Random Most Essential Alexa Skills (30 items)

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  (#18) Short Bedtime Story

  Have Alexa tell a short bedtime story, personalized to your name.
  
  There are several stories at this time and more are coming.
  
  If you want to fix issues with names like if Bedtime thinks "Taylor" is a girl instead of a boy, or if Bedtime mispronounces the name like "Allie" comes out "Ellie", you can use the companion website http://bedtime.webguild.com. First get a Linking Code by asking, "Alexa, ask Bedtime Story to Configure". Have a notepad handy to write down the info.
  
  Also at the Bedtime website, you will be able to disable any stories you don't want to hear and you will be able to author your own stories tailored to your family.
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  (#25) AnyPod

  AnyPod lets you play any podcast. Enrich yourself with thousands of comedy, drama, music, tech, news, education, and pop culture audio programs. If there's a podcast you'd like to add to the library, you can email the developer at [email protected].

  To Get Started: Say "Alexa, open AnyPod". After the greeting, say "Play The Doctor Laura Program" or "Play This American Life" - or, name whatever podcast you want to hear.
  
  When a podcast is playing, you can say "Alexa, Next" or "Alexa, Previous" to play the next or previous episode.
  
  If you want to skip ahead, you can say "Alexa, ask AnyPod to fast forward 2 minutes"
  
  If you want to go back, you can say "Alexa, ask AnyPod to rewind 30 seconds"
   
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  (#10) StockTrigger

  Set price notifications on S&P 500 or Russell 1000 company stocks. You can set a trigger and get notified in real time on your phone/email when your price thresholds are crossed. You can also get stock quotes, maintain your stock favorites and compare stocks against each other. Careful though our stock quote minion is very opinionated and with a complex personal life. Last but not least, StockTrigger lets you do limited Access/SQL like queries. You can find stocks that changed by specific percentages within the S&P index during last week/month or year. Enjoy.
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  (#19) Lyft

  Need a lift? With the Lyft skill for Alexa, you can request a ride and get picked up in minutes from the home address set in your Lyft account. If you've set a work address, your weekday commute can be a breeze, too. Instead of hailing a cab or waiting for the bus, just request a car with your voice. Lyft is cheaper than a taxi, faster than the bus, and easy to use.
  
  To get started, enable the skill and link a Lyft account. Then just ask
  
  - "Alexa, ask Lyft to call a line to work for 2 people."
  - "Alexa, ask Lyft where my ride is"
  - "Alexa, tell Lyft to rate my driver 3 stars."
  - "Alexa, ask Lyft how long getting a line to work will take."
  
  Lyft for Alexa uses the Work and Home addresses you've specified inside your Lyft App. Lyft for Alexa will always send a car to your Lyft 'Home' address.
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  (#3) Big Sky

  Big Sky: The ultimate weather reference for Amazon Alexa
  
  Current Weather: Big Sky uses the Dark Sky API, to give hyper-local forecasts, hour-by hour, tied to your actual street address. 
  
  Weather Almanac: Use Big Sky to look up past weather conditions.
  
  Weather Fact: Ask Big Sky for an interesting weather fact!
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  (#23) This Day in History

  History happens every day! Check in with Alexa to find out about the historical events that happened on this day and every other day of the year. Come back each day and say 'Alexa, launch This Day in History' to hear the top historical event for the day. You can also ask Alexa for a historical event for any other day by saying “Alexa, ask This Day in History what happened on February 4th”, for example.

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