Pre-defined Friendly Names

Last Updated on : 2024-06-20 05:53:58download

This topic describes the voice interaction configuration solutions of Amazon Alexa. These solutions apply to smart devices built based on Tuya’s product development process.

Pre-defined friendly name

Amazon Alexa supports a series of common friendly names developed and trained for specific voice capabilities. If you set friendly names for custom capabilities and set mode value name or preset level name, you can select one or more pre-defined friendly names provided by Alexa. All pre-defined friendly names are available in 15 languages.

Advantages

We recommend that you use the pre-defined friendly names provided by Alexa.

These names are trained by Alexa and can be accurately recognized by devices, sparing you from testing.
Alexa supports 15 languages, which frees you from laborious translation work. For example, if you select Camera from the drop-down list of Pre-defined Friendly Names, the names in other supported languages are all available. You do not need to translate these names into other supported languages.

Supported languages

Alexa supports custom friendly names in 15 languages, including:

English (AU)
English (CA)
English (UK)
English (IN)
English (US)
German (GE)
Spanish (ES)
Spanish (MX)
Spanish (US)
French (FR)
French (CA)
Hindi (IN)
Italian (IT)
Japanese (JP)
Portuguese (BR)

Custom friendly name

If the pre-defined names are not suitable for your devices, or these names cannot meet your demand, you can specify your own friendly names.

In the Custom Friendly Name drawer that appears, you can define up to three friendly names for each language. For example, a capability with the pre-defined name camera also supports Japanese (JP) and French (FR). You can set up to three custom friendly names to represent camera in these supported languages.

Application scope

You can set only custom friendly names, or set custom friendly names alongside pre-defined friendly names. You can use any or both naming rules as needed without limitations.

Unavailable reserved words

Do not use any of the following reserved words as friendly names. Otherwise, the voice control feature cannot work properly.

English	German (GE)	Spanish	French (CA)	French (FR)	Italian (IT)	Japanese (JP)	Portuguese (BR)
day	Tag	día	jour	Journée	giorno	曜日	dia
timer	Timer	timer	alarme	Minuterie	cronometro	タイマー	cronômetro
music	Musik	música	musique	Musique	musica	音楽	música
alarm	Alarm	alarma	alarme	Alarme	sveglia	アラーム	alarme
alarms	Alarme	alarmas	alarmes	Alarmes	svegliei	アラーム	alarmes
all alarms	Alle Alarme	todas las alarmas	Toutes les alarmes	Toutes les alarmes	sveglie	アラームをすべて	todos alarmes
playing	Wiedergabe	jugando	jouer	Jouant	suonando	再生	jogando
away mode	Away modus	modo ausente	mode vacances	Mode d’absence	modalitá fuori casa	退席中モード	modo de afastado
way f. m.	Way f.m.	radio f.m.	way FM	Façon f.m.	way f.m	Way F.M.	modo FM
sleep sounds	Schlafklänge	sonidos para dormir	bruits du sommeil	Sons de sommeil	suoni del sonno	スリープサウンド	sons de dormir
drop in	Drop in	drop in	passé voir	Déposer dans	dropin	ドロップイン	apareça
today in music	AktuelleMusik	hoy en música	aujourd’hui en musique	Aujourd’hui en musique	oggi in musica	Today in Music	música de hoje
night light	Nacht licht	luz de noche	veilleuse	Veilleuse	luce notturna	夜間照明	luz noturna
camera	Kamera	cámara	caméra	Caméra	camera	カメラ	câmera
do not disturb	Nicht stören	No molestar	ne pas déranger	Ne pas déranger	non disturbare	おやすみモード	não perturbe
volume	Lautstärke	volumen	volume	Volume	volume	ボリューム	volume
bass	Bass	bajo	basse	Basse	basso	低音	grave
treble	Höhen	agudos	aigü	Treble	voce bianca	高音	agudo
time	Uhrzeit	tiempo	heure	Temps	ora	時間	tempo
day	Datum	fecha	date	Date	data	日付	data
date	Heutiges Datum	decha de hoy	date d’aujourd’hui	Date d’aujourd’hui	data di oggi	今日の日付	data de hoje
date today	Benachrichtigung	notificación	notification	Notification	notifica	通知	notificação
notification
today’s date

Example

Log in to the Tuya Developer Platform, and choose Product > Voice Platform > Voice Integration in the left-side navigation bar.
Select a desired product, and click Configuration in the Operation column of the Alexa solution.
On the Solution Configuration page, add a capability. Take a fan switch for example. You can add a custom capability in the toggle type. You can set the toggle name for the device.
- Method 1: In Pre-defined Friendly Names, you can select Fan, Blower.
- Method 2: You can also customize a friendly name for it, such as Electric fan. To improve recognition accuracy, you can set more synonyms.

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