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I think they need to pick a different name. 'Alexa' is very easy to trigger with other names, and reliably activates when I am watching any show with a characte
by mmanfrin 11y ago
I think they need to pick a different name. 'Alexa' is very easy to trigger with other names, and reliably activates when I am watching any show with a character named 'Alex', 'Alexy', etc.
One side effect I've noticed is that they seem to have tried to account for it, which has made the Echo less responsive to actual requests; a few times I've stood in front of it yelling 'ALEXA' trying to get it to stop and it does not respond.
- manyxcxi 11y agoThere are three options for trigger words. There's Alexa, Amazon, and Echo. We have ours set to Alexa (default) and when the neighbor girl comes over (Alexis) the Echo frequently wakes during conversations.
- mmanfrin 11y agoI've been thinking of changing it to Echo -- using 'Amazon' just feels too corporatey.
- adamrezich 11y agoMy sister was never great at keeping friends for long growing up, but it amuses me to no end that her two long-time friends she's had since she was very young... are named Alexa and Siri :v
- robterrell 11y agoHer future college roommate: Cortana?
- oaktowner 11y agoMy Moto X let me set the keyword to whatever I wanted it to be: I used "OK, Computer."
- sprayk 11y agoI briefly had mine as "ayo computa" on my Moto X. That phone was the perfect size and shape. I miss it dearly :(
- secabeen 11y agoAlexa is not that easy compared to other names. Can you identify a single word that Alexa rhymes with? It's very hard to select a good wake word.
- mmanfrin 11y agoIt's not about rhyming, it's about the dominant sounds. The 'al-' is faint, and factors less in to triggering than the 'X-ah' -- so a show could be talking about 'his [Ex a]ccepted the apology' and it would trigger. Pretty much any 'X' sound followed by a shwa would trigger it. /Xə/ == triggering.
- te_chris 11y agoAlex, which happens to be my girlfriends name.
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- DonHopkins 11y agoAdolph isn't very commonly used any more.
- therein 11y agoThe user should be able to pick one of these three convenient yet uncommon phrases: - Yo Hitler - Hello Mussolini - Hey Stalin
- DonHopkins 11y agoWith a Kinect, you should be able to extend your right arm in the air with a straightened hand to issue a command. That would be popular with people who've sworn their allegiance to Drumph.
- pkamb 11y agoStrange that she's "Alexa" to begin with. "Echo" seems like a pretty strong brand, good enough for the hardware at least, and would be a perfectly fine name for the AI as well.
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- return0 11y agoplus it really rings of "website analytics"