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Amazon Echo “Karuizawa Trivia” Skill Now Available

2018.08.18

Amazon Echo “Karuizawa Trivia” Skill Now Available

Karuizawa Tourism Association has developed and released “Karuizawa Trivia,” a skill for the Amazon Echo smart speaker.

What is Amazon Echo?

This smart speaker can be remotely controlled by voice alone. By simply saying “Alexa,” you can easily control audio playback, weather and news reading, smart home operation, alarm setting, and other voice-activated functions.
<Click here for more information about Amazon Echo and what you can do with Alexa.

What is Karuizawa Trivia?

Skills that will enable you to know a wide range of knowledge about the nature, history, culture, architecture, biology, and literature of Karuizawa that will enable you to enjoy Karuizawa more deeply and enrich your travel, stay, and settlement time in the area.

This skill can also be used as a study for the Karuizawa Web Certification Examination, since the content is compiled from approximately 1500 questions in the Karuizawa Web Certification Examination, which is conducted annually by the Karuizawa Tourist Association.

treatment

Pronounce “Alexa, Karuizawa Trivia for the first time” to get a response from Karuizawa Trivia (the same trivia will be pronounced twice). (The same trivia is pronounced twice).

attention (heed)

Some proper nouns may not be pronounced correctly.

Supported Languages

Japanese (JP)

Q&A

Q Is it free?
A. Free of charge.

Q What can I use it for?
A Available on Amazon’s Echo series of AI speakers or the Alexa app on your smartphone.

Q Do I need to register?
A Since both of these services are provided by Amazon, you will need to register as a member of Amazon.

Q Will personal information be collected if I use the service?
A No, Karuizawa Tourist Association does not collect personal information with this skill.

Q How many trivia questions do you have?
A There are about 1,500, and you can listen to them at random, and on the Echo Spot, you can also see the text.

Q How does it work?
A Echo will begin execution by speaking “Alexa, Karuizawa Trivia for the first time” to the Echo. In the case of the Alexa app on your phone, “Alexa” at the beginning is not necessary.

Q Is there any relationship with the Karuizawa Web Certification?
A The questions are based on those of the Karuizawa Web Certificate, so if you memorize Karuizawa trivia, you will be able to learn more about taking the Karuizawa Web Certificate.

Q Are there words that are not pronounced correctly?
A Some proper nouns may not be pronounced correctly. We believe this will be corrected with technical improvements to Amazon Alexa.

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