/// <summary>
/// Load the fact data into the list for processing/use
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static List <FactData> LoadFacts()
{
List <FactData> factList = new List <FactData>();
FactData facts = new FactData();
//prompt messages necessary for voice interaction
facts.SkillName = "Women in tech";
facts.GetFactMessage = "Here's an interesting one: ";
facts.HelpMessage = "You can say tell me a women in tech fact and I will give you a random one...What can I help you with?";
facts.HelpReprompt = "What can I help you with?";
facts.StopMessage = "Goodbye!";
facts.LaunchMessage = "Welcome to Women in tech facts. I know facts about famous women in technology and computing. What would you like to know?";
facts.LaunchMessageReprompt = "Try asking me to give you a women in tech fact";
facts.AskMessage = " What else would you like to know?";
//populate the list with the facts used
facts.Facts.Add("Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was the first women in the United States to recieve a Ph.D in computer science in 1965...");
facts.Facts.Add("The first computer programmer was Ada Lovelace...");
facts.Facts.Add("Edith Clarke was the first female electrical engineer and was the first female professor of electrical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin...");
facts.Facts.Add("The first compiler was invited by Grace Hopper in 1951...");
facts.Facts.Add("The spanning-tree protocol that makes the modern Internet possible was invented by Radia Perlmann...");
facts.Facts.Add("Jean Jennings Bartik was one of the six first ENIAC operators and did calculations on rocket and cannon trajectories in 1945...");
facts.Facts.Add("The Apple icon was developed by Susan Kare...");
facts.Facts.Add("Carol Shaw was a pioneer game developer for Atari in 1978 and was noted as one of the best programmers for the 6 5 0 2 microprocessor...");
facts.Facts.Add("In 1942 Hedy Lamarr invented the frequency-hopping technology that allows for the modern day use of wi-fi and bluetooth...");
facts.Facts.Add("Google hired Marissa Mayer in 1999 as their first female engineer and she is now vice president of location and local services...");
factList.Add(facts);
return(factList);
}
// <summary>
/// Process intents that are dialog based and may not have a speech
/// response. Speech responses cannot be returned with a delegate response
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data"></param>
/// <param name="input"></param>
/// <param name="response"></param>
/// <returns>bool true if processed</returns>
private bool ProcessDialogRequest(FactData data, SkillRequest input, SkillResponse response)
{
var intentRequest = input.Request;
string speech_message = string.Empty;
bool processed = false;
return(processed);
}
/// <summary>
/// Get the facts from the list
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input"></param>
/// <param name="context"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private FactData GetFacts()
{
if (resources == null)
{
resources = FactData.LoadFacts();
}
foreach (FactData factdata in resources)
{
return(factdata);
}
return(null);
}
/// <summary>
/// Process and respond to the LaunchRequest with launch
/// and reprompt message
/// </summary>
/// <param name="factdata"></param>
/// <param name="response"></param>
/// <returns>void</returns>
private void ProcessLaunchRequest(FactData factdata, ResponseBody response)
{
if (factdata != null)
{
IOutputSpeech innerResponse = new SsmlOutputSpeech();
(innerResponse as SsmlOutputSpeech).Ssml = SsmlDecorate(factdata.LaunchMessage);
response.OutputSpeech = innerResponse;
IOutputSpeech prompt = new PlainTextOutputSpeech();
(prompt as PlainTextOutputSpeech).Text = factdata.LaunchMessageReprompt;
response.Reprompt = new Reprompt()
{
OutputSpeech = prompt
};
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Get a new random fact from the fact list.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="factdata"></param>
/// <param name="withPreface"></param>
/// <returns>string newfact</returns>
private string GetNewFact(FactData factdata, bool withPreface)
{
string preface = string.Empty;
if (factdata == null)
{
return(string.Empty);
}
if (withPreface)
{
preface = factdata.GetFactMessage;
}
return(preface + factdata.Facts[rand.Next(factdata.Facts.Count)] + factdata.AskMessage);
}
/// <summary>
/// Process all not dialog based Intents
/// </summary>
/// <param name="factdata"></param>
/// <param name="input"></param>
/// <returns>IOutputSpeech innerResponse</returns>
private IOutputSpeech ProcessIntentRequest(FactData factdata, SkillRequest input)
{
var intentRequest = input.Request;
IOutputSpeech innerResponse = new PlainTextOutputSpeech();
switch (intentRequest.Intent.Name)
{
case "GetNewFactIntent":
innerResponse = new SsmlOutputSpeech();
(innerResponse as SsmlOutputSpeech).Ssml = GetNewFact(factdata, true);
break;
case AlexaConstants.CancelIntent:
(innerResponse as PlainTextOutputSpeech).Text = factdata.StopMessage;
response.Response.ShouldEndSession = true;
break;
case AlexaConstants.StopIntent:
(innerResponse as PlainTextOutputSpeech).Text = factdata.StopMessage;
response.Response.ShouldEndSession = true;
break;
case AlexaConstants.HelpIntent:
(innerResponse as PlainTextOutputSpeech).Text = factdata.HelpMessage;
break;
default:
(innerResponse as PlainTextOutputSpeech).Text = factdata.HelpReprompt;
break;
}
if (innerResponse.Type == AlexaConstants.SSMLSpeech)
{
BuildCard(factdata.SkillName, (innerResponse as SsmlOutputSpeech).Ssml);
(innerResponse as SsmlOutputSpeech).Ssml = SsmlDecorate((innerResponse as SsmlOutputSpeech).Ssml);
}
return(innerResponse);
}
