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"You call it Alexa, not Echo. The box says Echo, but you will never interact with it as such." Wait, what ? Never mind the name mismatch - I agree that is odd
by rsync 11y ago
"You call it Alexa, not Echo. The box says Echo, but you will never interact with it as such."
Wait, what ?
Never mind the name mismatch - I agree that is odd.
But ... this is quick convenience device for rapid reaction to spoken commands ... and the command is three syllables ?
I understand the need to avoid false positives - waking up and responding to common speech patterns that get used throughout the day that are not directed to the device, but surely you can come up with a two-syllable command that won't generate those.
I have no intention of ever using a device like this in my home, but if I did, 50% more syllables for every interaction would drive me nuts.
- smackfu 11y agoIt's really not a big deal.
- nogridbag 11y agoThere's one benefit to having both Echo/Alexa. When I have guests over and their fascinated by Echo it's much easier to have a conversation about it using the word "Echo" - otherwise they'd trigger Alexa using the wake word every other sentence.. It's also handy when Alexa is accidentally triggered (like one time when I was watching a youtube video). I whisper to my wife "Don't talk Echo is listening!" :)
- cobrophy 11y agoIs there any way to change it? I imagine if your name was Alexa (or even Alex) or had a close friend with that name you could also get a lot of false positives.
- genericuser 11y agoYou can easily change it to Amazon if you do not want it to be Alexa. However that is your only other option.
- pbreit 11y agoThe only other current option is "Amazon".
- mikeflynn 11y agoYou can change it, but the only other option is to have it respond to "Amazon."
- genericuser 11y agoI have this problem with the PS4s wake word being Playstation quite frequently.
- function_seven 11y agoIt seems to be the norm. "Hey Siri" is three syllables. "OK Google" is four. "Hey Cortana" is also four. I bet they really can't find a 2-syllable word that doesn't false positive all over the place. At least not with either the quality of speech recognition or the wide range of accents that need to be understood.
- HelloMcFly 11y ago"Xbox Select" on the Xbox One as well.
- smackfu 11y agoAnd I personally found "Hey Siri" to be triggering enough false positives that I couldn't leave that feature on.
- function_seven 11y agoYeah, same here. It's closer to other phonemes, whereas "Alexa" sounds like fewer things.
- brianobush 11y agoThe intent is to keep false accepts down for the trigger phrase.
- pbreit 11y agoIt did not even occur to me to be so overly concerned about an extra "uh". Surely you're kidding?