To build voice and natural language capabilities into your own applications, you have several cloud options.

New Alexa Skill Blueprints allow you to create your own personalized Alexa skills, even if you don't know how to code.

Now, Amazon is giving you the chance to create your own Alexa skills, with the new Amazon Alexa Blueprints platform.

While the improvised Alexa housing won’t have the nine-microphone array or booming speaker of the original, it can still control your smart home and order you a pizza.