Get response #1278

get_response() method added to MycroftSkill. The method allows skill creators to synchronously wait for a users response inside an intent handler. The method takes a dialog reference as an argument. The referenced dialog will be spoken and listening will be triggered. The user response will be returned from the method.

    def echo(self, message):
        response =self.get_response('what.should.I.repeat')
        self.speak(response)

Global skill settings #1290

Skill settings are now defaulted per user, not per device. This means instead of having multiple entries for a skill under the “Skills” tab, a single entry will be visible and used by all devices.

Skiller #1282

skiller.sh script updated. The skiller.sh script creates a standard template for building a new skill, including skill class, readme, and license.

Translate text #1288

New translate methods to help the internationalization of skills. The new methods are,translate()translate_template() and translate_list().

        body = self.translate_template('email.template', {'from': data['name']})
        self.send_email(self.translate('You have a message!'), body)

The above example will get the localized version of the email.template.dialog file, and render one of the entries as a string. The string will then be sent as the body in an e-mail message.

Unnamed intents #1280

IntentBuilder can now be used with empty names:IntentBuilder('').require('intent')... If left empty, the handler method name will be used.

Misc changes

• Corrected test coverage #1272
• Speech related fixes, correct isSpeaking #1283, Fix protection from intermixing utterances. #1291
• Update CLI, minor fixes and changes to the keyboard interface. #1284
• mycroft.awoken is now sent when speech client is awoken from sleep. #1279
• fix status messages sent from msm to mycroft messagebus. #1275