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Show HN: Alexa skill for Hacker News that summarizes articles

111 pointsby adrianbgabout 7 years ago
I&#x27;ve made a Hacker News skill for Alexa so people can get tech news while driving, cooking, or cleaning. The first version lists post titles and summarizes articles:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B07CKVDXC3" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B07CKVDXC3</a><p>I&#x27;ll have lots of time over the next few months to refine it and add things like<p><pre><code> - comment summaries - selecting posts by topic, and eventually - answering questions about articles </code></pre> What do you think of the skill? What I should add to it? What do people think about voice assistants in general?<p>To keep in touch, talk to me on Twitter or by email:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;AdrianBPatter" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;AdrianBPatter</a><p>adrian@patter.io

12 comments

sjwalterabout 7 years ago
This is deadly. Would love if you could feed it custom sources or maybe something like RSS feeds, so I could just &quot;Hey alexa can tell me the top three stories from my feed&quot; or something. No clue if that&#x27;s possible.<p>Good stuff!
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discussedbeforeabout 7 years ago
Interesting to compare the automation vs. a manual approach started last month.<p>Show HN: Hacker Daily, a daily podcast for Hacker News readers<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16850689" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16850689</a>
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adamisntdeadabout 7 years ago
Love the idea - what API are you using for summarization?
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marblarabout 7 years ago
&quot;I&#x27;m having trouble accessing your hacker news skill right now.&quot;
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serg_chernataabout 7 years ago
Can you share any more details about the tech you&#x27;re using? Libraries, languages, services?
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walshemjabout 7 years ago
Interesting it looks like the uk and us versions of amazon have different skills availible
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ncoutureabout 7 years ago
This sounds interesting. Is there a reason it is limited to Alexa users?
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NinaJZapalaabout 7 years ago
I think you are onto to something big! WOW, impressive.
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djangowithmeabout 7 years ago
&quot;You are not eligible to enable this skill due to geographical restrictions.&quot;<p>:( This is super useful, would love to install it!
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fergyfreshabout 7 years ago
Is this on github, I&#x27;d love to contribute!
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confiscateabout 7 years ago
awesome skill! Added it to my Alexa
dfdfdfwffabout 7 years ago
How do you generate the summaries?