I see that there is a Alexa.Speaker interface available in Alexa Skills Kit. However, I'm new to developing alexa skills and I'm not sure how to use the Alexa.Speaker capability and how I can increase the volume. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm using node.js.
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Hi scrname321. The Alexa.Speaker interface does not allow skill developers to adjust the volume of customers' Echo devices.
Instead, let's say that you were a manufacturer of your own internet connected speakers. You would manage your own "device cloud" for your users that contains information about their connected devices.
You could then create an Alexa smart home skill to control those devices including raising or lowering their volume. The way you would describe that functionality in your Alexa skill is with the Alexa.Speaker interface.
If that's something that you're still interested in, then you can learn more about smart homes skills and the Alexa.Speaker interface with the documentation below:
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/smarthome/steps-to-build-a-smart-home-skill.html
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/device-apis/alexa-speaker.html
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