there is a slack channel for Amazon Skill Development. Sincerely requesting you to kindly add me over there. This is all as for now. Thanks. Expecting replies from you.
With Hope,
Prabhakaran.