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If I have to go to a thing and push a button, I'd rather the button do the thing I wanted in the first place. Voice assistants are for when my hands are full or
by hamdingers 7mo ago
If I have to go to a thing and push a button, I'd rather the button do the thing I wanted in the first place. Voice assistants are for when my hands are full or I don't want to get up. (I wrote more about my home automation philosophy in another comment[1]).
Also I have all my voice assistant devices mounted to the ceiling
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47399909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47399909
- huhtenberg 7mo agoWhat if you have two things? You'd then need two buttons. The push button is a perfectly viable option, it just needs to be in a form factor that's works. Could be as simple as a tiny low-energy Bluetooth board with a coin battery that will last several months.
- ash_091 7mo agoLuckily I carry around a device with infinite reconfigurable buttons!
- kbelder 7mo agoYeah, a touch-sensitive com-badge mounted on your chest would work. Actually, I would think a small coin-sized button & transmitter that did nothing but emit a signal that your assistant (or phone) interprets as 'start listening' would be pretty useful. In your pocket, on a watch band, etc.