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Post by wimpradio on May 28, 2020 23:51:11 GMT
Today, I've just finished my first Alexa app, to stream the station, and submitted it for certification and approval to Amazon. It was a fairly painless process, using a template by the good folks at Dabble Labs, and their "Audio Streaming Example". It is another way to expand the footprint and listenership of the station, when over-air might not fit the bill. |
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Post by wimpradio on Jun 3, 2020 15:37:36 GMT
After submitting the app for review 3 times, received a notification this morning that the skill was approved.
Everything is on-track. However, there is always work to be done.
Hope everyone is doing well and healthy.
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Post by Boomer on Jun 4, 2020 1:19:06 GMT
Now I don't have an Alexa yet, but it's great that you can program for them and make an app for your own station, it has me thinking..
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Post by wimpradio on Jun 4, 2020 2:58:53 GMT
I'm glad that I've gotten you thinking.
If I had known creating the skill was going to be as easy as it was, I would have done it sooner.
The only thing I wish that I could, easily, include is NowPlaying information. I guess that is something that I'll have to look into.
BTW, if there is anyone who would like to include Nowplaying information, from their streaming station, or combination streaming/on-air station, like mine, on Twitter, I would recommend and easy free way of doing so, if you have the bandwidth. It does require a third party app, but it is free, called WACUP, which is much like WinAmp (but recently updated).
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