The skill did not begin with a roll call prompting users to awaken their Echo Buttons.

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I have built a trivia skill with button support using Echo Buttons Trivia - https://github.com/alexa/skill-sample-nodejs-buttons-trivia. It was working fine when I tested in developer console. However, it was rejected by reviewer with this message. What is the solution?

The skill did not begin with a roll call prompting users to awaken their Echo Buttons. A roll call is required at the beginning of skills utilizing Echo Buttons to ensure the buttons are awake for the remainder of the interaction.

Steps To Reproduce:

User: "Alexa open fruits trivia" Skill: "Welcome to Fruits Trivia. This game supports up to 4 players. How many players are there?" User: "one" Skill: "Fantastic! Are you ready to start the game?"

Please note that the skill must provide roll call in order to awaken the echo buttons before navigating further into the skill.

Answer 1

Answer by Jason@amazon · Oct 29 at 05:51 PM

Roll call needs to be implemented - the skill needs to discover how many buttons are going to be used before actually starting the quiz. There needs to be a roll call before your quiz actually begins - take a look at the following link on how this is implemented:

https://developer.amazon.com/docs/gadget-skills/discover-echo-buttons.html#goals

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Michael · 5 days ago 0

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The issue is we are using the Amazon provided sample which handles the roll call when there are 2 or more players. If the user says there is only 1 player, then it just jumps into the game.

I've been poking around the source code, but I'm struggle to figure out where this roll call is actually taking place and which logic is saying "skip the roll call if there is only a single player".

Any help with this?

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Answer by Michael · 4 days ago

All you need to do is explain in the "Testing instructions" that when there is only a single player, the buttons are bypassed and the microphone is open to freely answer after the question is asked. My skill has passed the certification with this information provided to them.

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