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Alexa Skills
Alexa Skills provide for the voice service called "Alexa" that powers Amazon Echo (as well as Dot, Tap and latest Fire HD tablets) that enable developers to add new capabilities. All of the code runs in the cloud and nothing is on any user device.
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A Magic Trick by Webguild
Alexa will start by having you pick a number from 1 to 100. Don't tell her your number, though!
Alexa will then walk you through some arithmetic on that number and at the end Alexa will speak the number you wind up with.
http://alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html#skills/dp/B01FOY5OJ8
GuessACard by Matt Billings
If you are performing a card trick where you force the Three of Spades, then Alexa will guess it.
http://alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html#skills/dp/B01L2UOWE6
Magic Facts by Nerus
This application's goal is to teach you a bit more about the history of the wonderful art of prestidigitation.
http://alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html#skills/dp/B01LXZAIW6
Magic history (a magicpedia fan) by Joseph Pecore
Ask Magic History searches MagicPedia for events that occurred in the past for a particular day in history.
http://alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html#skills/dp/B01N0C2BK8
Other features coming soon (may also change invocation from "magic history" to "magicpedia".
- What was the cover of Genii for {provide month and year of issue, like October 1962}?
- What happened in {provide a year like 1962}
- give me the quote of the day?
- What is in the news?
Feel free to add suggestions for this skill.