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<blockquote data-quote="tantalus" data-source="post: 1956166" data-attributes="member: 324475"><p>I'll have a think about it. The problem with making it customisable is Alexa's ability to recognise the words.</p><p></p><p>My first, truly awful, version of this tried to actually use free text, so you could say anything, but half the time you would get nonsense. Then I tried a very ambitious version with a large custom vocabulary, containing over a thousand common drugs. That's when I found that many common medicines differ in name by just one syllable. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Which is why I went generic. By defining fixed key distinctive phrases (i.e. breakfast, morning etc), which are hard-coded in the skill, I get a high level of correct identification by Alexa first time. I can't currently do that with a variable (i.e. customizable) name.</p><p></p><p>It is something that I am interested in improving on, so the suggestion is appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tantalus, post: 1956166, member: 324475"] I'll have a think about it. The problem with making it customisable is Alexa's ability to recognise the words. My first, truly awful, version of this tried to actually use free text, so you could say anything, but half the time you would get nonsense. Then I tried a very ambitious version with a large custom vocabulary, containing over a thousand common drugs. That's when I found that many common medicines differ in name by just one syllable. :D Which is why I went generic. By defining fixed key distinctive phrases (i.e. breakfast, morning etc), which are hard-coded in the skill, I get a high level of correct identification by Alexa first time. I can't currently do that with a variable (i.e. customizable) name. It is something that I am interested in improving on, so the suggestion is appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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