# Additional Alexa Phrases **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [June 20, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/additional-alexa-phrases/5543 "2022-06-20T16:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrBix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/drbix/32/3588_2.png) [@DrBix](https://wled.discourse.group/u/DrBix)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/additional-alexa-phrases/5543/1 "2022-06-20T16:44:21Z")
How difficult would it be to expand the Alexa capability to include being able to set predefined patterns? Example: “Alexa, set to rainbow pattern” or “Alexa, set to pattern rainbow.” I was looking through the C++ code but don’t really understand enough (yet) about how define keywords in Alexa. My understanding is that WLED utilizes another device interface (Hue, I believe) to function, which could limit changing the vocabulary, and I’ve looked over the code a little bit. I’ve done a little playing around with Alexa in Java (enough to be dangerous) but haven’t spent serious time on it. My background is 35+ years of development mostly in Java, but started with Assembly, C, and C++ so I understand the languages, I’m just rusty :). Thanks for any tips or suggestions! ---
**Author:** ![SANGER\_A2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/sanger_a2/32/3300_2.png) [@SANGER\_A2](https://wled.discourse.group/u/SANGER_A2)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/additional-alexa-phrases/5543/2 "2022-06-29T19:20:31Z")
I have posted about this [here](https://wled.discourse.group/t/allowing-multiple-alexa-devices-to-allow-multiple-effects/5575) and hopefully clearly laid out how it could be implemented using existing technology. I was surprised it wasn’t already an option to be honest or that there weren’t more posts asking for it! 🙂