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And it won't. Alexa CAN NOT run on Pebble watches. Alexa needs a proper mini-PC like a smartphone or raspberry pi to run. Let's not forget Pebble watches are ju

by hauget 10y ago

And it won't. Alexa CAN NOT run on Pebble watches. Alexa needs a proper mini-PC like a smartphone or raspberry pi to run. Let's not forget Pebble watches are just mini-programmable controllers that run a modified version of FreeRTOS and have a nice compact screen that fits on your wrist, and a mic. TL;DR: you need a smartphone to run Alexa.

tbranyen 10y ago
Well sure... but Pebble also isn't running Dragon Naturally speaking directly on your watch. It hits a "cloud" API with your audio and gets results back. Why couldn't they do this exact same thing with Alexa? And from what I read you need to provide your own SIM to get Alexa working, why would that be the case if you were required to use a phone?
- rtpg 10y ago
  The Pebble Core takes a SIM card
- jeeva 10y ago
  The Pebble Core is actually a very small screenless Android-running machine. It has more in common with your phone than your Pebble (assuming Android / Pebble owner ;)).
TeMPOraL 10y ago
> TL;DR: you need a smartphone to run Alexa. Or Pebble Core :). Which seems to be intended to let you leave your smartphone at home when you go outside. But I can't wait to use it as a companion. Google Now generally sucks, and the only way I found to make it usable is to hack it with Tasker. I don't mind carrying Core all the time, along with the smartphone. (I just need to figure out how to keep it alive for the whole day with the 3G always on.)
- alttab 10y ago
  The Pebble watch can communicate with a smartphone, and uses voice-to-text for SMS responses. I imagine a similar implementation could be used for Alexa. The bigger hurtle may be the lack of speakers on the watch.
  - TeMPOraL 10y ago
    I have a Bluetooth headset bought specifically for the purpose of playing with voice assistants. Pebble Core will support Bluetooth, so I look forward to pairing them this way.
- hauget 10y ago
  Core charges in two ways: power connector that attaches to the 3.5mm headphone jack, or via the attachable plate that allows wireless charging. Thus, you'll probably be able to attach a small external battery pack to make it run all day. That said, I'm more interested in figuring out how to get offline speech recognition running on Core with something like PocketSphinx and only relying on the 3g connection when needed. All this has got me thinking about what the smallest Android boards/devices out there are and how I could get a Raspberry Pi Zero connected to a cellular network. Need to do more research on this.
  - adyus 10y ago
    To build on that idea, you could use PocketSphinx for (battery-draining) always-on listening for a keyword, then sending the actual recording to a server for transcribing.
untog 10y ago
Alexa could be running on the smartphone paired to your Pebble, though. It already does voice recognition that way.

by hauget 10y ago

tbranyen 10y ago

Well sure... but Pebble also isn't running Dragon Naturally speaking directly on your watch. It hits a "cloud" API with your audio and gets results back. Why couldn't they do this exact same thing with Alexa? And from what I read you need to provide your own SIM to get Alexa working, why would that be the case if you were required to use a phone?

rtpg 10y ago
The Pebble Core takes a SIM card
jeeva 10y ago
The Pebble Core is actually a very small screenless Android-running machine. It has more in common with your phone than your Pebble (assuming Android / Pebble owner ;)).

TeMPOraL 10y ago

> TL;DR: you need a smartphone to run Alexa. Or Pebble Core :). Which seems to be intended to let you leave your smartphone at home when you go outside. But I can't wait to use it as a companion. Google Now generally sucks, and the only way I found to make it usable is to hack it with Tasker. I don't mind carrying Core all the time, along with the smartphone. (I just need to figure out how to keep it alive for the whole day with the 3G always on.)

alttab 10y ago
The Pebble watch can communicate with a smartphone, and uses voice-to-text for SMS responses. I imagine a similar implementation could be used for Alexa. The bigger hurtle may be the lack of speakers on the watch.
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  I have a Bluetooth headset bought specifically for the purpose of playing with voice assistants. Pebble Core will support Bluetooth, so I look forward to pairing them this way.
hauget 10y ago
Core charges in two ways: power connector that attaches to the 3.5mm headphone jack, or via the attachable plate that allows wireless charging. Thus, you'll probably be able to attach a small external battery pack to make it run all day. That said, I'm more interested in figuring out how to get offline speech recognition running on Core with something like PocketSphinx and only relying on the 3g connection when needed. All this has got me thinking about what the smallest Android boards/devices out there are and how I could get a Raspberry Pi Zero connected to a cellular network. Need to do more research on this.
- adyus 10y ago
  To build on that idea, you could use PocketSphinx for (battery-draining) always-on listening for a keyword, then sending the actual recording to a server for transcribing.

untog 10y ago

Alexa could be running on the smartphone paired to your Pebble, though. It already does voice recognition that way.