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Over on HowChoo, Jeremy has written a great tutorial which steps you through the process of linking your Raspberry Pi up to an Amazon Developer account and then installing the necessary software to create an Alexa device. These devices, which are normally purchased from Amazon<\/a>, allow you to issue voice commands and get an AI-generated response. This can be anything from finding out the distance to another town or city to playing music. Read about how to do it yourself here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over on HowChoo, Jeremy has written a great tutorial which steps you through the process of linking your Raspberry Pi up to an Amazon Developer account and then installing the necessary software to create an Alexa device. These devices, which…<\/p>\n

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