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> “Alexa, set lights to 40%” > “Alexa, set an egg timer for 12 minutes” > “Alexa, set an alarm for 6:45am” > “Alexa, play Stories Podcast on Spotify” It’s not
by pjerem 5y ago
> “Alexa, set lights to 40%”
> “Alexa, set an egg timer for 12 minutes”
> “Alexa, set an alarm for 6:45am”
> “Alexa, play Stories Podcast on Spotify”
It’s not that it looks useless. It’s sure looks pretty cool to be able to switch on the light with the sound of my voice.
But the privacy cost is extremely huge for something that isn’t that much revolutionary. I’ll just keep pressing the button. That’s less cool, I admit that and I’m even somewhat jealous. But I’m never going to allow Amazon (or any company) listen to me constant just not to press a button.
I respect and have no issue with your choice but it feels wrong justifying the utility without mentioning the drawbacks.
- Semaphor 5y ago> I’ll just keep pressing the button. Not always possible, I heavily make use of Alexa while both my hands are dirty from baking or cooking. Both dumb units to metric, and setting timers. But I am pretty happy with the voice recognition, so I’m currently waiting on Pi Zero 2 W’s becoming available again and replacing her with Rhasspy.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago> Not always possible What did you do before your voice assistant? Did you leave the light on until such time that your hands became clean?