亚马逊的Alexa系统是一个功能强大的智能助手，让您只用语音购物、控制您的智能家居等等——但在实现自动化之前，家居并不是真正的智能。使用Alexa，您可以设置在每天特定时间或满足预设条件时发生的例程。
您还可以利用 100,000 多个Alexa 技能(Alexa Skills)来创建例程并进一步自定义您的智能家居并改进其功能。
如何创建 Alexa 例程
在 Alexa 中创建一个新的例程(new routine in Alexa)很简单。涉及三个主要步骤。一旦你学会了如何做，你就可以设置(set up all the Alexa routines)你想要的所有 Alexa 例程。看一看。
打开 Alexa 应用程序，然后点击右下角的更多选项卡以打开菜单。(More)点击例程(Routines)，然后点击右上角的加号。您将看到一个新屏幕，其中有三个选项：
第一个选项是不言自明的。只需(Just)将例程命名为您想要的任何名称，尽管将其命名为一目了然的名称是一个很好的策略。
第二个选项是乐趣开始的地方。您可以选择以特定语音命令开始例程、按计划、智能设备触发后、到达某个位置时、设置警报时、按下Echo按钮后或在(Echo)Ring上激活Guard模式时、ADT或其他兼容系统。
选择您要使用的命令。在此示例中，我们使用了语音命令触发短语“游戏时间”。
一旦你为你的例程选择了触发器，选择响应。这将是Alexa为设置您的例程而采取的行动。有一系列选项可供选择：
- Alexa 说(Alexa Says)：Alexa 将使用您设置或从列表中选择的自定义短语进行响应。
- 简报(Briefings)：Alexa提供当天事件和提醒的摘要。
- 日历(Calendar)：Alexa提供您链接日历中当天事件的明细。
- 通话(Calling)：Alexa 将通过Skype等关联帐户拨打电话。
- 日期和时间(Date and Time)：Alexa 会告诉你当前的日期和时间。
- 设备设置(Device Settings)：Alexa 将停止播放音乐、调整音量或进入请勿打扰(Disturb)模式。
- (Drop in Notification)插入通知：Alexa 拨打电话。
- 电子邮件(E-mail)：Alexa 将阅读您的电子邮件摘要。
- 娱乐我(Entertain Me)：Alexa 会唱歌或讲笑话。
- Fire TV：Alexa 将开始在Fire TV 设备上播放内容。
- 好消息(Good News)：Alexa 会阅读令人振奋的好消息。
- Guard：Alexa 将激活Guard以保护您的家。
- IFTTT：Alexa 将运行您设置的特定IFTTT小程序。(IFTTT)
- 消息(Messaging)：Alexa 将发送或接收通知。
- 音乐(Music)：Alexa 将播放歌曲、特定艺术家、播放列表或电台。
- 新闻(News)：Alexa 将播放您的Flash 简报(Flash Briefing)中的新闻。
- 技能(Skills)：Alexa 将激活预设技能(Skill)。
- 智能家居(Smart Home)：Alexa 将控制您选择的智能家居设备。
- 声音(Sounds)：Alexa 将播放您从动物、铃铛和蜂鸣器、人群等类别中选择的声音。
- 交通(Traffic)：Alexa 将提供交通报告。
- 等待(Wait)：Alexa 将为您指定的时间设置一个计时器。
- 天气(Weather)：Alexa 将报告天气。
- 自定义(Custom)：Alexa 将回答您设置的问题。
一旦您选择它，几乎每个选项都有子命令。为了继续上面的例子，我们选择了智能家居(Smart Home)反应。这将打开另一个屏幕，提供对三个选项的访问：所有设备(All Devices)、控制组(Control group)和控制场景(Control scene)。
点击这些选项中的任何一个都会打开其他命令。为了完成示例程序，我们选择了Control group > Loft。从最后一个屏幕，我们将Power的滑块移动到“On”位置。
这意味着，当您说“ Alexa，游戏时间”时，阁楼中的所有灯(all of the lights)都会亮起——并且因为它们已预设为单独的颜色，程序会自动设置一个晚上的气氛，让您尽情享受您最喜欢的游戏.
