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CampusMaps: Voice Assisted Navigation Using Alexa Skills

Authors : Revathi Vijayaraghavan, Ritu Gala, Vidhi Rambhia, Dhiren Patel

Published in: Recent Challenges in Intelligent Information and Database Systems

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Voice assistants have become a common occurrence that are present in our smart-phones, speakers or dedicated devices like the Google Home and Alexa Echo. Over the years, these voice assistants have become more intelligent and the number of tasks that can be performed by them has increased. Of the many voice assistants that exist, Amazon’s Alexa is one of the most compatible voice assistants, which can be programmed to suit specific use cases by the use of Amazon’s Alexa Skills Kit. Through this paper, we leverage the power of Alexa’s voice assistance by designing a navigation system for our college campus, which allows users to request directions in the most intuitive way possible. This is a cost-effective and scalable solution based on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda.

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Title: CampusMaps: Voice Assisted Navigation Using Alexa Skills
Authors: Revathi Vijayaraghavan
Ritu Gala
Vidhi Rambhia
Dhiren Patel
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Book: Recent Challenges in Intelligent Information and Database Systems
Print ISBN: 978-981-16-1684-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-16-1685-3

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1685-3_4

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