Posted on 05/27/2018 4:46:40 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Ask around, and youll find a surprising number of people have a smart speaker in their homes. As of January, 1 in 6 Americans own a voice-activated speaker, but Gartner predicts 75 percent of U.S. households will have one by 2020. With a broad gamut of capabilitiesstreaming news and music, answering questions, issuing reminders, and controlling connected home productsthey can offer a good value proposition, particularly when paired with an attractive price point.
But just because our Echos, Google Homes, and HomePods can do all sorts of things doesnt mean were taking advantage of every single one of their features. Many of us are content to rely on our digital assistants for just one, or a handful, of specific tasks. With that in mind, there seem to be several distinct emerging classes of smart speaker users to which people belong.
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You www the one that didn’t catch the joke!
The remote turned out to be very convenient, leading me to reconsider remotes for ceiling fans, blinds/drapes, etc.
Do you happen to have any cute fotos of Olga and Otto handy? (signed) the NSA
I like you way you think. My guess is it would respond with an answer of less than 6 decimal places. It would be funny if it was smart enough to add this to the answer -- "... but nice try".
I’m the type that has been boycotting anything that leftist megalomaniac Bezos has anything to do with for a couple of years.
I’m the type that wouldn’t have an Alexa type device at all, even if Bezos was a political clone of myself.
I’m the type who takes the battery out of his cell phone except when actually using it.
Actually I think it went out to nine digits. Also does numerical but not symbolic math and no calculus. I primarily use it for voice actuated home automation. And no, I DO NOT have smart door locks.
I will also use it for the time, if I wake up in the middle of the night, and for the days weather when I first wake up.
Mark
I am not a big fan of this technology sitting around and listening to me. But I did relent when I got a firestick with an alexa remote. Instead of saying alexa, you have to push a button to activate it. And with 2 AAA batteries running it, I am pretty sure it is not sitting there all day with the mic open waiting for me to say something. So, I have a little fun playing with it without the privacy concerns.
LOL!!
Hell, I assume this is some sort of iPhag thing. Do not own one and still on Win 7, curmudgeon, I am.
I could see using something like that as a research assistant to constantly search & retrieve news or certain information and file away. I would like a robotic maid.
Robots are the future.
(smiles)
My TV remote is line of sight IR and with no external connection.
Unlike the Alexis of the world.....
If you want one in your home - good for you.
As for me, I’ll pass.
For fun, try this with your little home spybot
“Alexa - say hello to J edgar will you?”
this becuase the fuzz have openly sued to get the recording form a geographic area. We would they sue to gain access to what supposedly does not exist?
I got Alexa after a friend’s mother fell in the bathroom and lay on the cold floor all night. She caught pneumonia and the stress caused her to have to move to a nursing facility. My Alexa is in the bathroom, so if I have an accident in there, I can tell her to call my son=in-law.
I later learned she would play gospel music and sing with me in the shower. I just learned on this thread that she will play audio books. That’s good to know.
How can I do that? Could I just say, "Alexa, play Audible 'Grant' for 30 minutes"?
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I do not wish to willingly add a set of spying ears to my household.
Ditto!!!
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