Alexa Skill: Wheel of Fun

I recently finished my second skill, Meal Buddy. I was brainstorming new skill ideas when it hit me: How about a Spin the Wheel skill? I immediately started working on it, and within a few hours, the skeleton of the skill was complete. I spent another day adding basic content to it, and ta-da! My skill was completed.

When you spin the Wheel, it will give the user a random prize, like a fact, joke, or even a fart sound. Afterward, it will ask them if they would like to spin once more. It will continue repeating the process until the user leaves the skill.

I have continued making Wheel of Fun better by adding it to different countries, adding more content, etc. In the one month since publishing it, nearly 6,000 people have spun the wheel about 30,000 times, and the numbers are always growing!

Here is a demo of my skill:


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Aariv Modi

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Aariv Modi is a blogger, programmer, Alexa skill developer, and AI enthusiast. He is in 9th grade at Round Rock High School and has created several Alexa skills and mobile apps. Aariv was recognized as the Voice/AI Pioneer of the Year by Project Voice in 2021 for his contributions to the conversational artificial intelligence industry. He is also the youngest AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder and AWS Certified Machine Learning professional. Aariv has contributed much of his learning with the Alexa and voice community through his blog and social media channels such as LinkedIn, YouTube, and Twitter. During the COVID-19 lockdown, he taught hundreds of kids how to develop Alexa skills through webinars, camps, and posts on his website. He was the youngest presenter at several international voice and AI conferences, such as Project Voice 2020, VOICE Global 2020, and VOICE Summit 2020.
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