Sapna Maria Gomez

Common Knowledge is an electrifying, interactive skill developed by Game Show Network. This Alexa skill has been whipped up to treat the ardent fans of Game Show Network’s popular knowledge-based quiz program, “Common Knowledge”. The thrilling voice app is all about testing participants’ knowledge on practical, everyday questions everyone should know about. The exciting range of fun categories like Good Eats, Survival, Etiquette, and much more have been woven into the skill to incite interest in players and treat them with a variegated platter of questions.

Blue’s Clues & You! Listen and Play is a clue-finding, interactive fun game developed by Nickelodeon to entertain and educate kids aged 4 + and their families. Inspired to uplift the minds of preschoolers and help them learn, the voice app has been specially designed with concepts from child development and early childhood education. For eager players who would want to enjoy more of this can watch Episodes of “Blue’s Clues & You!”, an animated educational children’s series broadcast on Nickelodeon.

Dungeon Adventure is an Alexa fantasy game developed by Fangtastico in which Alexa dons the role of a dungeon master. The voice skill is modeled after the first edition of Dungeons and Dragons. In a nutshell, the voice app lets you create a character, fight monsters, go into combat, level up your character, purchase items from the town such as weapons, armor, potions, and spells all to save the town of Ravensburg which is under the grip of an evil necromancer and his monsters who are living in a dungeon.

Language tutor is an interactive voice-powered skill developed by Engendex for translating conversational phrases. The skill attempts to pique the curiosity of polyglots by offering the rendering of English phrases from the three select languages, namely Spanish, Italian and French. To top it up the skill offers some Australian dialect as well to attract inquisitive minds. Moreover, the translation model is set on an intermediate to advanced level.

Fairy Tale Feud is an interactive kid-friendly game developed by Hero Software with a choice selection of good fairy tale creatures. The core narrative of this fun-packed voice skill is rooted in the mission to save the Enchanted Forest home to wild animals from the clutches of the Evil Witch. The game progresses through a series of contests and users partaking in it are endowed with the golden opportunity to determine the fate of the Enchanted Forest.

Magic Door is a uniquely woven interactive game developed by Magic Door, LLC. Reeling over more than a handful of exciting narratives, this voice skill lets its users choose their own adventure from a mix of original stories. The voice app has been carefully designed to render a sense of chilling experience to its players by means of a multi-faceted narrative form.

Science Buddy is an interactive voice application developed by Neil Chowdhury to help kids learn about science. The making of this fun trivia game was inspired by the National Science Bowl, an academic competition run by the U.S Department of Energy. The skill also garnered the title of finalist in the 2018 Alexa Skills Challenge for kids and also won the Bonus Prize in the category of Best Skill by High School Students aged 13-18 in the US/Canada.

Poppy’s Elf Training is a highly interactive educational voice app developed by John Callahan to suit the interests of 5-8-year-olds. To render a magical effect, the creator of this voice skill has imparted an impeccable blend of music, sound effects, and character voices with a touch of finesse. Chosen as the finalist of the 2018 Alexa Challenges: Kids competition, this skill attempts to create a great educational experience for kids.

Translated is a smart, interactive translation voice app developed by Translated Labs. This simple, yet interesting voice skill has been specially curated to give users exclusive access to professional translation technology. Featured as “one of the most fun and useful skills available” for Alexa devices by New York Times, the skill attempts to translate short sentences from English into 37 languages.

Pimsleur is a highly interactive tutoring skill developed by Pimsleur to offer a hands-free language learning adventure for its inquisitive learners. Designed with a scholastic feature, the voice skill attempts to aid learners to master the languages fast and easily. The skill offers over 50 most popular foreign languages to choose from and master them like a near-native speaker to appeal to its users. The makers of this voice app claim that with its lessons users can learn and understand a new language of their choice in under 30 minutes owing to its scientifically proven methods.