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Should have just called it "Computer" like on Star Trek. Or let you give it whatever name you like. It's your device, in theory.
by throwawayboise 6y ago
Should have just called it "Computer" like on Star Trek.
Or let you give it whatever name you like. It's your device, in theory.
- Mountain_Skies 6y agoIIRC, the word 'Alexa' and the configurable alternatives 'Echo', 'Amazon', and 'Computer' are encoded into the firmware of the device itself with a wide variety of different accents accepted. Using an arbitrary word would mean everything the device hears would need to be constantly sent to Amazon so their servers could detect your custom wake word or you'd need to train the device to use your custom wake word, which would never be as accent complete as the built in wake words. That might be fine if it's just you or if everyone in your household are willing to also go through a voice recognition training session with the device.
- throwawayboise 6y ago> Using an arbitrary word would mean everything the device hears would need to be constantly sent to Amazon Isn't it pretty well accepted that is already happening? It's why I'll never have one of these things in my house. That and I don't like talking to machines (unless I'm cursing at them).
- sib 6y agoNope.