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Alexa /Toronto Open Data
Introduction
Background
• hackster.io contest, do something useful with:
• Alexa / Amazon Echo
• Open Data
My Project
• Alexa Toronto Open Data
• https://www.hackster.io/dpjanes/alexa-open-data-toronto-dbc9fc
• Control a "Kiosk" through voice commands
• [demo]
Alexa, ask Hey Toronto…
• Show Skating Rinks
• Show Skating Rinks near Yonge & Eglinton
• Show the CN Tower
• Show Beaches
• Show Libraries near Woodbine Beach
Important Links
• Code, Alexa Skill, Datahttps://github.com/dpjanes/alexa-opendata
Normalizing Data
Data Sets• Bicycle Stations
• Cultural Hotspots
• Green P Parking
• Intersections
• Libraries
• Parks
• Places of Interest
• Places of Worship
Data Formats (in)
• Shapefiles
• XML
• KML
• JSON
• CSV
Data Format (out)
• schema.org
• standardized vocabulary for well-known frequently used terms
• YAML
Data Format (out)
Alexa Skills(Voice Control)
What• amphitheatre
• amphitheatres
• architecture
• architectures
• art
• art galleries
• art gallery
• arts
• attractions
• auditorium
• auditoriums
• …
Where• 48th Highlanders
Museum
• ALLEN RD and Eglinton
• Adelaide and Bathurst
• Adelaide and Bay
• Adelaide and Bayview
• Adelaide and Eastern
• Adelaide and Jarvis
• Adelaide and Spadina
• Adelaide and University
• Adelaide and Yonge
• Aga Khan Museum
• …
Utterances• where is the {Where}
• where is {Where}
• where are {What}
• where are {What} near {Where}
• where are {What} near the {Where}
• where are {What} near me
• where are {What} near us
• where are {What} nearby
• show me {What}
• …
Important Links
• Alexa Skills Console https://developer.amazon.com/edw/home.html#/skills/list
• Sample Code & Skill https://github.com/dpjanes/homestar-alexa
Final Notes
Services
• Amazon Alexa
• Firebase
• Digital Ocean (LAMP-ish)
Pit/Pratfalls
• Amazon Echo is rather awful at strange words, like Toronto street names (e.g. Bay & Adelaide)
Possible Uses
• 311 Assist
• Tourism Kiosks
• …
Get in touch! David Janes
http://iotdb.org/social/imadeit/