Supplement seller develops feature for Amazon device

Sarasota-based Professional Supplement Center has developed an Alexa Skill that allows customers to use their Amazon Echo devices to track packages coming from the company. It also allows them to get more information about vitamins and supplements the company sells.

Don McSwain, a software engineer who works for Professional Supplement Center, created the Skill app. McSwain tells Coffee Talk that ironically, developing the skill for the Amazon device is a way for the company to compete with Amazon. “Our idea was to innovate as much as possible and stay on the leading edge,” he says.