Link to a yourweb.co account to enjoy this conversational news service via voice.
The service will let you chat with Alexa about the news and you can save articles to your reading list at https://yourweb.co
This skill works much the same as the chatbot at https://yourweb.co however it also has 'stop', 'cancel' and 'help' options enabled. From the skill, you can only add items to your reading list, viewing and managing the list is done at https://yourweb.co
Alexa will ask for your category the first time you arrive. From then you need to say 'change my category' to switch between business, sports, entertainment etc. (detailed instructions below)
Once you have a category, Alexa will ask for a subject or topic. This can be anything of interest within that category, such as 'golf' if you selected the 'sports' category. Alexa will then give you a news article heading, say 'really' or 'tell me more' for more info. She'll then read more info and offer to add it to your reading list.
Your reading list at https://yourweb.co will provide links to the articles. The news articles are sourced from the Bing News API and are generally of a high quality. So good luck and enjoy the skill. Any feedback please send to steven.bowden@protonmail.com
If you want to master this chatbot, instructions / key phrases are below:
How to change category
Categories are: "Science and Technology", "Entertainment", "Health", "Politics", "World", "US", "Business", "Sports"
"I'm interested in {newsCategory}",
"I can tell you the type of news I like",
"what are my options",
"I have a general idea",
"I want to change my category to {newsCategory}",
"I want to change my category",
"change my category"
How to choose a category
"{newsCategory}",
"I'm into {newsCategory}",
"I like {newsCategory}",
"{newsCategory} thanks",
"Big fan of {newsCategory}",
"Lets go with {newsCategory}"
How to choose a subject / topic
"{Subject}",
"I'm interested in news about {Subject}",
"I want {Subject}",
"How about {Subject}",
"Give me news on {Subject}",
"I feel like {Subject}",
"What's been happening with {Subject}"
How to let Alexa pick a random article from within your category
"What do you suggest",
"Surprise me",
"I'm feeling lucky",
"What have you got for me",
"Anything new and interesting",
"Anything interesting",
"What's been happening",
"Hit me",
"Anything"
How to get more info on a news article
"What do you mean",
"What's that",
"I don't get it",
"More info",
"Please elaborate",
"Can you expand on that",
"Details please",
"More",
"Tell me more",
"No I haven't",
"Really",
"that's crazy",
"seriously",
"Keep going",
"Sounds interesting",
"Wow"
How to move to the next article
"Boring",
"That's not what I wanted",
"Next topic please",
"Next",
"Next one please",
"Moving on",
"What else",
"Old news",
"Skip",
"Not interested",
"I'm not into that"
How to save to reading list without being asked
"Save that please",
"Save it",
"Keeper",
"Add it to my list",
"Add that please",
"Please add to my list",
"Put it on my list"
How to change subject
"I want to do change the subject",
"Lets change the topic",
"Lets change the subject",
"change subject",
"New search"
How to get help
"help",
"instructions",
"how does this work",
"i need help",
"please explain",
"skill instructions",
"skill description",
"how do I do this",
"what am I supposed to do",
"please help"
How to exit the skill
"cancel",
"stop",
"exit",
"quit",
"close",
"i'm done",
"i'm finished",
"stop please",
"please stop"
PRIVACY INFORMATION
This skill uses your https://yourweb.co account to manage your profile. The only personally identifiable information collected by this skill is the social account email and nicknames provided by the social identity providers (e.g. Facebook) when logging in. The skill keeps a record of previously searched topics to enable better news recommendations. Data is not shared with any third party.
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