亚历克萨技能
Alexa Skill有点像应用程序。它扩展了Alexa的基本功能，超出了默认功能。通过点击更多(More )并从菜单中 选择技能和游戏来(Skills and Games)访问技能。(Access Skills)
这将打开技能(Skills)和游戏菜单(Games Menu)，您可以在其中滚动浏览“发现”(Discover)选项卡中的可用技能，从“类别(Categories)”选项卡中搜索特定类型的技能(Skills)，并查看通过“您的技能(Your Skills)”(Skills)选项卡保存的所有技能。即使您以前从未选择过技能(Skills)，您可能已经通过添加到您的Alexa应用程序的设备获得了一些可用的技能。
例如，如果您有 LIFX 灯泡或您通过Alexa控制的 iRobot 设备，则这些技能将在您的技能(Your Skills )选项卡中可用。有近两打类别可供选择，超过 100,000 种不同的技能(Skills)可帮助您通过Alexa完全自定义和控制您的生活。
要启用技能(Skill)，请从菜单中选择它，然后点击“启用使用”。完成此操作后，您就可以使用该技能(Skill)允许的任何能力。
Alexa Routines and Skills可以使用与 Alexa 兼容的智能家居设备，但也有其他技能可以作为快捷方式(other Skills that act as shortcuts)。例如，IFTTTrigger授予对IFTTT.com上任何可以集成到Alexa例程中的服务的访问权限。这使得找到潜在的IFTTT集成比手动搜索网站本身更容易。
除了授予更多功能或提高生产力的技能外，您还可以通过(Skills)Alexa Skills玩游戏。这些游戏中的大多数都是琐事或问答游戏，但也有其他游戏可供用户使用Echo Show。你也可以玩天际(Skyrim)。它不像在 PC 上那样，但它只是表明游戏确实无处不在。
Alexa Routines and Skills: A Tutorial
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How to Create an Alexa Routine
Making a new routine in Alexa is simple. There are three main steps involved. Once you learn how to do them, you can set up all the Alexa routines you want. Take a look.
Open the Alexa app and tap the More tab in the lower-right corner to open the menu. Tap Routines, and then tap the plus sign in the top-right corner. You’ll see a new screen where you have three options:
- Enter routine name
- When this happens
- Add reaction
The first option is self-explanatory. Just name the routine whatever you want, although it’s a good policy to name it something that identifies it at a glance.
The second option is where the fun begins. You can choose for the routine to begin with a specific voice command, on a schedule, after a smart device trigger, when you reach a location, when you set an alarm, after pressing the Echo button, or when you activate Guard mode on Ring, ADT, or other compatible systems.
Choose the command you want to use. In this example, we used the voice command trigger phrase “Game time.”
Once you’ve chosen the trigger for your routine, choose the response. This will be the action that Alexa takes to set your routine in action. There are a series of options to choose from:
- Alexa Says: Alexa will respond with a customized phrase that you set or choose from a list.
- Briefings: Alexa provides a summary of the day’s events and reminders.
- Calendar: Alexa provides a breakdown of the day’s events from your linked calendar.
- Calling: Alexa will make a call through a linked account like Skype.
- Date and Time: Alexa will tell you the current date and time.
- Device Settings: Alexa will stop playing music, adjust the volume, or go into Do Not Disturb mode.
- Drop in Notification: Alexa makes a drop-in call.
- E-mail: Alexa will read your email summary.
- Entertain Me: Alexa will sing a song or tell a joke.
- Fire TV: Alexa will begin to play content on Fire TV devices.
- Good News: Alexa will read good, uplifting news stories.
- Guard: Alexa will activate Guard to protect your home.
- IFTTT: Alexa will run specific the IFTTT applets you have set up.
- Messaging: Alexa will send or receive announcements.
- Music: Alexa will play a song, specific artist, playlist, or station.
- News: Alexa will play the news from your Flash Briefing.
- Skills: Alexa will activate a pre-set Skill.
- Smart Home: Alexa will control a smart home device you choose.
- Sounds: Alexa will play sounds you choose from categories like animals, bells and buzzers, crowds, and more.
- Traffic: Alexa will provide a traffic report.
- Wait: Alexa will set a timer for a time you specify.
- Weather: Alexa will report the weather.
- Custom: Alexa will respond to a question you set.
Almost every option has sub-commands once you select it. To continue the example from above, we chose the Smart Home reaction. This opens another screen that provides access to three options: All Devices, Control group, and Control scene.
Tapping any of these options opens additional commands. To complete the example routine, we chose Control group > Loft. From the final screen, we moved the slider for Power to the “On” position.
This means that when you say “Alexa, game time,” all of the lights in the loft will turn on–and because they are preset to the individual colors, the routine will automatically set the mood for an evening of binging on your favorite games.
Alexa Skills
An Alexa Skill is a bit like an app. It expands the basic functionality of Alexa beyond what it can do by default. Access Skills by tapping More and choosing Skills and Games from the menu.
This opens the Skills and Games Menu where you can scroll through available skills in the Discover tab, search for specific types of Skills from the Categories tab, and view any Skills you have saved through the Your Skills tab. Even if you’ve never chosen Skills before, you might already have some available through devices added to your Alexa app.
For example, if you have LIFX bulbs or an iRobot device you control through Alexa, those skills will already be available in the Your Skills tab. There are almost two dozen categories to pick from, with more than 100,000 different Skills to help you totally customize and control your life through Alexa.
To enable a Skill, choose it from the menu and then tap “Enable to Use.” Once you’ve done this, you have access to any abilities the Skill allows.
Alexa Routines and Skills enable use of Alexa-compatible smart home devices, but there are also other Skills that act as shortcuts. For example, IFTTTrigger grants access to any of the services on IFTTT.com that can be integrated into Alexa routines. This makes it easier to find potential IFTTT integrations than manually searching through the website itself.
In addition to Skills that grant more functionality or enable productivity, you can also play games through Alexa Skills. Most of these games are trivia or quiz-style games, but there are others available to users with an Echo Show. You can also play Skyrim. It’s not quite like it would be on PC, but it just shows that the game really is everywhere.
