Finish My Sentence

Logo for the Alexa app

Inspiration

Today's world seems to be growing more accustomed to voice automated technology everyday. When I saw this challenge, I figured it would be worth my time to dive into the realm of Alexa.

What it does

Finish my sentence is a simple application that attempts to finish your sentence for you. It takes the last word of your sentence and uses a publicly API to find the most probable next word. This works best when the user input ends with an adjective.

How I built it

In order to build this application I used Javascript with Nodejs and the Amazon Alexa API. I wanted to do something different than the standard fact-skill template provided by Amazon. I used the publicly available DataMuse API (http://www.datamuse.com) to determine the most probable next word.

Challenges I ran into

I knew immediately that I wanted to do something different than just a simple fact-skill template modification. I also knew that I wanted to be able to pull data from an external API. I ran into a few programming challenges trying to make this happen, but ended up getting it to work. It was an extremely fun learning experience.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I am proud to have simply submitted a working Alexa application! I am also proud that I accomplished my goal of deviating from the norm and connecting to an external API.