Alexa skill - London Underground Times

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Hi,

I’ve created an Alexa skill which gets the next arrivals using the live feed. Here it is:

It remembers the station you asked for so you don’t have to ask for it again the next time.

Feedback welcome :slight_smile:

I know that Paddington gives strange results, and maybe other stations. I decided not to do lots of post-processing of the data (to correct strange platform names and certain lines being treated as two lines) but I’ll see how it goes.

Cheers,
Rob.

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Added a Bus Times skill as well

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There are now 5 TfL-based Alexa skills (and one for Asteroids). They’re all listed here with links to launch them directly if you have Alexa devices

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Sounds like really useful skill! Keep up the good work. I’ll be sure to give it a try once I finaly get my hand on Alexa.

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I’m showing my age but could someone please explain what an “Alexa skill” actually is?

My only interaction with Alexa ended up with me telling her/it that she/it was useless. After a few seconds I got the reply “Thank you for your feedback”…

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Create Alexa Skills Kit | Amazon Alexa Voice Development is a good intro to them.

The Google Assistant version coding is here - Google Assistant  |  Google Developers

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I’ve updated the London Train Times skill so it works with Elizabeth line.
Here’s the detail page:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tech-Software-Ltd-London-Train/dp/B08HGFV127

Here’s a fancy invocation link if you have an Echo:

Unfortunately it’s getting 1-star reviews, I don’t know why. I’m guessing that the reviewers are asking for national rail stations. Let me know if it doesn’t work!

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