The Amazon Alexa Skill of Das Örtliche is best of communications in 2018

The Amazon Alexa Skill of Das Örtliche is best of communications in 2018

Berlin, Apr 20, 2018, by Florian Oberkrome

Deutsche Tele Medien GmbH receives the IT 2018 Innovation Award in the category Best of 2018 Communication for the Amazon Skill from Das Örtliche. This application convinced the jury of the Initiative Mittelstand and was therefore voted as one of the most innovative IT-solutions of the year.

Best of IT-Innovation - The award

The Initiative Mittelstand has been awarding the most innovative IT solutions from the DACH market with the IT Innovation Prize for around 15 years. The prize covers all areas of modern IT with a total of 38 categories. Communication was such a category and had strong competition with almost 160 entries. Nevertheless, the Amazon Alexa Skill from Das Örtliche clearly prevailed, so that it was ranked among the top 20 of the Best Of Communication 2018.

"Alexa, öffne Das Örtliche!" - The award-winning skill

On behalf of Deutsche Tele Medien GmbH, co-editor of "Das Telefonbuch", "Gelbe Seiten" and "Das Örtliche", ProDigitalis Medien GmbH has developed the Amazon Alexa Skill of Das Örtliche. With the help of the skill, users can search for addresses, opening hours and phone numbers of restaurants, doctors, bakers or other small and medium businesses. A special feature of the skill is the free call function, with which users are provided with another tool to approach companies authentically. In addition, the Amazon Alexa skill of Das Örtliche is constantly being expanded with new, exciting functions.

However, not only users benefit from using this application. Even SMEs that do not always have the resources to develop their own skills receive a big advantage: they are listed on innovative voice assistants such as Alexa. Practically a win-win situation for users and companies. This award once again illustrates the innovative power behind voice technologies.