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Raise your voice! - How to connect Amazon Alexa to OpenStack

Voice Control for your cloud

You order stuff from Amazon with your Alexa? You play music with your Alexa? You control your smart home with Alexa? Why not controlling your Cloud with Alexa?!

Hooking up Alexa with any OpenStack based could is easier as you might think. All it takes is some Python modules, a few lines of code and a server for testing. This session will demonstrate what components are needed, how to interact with Alexa and the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) and demonstrate the functions in a proof-of-concept.


What can I expect to learn?
  • Interaction model of Amazon Alexa and the Alexa Skill Kit
  • Needed Pyhton modules for interacting with Alexa (Flask +Flask-ASK)
  • Needed Pyhton modules for interacting with OpenStack (Shade)
  • Proof-of-Concept on Open Telekom Cloud
Thursday, November 15, 3:00pm-3:10pm (2:00pm - 2:10pm UTC)
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Tags: 101 Heat Demo
Open Telekom Cloud Architect
I started my careen in 1997 at IBM Germany, doing a dual study for infarmation technologies. During my studies we came across a open-source operating system called Linux which drew a lot of my attention and continued to do so until present time. In my later work at IBM I always followed the Linux and Open Source path, doing several years of project work at customer sites until I switched to... FULL PROFILE