Voice Monkey
Voice Monkey is a free Skill that allows you to trigger Alexa Routines from external sources such as IFTTT. It also allows you to make dynamic and custom Text to Speech announcements over your Amazon Echo or other Alexa smart speaker.
Integrate the Voice Monkey API with the Schedule API
Setup the Voice Monkey API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Schedule API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate Voice Monkey and Schedule remarkably fast. Free for developers.
Popular Voice Monkey and Schedule Triggers#
Popular Voice Monkey and Schedule Actions#
This action will display an image on your device with a screen e.g. Echo Show. See docs here
This action will display a video on your device with a screen e.g. Echo Show. See docs here
This action will make an annoucement on your device using the text you supply. See docs here
This action will make an annoucement on your device using any parameters you set. See docs here
Overview of Voice Monkey#
Voice Monkey's Custom API allows you to build voice applications to extend your
business. Here are some examples of what you can create:
- Virtual Assistants: Create a virtual assistant that can answer customer
queries, provide relevant information and services, or even be a personal
helper. - Home Automation: Transform your home with Voice Monkey's Custom API by adding
voice control to lights, security systems, and other devices. - Interactive Voice Response (IVR): Streamline customer service with an
automated system, allowing customers to interact with your business through
voice commands. - Voice User Interfaces: Build interactive applications with natural language
understanding and cognitive capabilities. - Smart Home Applications: Develop tools to monitor, control and automate your
home. - Smart Robotic Applications: Create robots that respond to voice commands and
operate autonomously with the help of Voice Monkey's Custom API. - Conversational Agents: Create AI-powered chatbots that can interact with
customers and provide personalized information or services. - Content Aggregators: Pull content from multiple sources and create a unified,
natural language interface. - Voice-controlled Games: Develop games powered by the Voice Monkey's Custom
API, allowing users to interact using voice commands.
Connect Voice Monkey#
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
props: {
voice_monkey: {
type: "app",
app: "voice_monkey",
}
},
async run({steps, $}) {
const data = {
"access_token": `${this.voice_monkey.$auth.access_token}`,
"secret_token": `${this.voice_monkey.$auth.secret_token}`,
"monkey": `pipedream-monkey-1`,
}
return await axios($, {
method: "post",
url: `https://api.voicemonkey.io/trigger`,
data,
})
},
})
Overview of Schedule#
With Schedule - A trigger provided by Pipedream - You can easily build
automated workflows that run on regular times or intervals. Some examples of
things that you can build using the Schedule API include:
- Automated data retrieval from a third-party service, like pulling stats from
your Salesforce account on a set schedule. - Uploading new data sets to a database with a predetermined interval.
- Automatic emails to customers or leads at a certain time of the day.
- Automating data analysis based on a set schedule.
- Automatically optimizing social media postings according to a specified
timeline. - Updating webpages at a certain interval with newly available content.
- Re-running reports on a periodic basis.
- Refreshing a cache of data at a given frequency.