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I gave my 90 year old grandmother an Echo Show for Christmas and she loves it. My main goal was video chat (which she can also initiate herself), but she’s acti
by bartman 9y ago
I gave my 90 year old grandmother an Echo Show for Christmas and she loves it. My main goal was video chat (which she can also initiate herself), but she’s actively using it as a radio, weather station and calendar for the trash pick up.
To help her remember the commands I made a reference sheet with the most common phrases, but what mainly helped her was to think of talking to Alexa as if she was talking to a dog: Giving clear, loudly spoken commands.
- wallflower 9y agoDid you see the recent SNL skit? I think that a real Alexa for Seniors would incorporate some of what this spoof Alexa does. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvT_gqs5ETk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvT_gqs5ETk
- bartman 9y agoHeh, the difficulty in remembering the wake word actually rings true. We tried it with „Alexa“ first which is somewhat difficult to pronounce for a German speaker who doesn’t known any English. „Echo“ however worked well and she had no problem remembering it.