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🕶 A curated list of awesome voice projects, tools, and resources for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and more.
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# Awesome Voice Apps

[![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)



A curated list of awesome voice projects, tools, and resources for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and more.



* [General](#general)

  * [Newsletters](#newsletters)

  * [Blogs](#blogs)

  * [Podcasts](#podcasts)

  * [Communities](#communities)

* [Design & Prototyping](#design--prototyping)

  * [Design Tools](#design-tools)

  * [Design Resources](#design-resources)

* [Development](#development)

  * [Development Tools](#development-tools)

  * [Docs](#docs)

  * [Tutorials & Courses](#tutorials--courses)

  * [Templates & Examples](#templates--examples)

* [Testing](#testing)

  * [Testing Tools](#testing-tools)

* [Resources](#resources)

  * [Sounds](#sounds)



## General



### Newsletters



* [Voice Dev Rocks](https://voicedev.rocks/): Tech-focused newsletter from the voice developer community.

* [Voicebot Weekly](https://www.voicebot.ai/subscribe/): Very up-to-date and thorough coverage of what's happening in voice.

* [Hearing Voices](https://www.getrevue.co/profile/hearingvoices): Market-focused newsletter sharing interesting links and thoughts about the voice space.



### Blogs



* [Offical Alexa Dev Blog](https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/alexa/): Regularly updated with all the latest from the Alexa dev team

* [Talking to Computers](http://www.talkingtocomputers.com/): Development focused blog by Dustin Coates



### Podcasts



* [Alexa Dev Chat](https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit/developer-podcast) The official Amazon Alexa Dev podcast (monthly)

* [VoiceFirstFM](https://www.voicefirst.fm/): Great formats, including "This Week in Voice" and a roundtable

* [Voicebot Podcasts](https://www.voicebot.ai/voicebot-podcasts/) Weekly podcast starring people involved in the voice space



### Communities



* [Alexa Slack](http://www.alexaslack.com/): 1000+ Alexa Skill developers

* [Google Home Slack](http://googleslack.com/): 100+ Google Action developers

* [Microsoft Cortana Slack](http://bit.ly/2qRqHMw): 30+ Cortana Skill developers

* [#VoiceDevs on Twitter](https://twitter.com/jovotech/lists/voicedevs): Twitter List of voice developers

* [Official Alexa Dev Forums](https://forums.developer.amazon.com/spaces/165/index.html): Support from the Alexa team



## Design & Prototyping



### Design Tools



* [Sayspring](https://www.sayspring.com/): Service that allows for prototyping, designing, and sharing voice apps before development stage

* [Storyline](https://thestoryline.io): Create voice apps without coding by using a mind map interface

* [Botmock](https://botmock.com): Design prototypes for Amazon Alexa & Google Assistant with in-browser testing and team collaboration

* [Tortu](https://tortu.io): Design voice apps for any platform. Create visual flowcharts, store all phrase variants for each dialog step and create interactive prototypes. 



### Design Resources



* [Crafting a Character: Design an engaging Assistant app](https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/conversation-design): Step by step guide for designing a voice/bot character, provided by Google

* [Clearleft Voice Guidelines](https://voiceguidelines.clearleft.com/): An extensive list of resources and guidelines for designing voice interfaces



## Development



### Development Tools



#### Development Frameworks



* [Jovo](https://github.com/jovotech/jovo-framework-nodejs/): Build cross-platform voice applications for Amazon Alexa and Google Home

* [Voxa](https://github.com/mediarain/voxa): Alexa Framework that uses state machines

* [Flask-Ask](https://github.com/johnwheeler/flask-ask): Alexa Skills Kit for Python

* [Woice](https://woice.live): Voice Browsing and Transcription Framework.



#### NLU Tools



* [Dialogflow](https://dialogflow.com/): Previously known as API.AI, owned by Google

* [Rasa](http://rasa.com/): Open source language understanding for conversational bots and assistants

Install

* [SNIPS] (https://snips.ai/): Snips provides Private-By-Design, Decentralized Voice Assistant Technology and Solutions.



#### Testing Tools



* [Reverb](https://reverb.ai/): Test Alexa on your phone or desktop

* [BST](https://bespoken.io/bst): Command Line Interface tool for testing while developing Alexa Skills and Google Actions

* [EchoSim](https://echosim.io/): Test Alexa on your Amazon account from your browser

* [Jovo Debugger](https://www.jovo.tech/debugger): Test Jovo voice apps in your browser



#### Analytics Tools

* [Dashbot](https://www.dashbot.io/): Chatbot analytics including usage metrics and live transcripts.

* [Bespoken Analytics](https://bespoken.io/product/): Dashboard including usage metrics, logging, and monitoring



#### Audio Tools

* [Audio Converter](https://www.jovo.tech/audio-converter): Convert your MP3s into the right format for Alexa skills

* [Talestreamer](https://talestreamer.ai/): Add rich, multilayered sound effects and music to your speech output.



#### Other tools

* [Skillinator](https://skillinator.io/): Create an Alexa Skill node.js blueprint from an Interaction Model JSON

* [Slotinator](http://www.slotinator.io/): Easily create an Alexa JSON structure for custom slots



### Docs



* [Amazon Alexa Docs](https://developer.amazon.com/documentation): Official resource from Amazon

* [Getting Started with Alexa Skills Kit](https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/getting-started-guide): Official resource from Amazon



### Tutorials & Courses



* [Official Alexa Tutorials](https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit/tutorials): Up to date tutorials from the Alexa dev team

* [DabbleLab](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfY-LopSxGekh9LruXLjffg/videos): Weekly video tutorials and [associated github repo](https://github.com/dabblelab)

* [Codecademy](https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-alexa-skills-kit): A complete "from the basics" intro to Alexa and Lambda



### Books



* [Voice Applications for Alexa and Google Assistant](https://www.manning.com/books/voice-applications-for-alexa-and-google-assistant) Book will teach you how to build your own "skills"— the voice app term for actions the device can perform — from scratch.



### Templates & Examples



* [Alexa Offical Github](https://github.com/alexa): 23 repos with python and node templates from the basics to an audioplayer

* [Actions on Google Official GitHub](https://github.com/actions-on-google): 14 repos with node templates



## Resources



### Sounds



* [TsaTsaTzu Alexa Resources](https://s3.amazonaws.com/tsatsatzu-alexa/index.htm): Sound files to use in SSML  tags



## License



[![CC0](http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/buttons/88x31/svg/cc-zero.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)



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