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0 pointskrony4y ago0 comments

Ha, maybe! We got lucky that Papillion’s menu has a json feed. If Elkhorn does too then it’s doable. But seems most districts are stuck in pdf files

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laumars4y ago

Still doable. AWS have a tool for parsing JSON files and turning them into a JSON feed: Textract. Given you’d already be inside the AWS ecosystem building the Alexa skill, it would make some sense leveraging that service.

kronyOP4y ago

Oh yeah, for sure possible, I just meant doable in the “easily extend the current pattern in an evening or two” kind of way, ha!

But hey, if a district or school menu software company wanted to sponsor it, it could absolutely get done

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0 pointskrony4y ago0 comments

Ha, maybe! We got lucky that Papillion’s menu has a json feed. If Elkhorn does too then it’s doable. But seems most districts are stuck in pdf files

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laumars4y ago

kronyOP4y ago

Oh yeah, for sure possible, I just meant doable in the “easily extend the current pattern in an evening or two” kind of way, ha!

But hey, if a district or school menu software company wanted to sponsor it, it could absolutely get done

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