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Do Alex and Google have software APIs? Can you make a hardware device (eg Raspberry Pi) that listens for a wake up then sends to the API? Seems more elegant.
by ape4 8y ago
Do Alex and Google have software APIs? Can you make a hardware device (eg Raspberry Pi) that listens for a wake up then sends to the API? Seems more elegant.
As a bonus, maybe your device could understand "Alexa..." and "OK Google..." and send to the relevant API. Use Alexa for shopping and Google for searches?
- mLuby 8y agoInvolves more trust. This has the elegance of not needing to trust the megacorps any more than you care to.
- amdavidson 8y agoHow does this involve more trust? With either Alias, or an homebrew solution you're sending the query portion ("How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?") to the megacorp?
- mLuby 8y agoWhoops didn't see this part, yeah you're right! >hardware device (eg Raspberry Pi) that listens for a wake up then sends to the API?
- maccard 8y agoGoogle assistant has an API here [0], and Alexa has a fairly large amount of documentation here [1]. In theory, the devices already claim to do this. If you don't trust that they do, you probably shouldn't have one full stop. [0] https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/overview https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/overview [1] https://developer.amazon.com/alexa https://developer.amazon.com/alexa
- arnarbi 8y agoThere's this: https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/ https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/