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I try to avoid using chatbots from major companies, because they gain way too much information about you via those means. The voice-based chatbots, as commonly
by lqdc13 10y ago
I try to avoid using chatbots from major companies, because they gain way too much information about you via those means. The voice-based chatbots, as commonly implemented, have the ability to listen to everything you say.
I hope Google doesn't end up in the same boat Microsoft is in with Cortana.
- Razengan 10y agoWell, OS X already has a form of offline voice-control, so obviously an internet connection is not absolutely mandatory for these things. It's a bit buried though; you have to go to System Preferences -> Dictation & Speech and turn on Use Enhanced Dictation, then go to System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Dictation and Enable the dictation keyword phrase. By default it's "Computer" but it can be "Hey Siri" or anything you want, so you can say things like "Computer, switch to Safari" and "scroll to the bottom" etc. I wonder why Apple hasn't advertised this more prominently. It seems to be an edge over whatever's available in Windows.