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It's like playing Zork all over again.

• toxik 4y ago
  But with the added complexity that sometimes the speech-to-text will just crap out completely.
  • LooseMarmoset 4y ago
    Alexa, turn on lights ...I don't know how to do that Alexa, turn lights on ...What do I turn the lights with? Alexa, activate lights ...I don't know what you mean ...It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. ALEXA TURN ON THE DAMN LIGHTS ...I don't know the word "lights" ...Oh no! You have walked into the slavering fangs of a grue! ** You have died **
    • bombcar 4y ago
      Siri, turn on bathroom lights. Downstairs or upstairs bathroom? Downstairs. Sorry, I didn’t understand. Downstairs it upstairs bathroom? Downstairs bathroom. Sorry, I didn’t understand. Downstairs it upstairs bathroom? Cancel. Ok. Cancelling. Siri turn on downstairs bathroom lights. (Turns off all lights)
      • spookthesunset 4y ago
        “Did you mean ‘bathroom LED’ or ‘bathroom’?” Because god help you if your device names are similar to your room names…
        • bombcar 4y ago
          I’ve taken to naming my lights things like Greg, The Beacons, etc. And I added scenes so I can say “Gondor calls for aid” and the beacons will light.
      • gernb 4y ago
        For me, about once a week it's "hey siri?" (no response, no icon), "hey siri?" (no response, no icon), "hey siri?" (louder) (no response, no icon), "hey siri?" (louder and slower) (no response, no icon), reboot iphone 13 pro "hey siri?" works
• ghaff 4y ago
  Yes. And it may be worth noting that Zork is literally something like 50 year old parser technology.
• guestbest 4y ago
  A lisp compiler in a voice assistant would seem like an improvement in that the user could define objects and then express the actions to be performed in the same room. But these assistants seem to drop objects between commands making them hard to program conversationally. I guess a list like language would be ideal and the pauses would be like parentheses