/tags/alexa/ Recent content in Alexa on That API Guy Hugo en Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:53:18 +0000 /posts/alexa-ask-microsoft-flow-to-read-out-my-latest-e-mail/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:53:18 +0000 /posts/alexa-ask-microsoft-flow-to-read-out-my-latest-e-mail/ <p>[tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/that">https://twitter.com/that</a>_API_guy/status/1104836878107373570 ]</p> <p>I posted this on twitter and got a lot of requests to create a blog on this , so here you go -</p> <h3 id="why-are-we-doing-this">Why are we doing this?</h3> <p>We are all surrounded by different smart home devices and voice assistants around us. Wouldn&rsquo;t it be great if we could use them to -</p> <ul> <li>Add a task to To-Do</li> <li>Read email/ send email</li> <li>Read out calendar</li> <li>Create a meeting invite</li> <li>Add an item to SharePoint list and much more&hellip;</li> </ul> <h3 id="what-do-we-need">What do we need?</h3> <ol> <li><a href="http://flow.microsoft.com">Microsoft Flow</a> - If you don&rsquo;t know what Microsoft Flow is , check out this video from Jon Levesque <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOr6wlH5Kgs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOr6wlH5Kgs</a> and sign up for the free trial now!</li> <li>Alexa device / Alexa app</li> <li>Alexa Developer console account  - Here is an overview of the developer console for your reference - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-mrSBrlDso">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-mrSBrlDso</a></li> </ol> <h3 id="concept--">Concept -</h3> <p><img alt="CONCEPT" loading="lazy" src="/uploads/2019/03/concept.png"></p>