Is voice the next frontier?\n\nhttps://www.emarketer.com/Article/Alexa-Say-What-Voice-Enabled-Speaker-Usage-Grow-Nearly-130-This-Year/1015812\n\nThis year, 35.6 million Americans will use a voice-activated assistant device at least once a month. That\u2019s a jump of 128.9% over last year. \nAmazon\u2019s Echo speaker will have 70.6% of users. Meanwhile, Google Home will trail far behind with just 23.8% of the market. \n\nhttps://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/just-say-it-future-search-voice-personal-digital-assistants/1392459\nIn fact, ComScore says that by 2020, 50 per cent of all searches will be voice searches.\n\nhttps://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2018/04/10/voice-search-statistics-2018\n3. 13% of all households in the United States owned a smart speaker in 2017, per OC&C Strategy Consultants. That number is predicted to rise to 55% by 2022. \n\nHow to get started:\n\nHow to get your AWS hosting for free: https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit/alexa-aws-credits\n\nTesting \nhttps://echosim.io/welcome\n\nBlueprints are a way for users to create Alexa Skills without coding. Users simply select from a menu of templates ranging from Q&A, quizzes, or a flash briefing, fill out the information, and voil\xe0, create a skill without coding.\n\nhttp://alexa.design/guide\nhttp://alexa.design/docs\nhttps://www.twitch.tv/amazonalexa\nhttp://Alexa.design/slides\nhttps://github.com/alexa\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbx0SPpWT6yB7_yY_ik7pmg\n\n\nAWS Certification \n\nhttps://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-alexa-skill-builder-specialty/AWS_Certified_Alexa_Skill_Builder_Specialty_Exam_Guide_v1.0_FINAL.pdf\n\nIcon builder\n\nhttps://developer.amazon.com/docs/tools/icon-builder.html\n\nInvocation names\nhttps://developer.amazon.com/docs/custom-skills/choose-the-invocation-name-for-a-custom-skill.html\n\nhttps://www.godaddy.com/garage/7-steps-to-get-your-business-ready-for-voice-search/?isc=nsbloga2&utm_content=190201_4013_Engagement_Other_Promotion_Newsletter_nsbloga2_7t7NNkCRXviP7smB6PK4Y9