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For clarity sake, this is what "Do not send voice recordings" used to do [1]: "Here’s how it works: When you turn on Do Not Send Voice Recordings and say your
by ec109685 2y ago
For clarity sake, this is what "Do not send voice recordings" used to do [1]:
"Here’s how it works: When you turn on Do Not Send Voice Recordings and say your chosen wake word, an on-device algorithm will process and transcribe your request to Alexa from audio into text. The text is encrypted and sent to Amazon’s secure cloud where we can fulfill your interaction. After processing, the audio of your request is deleted."
So they transcribed the voice and sent the text to the cloud. Surprising that needs to go to allow GenAI to work?
Here's the email they sent: https://imgur.com/ZGPBwgZ https://imgur.com/ZGPBwgZ
[1] https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=23727313011#:~:text=Here's%20how%20it%20works%3A%20When,we%20can%20fulfill%20your%20interaction. https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=23727313011#:~:text=He...
- m463 2y agoI've always wondered what kinds of things can happen within the specifics of privacy policies nowadays. Like I think it would be possible to have text/voice/object recognition work on the photos you send in an end-to-end encrypted chat app, described out-of-band and used for ... purposes. <encrypted data stream> <"spoken keyword: starbucks"> <"picture: LG washing machine"> <"picture: donald trump"> <"text: prescription xanax">
- walterbell 2y agoAlexa with GenAI is a paid (via Prime for now) product, right? Echo can work offline for control of Zigbee devices connected to Echo (non-Dot) Gen4, which is a Zigbee hub with US firmware. Voice commands such as "Turn Porch Light On" can be processed locally on Echo and executed immediately, without an internet connection, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43368008 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43368008 If an Alexa customer is using this offline functionality today, with no interest in GenAI or other online features, how can Amazon remove it?