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24 alternatives to Explain Like I'm Five Alexa Skill

Making complicated topics easy to understand

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Explain Like I'm Five Alexa Skill launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Amazon Skills Hub▲139

   Find an experienced team to bring your Alexa skill to life

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Skills.wtf▲214

   A site to find all the best Alexa Skills

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Alexa Skill Store▲85

   Lists the best new Alexa Skills, every day

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   TWiT Alexa Skill▲88

   Receive the top tech headlines, trends, and announcements

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Notion skill for Amazon Alexa▲126

   Artificial intelligence for talking to your Email

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Ocean Bottle Alexa Skill▲75

   Talk to real people and make friends in the Alexa’s way

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Grand Tour Alexa Skill▲75

   Test your knowledge of the show to unlock exclusive content

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Amazon Echo's ASK (Alexa Skills Kit)▲110

   Design voice interactions for the Amazon Echo

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   TED Talks Alexa Skill▲139

   Explore TED's vast library of inspiring talks and ideas

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Amazon Alexa Skills Store▲133

    Skills “app store” makeover and add new Skills by voice

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    How To Build Alexa Skills▲93

    Step by step of how to build a Alexa Skill for brands

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Alexa, WTF just happened?▲161

    An Amazon Alexa skill for What The F**k Just Happened Today.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Alexa skill for Hacker News that summarizes articles▲111

    I've made a Hacker News skill for Alexa so people can get tech news while driving, cooking, or cleaning. The first version lists post titles and summarizes articles: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CKVDXC3 I'll have lots of time over the next few months to refine it and add things like - comment summaries - selecting posts by topic, and eventually - answering questions about articles What do you think of the skill? What I should add to it? What do people think about voice assistants in general? To keep in touch, talk to me on Twitter or by email:…

    2018 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Allrecipes Alexa Skill▲78

    Helping you get dinner done right every night

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Shopify Alexa Skill▲95

    Manage your Shopify store using the Amazon Alexa

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Alexa Skill Kit▲175

    Effortless Alexa Skill development with AWS Lambda

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    News Feed Alexa Skill▲121

    Get the latest news from top audio sources in realtime

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Lexi▲165

    Speak to Alexa through your iPhone

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    AlexaTutorial.com▲97

    Master the Alexa Skills Kit with Python

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    NASA Mars Alexa Skill▲82

    Get the latest rover updates directly from NASA

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    NPR One for Alexa▲81

    News + personalized flow of thoughtfully curated stories

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    BotTalk▲282

    Create Alexa skills and Google Assistant actions with Markup

    2018 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Amazon Tap▲192

    Alexa-enabled portable speaker

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    EchoSim▲169

    Amazon's Alexa in your browser

    2016 · its alternatives →

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