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Stuart G

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4. Yes, I have heard the name "Siri" before. And I understand that name.
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 03:08 PM
Dec 2019

...So instead of looking up an answer, you just ask the phone for information...
...Think about that one for a while. The computer enables someone to get an answer if one looks up the question... For example: How tall is the Statue of Liberty?

................So, now instead of typing in the words on the computer, as we used to do, we get the answer just by asking.........Oh, this rings a bell in the brain. YES IT DOES, INDEED

..Now wait, I saw this when I was a young lad, on a Sci Fiction show....Let me think??..stuck somewhere in the brain...Yes, that show was called, Star Trek and it was all fiction.

Spock ,or Scotty would ask the computer a question, and the computer would answer.. (if I recall, usually it was Scotty)

Now that was ..fiction

But Siri and Alexia are fact...I need to think about that for a moment!!.

Do you mean the Alexa voice from the Amazon Echo device? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #1
Yes, that is the one. I have described it more completely in the original post. Stuart G Dec 2019 #2
I think Alexa is only the Amazon Echo voice. My iPhone's voice is called Siri. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #3
Yes, I have heard the name "Siri" before. And I understand that name. Stuart G Dec 2019 #4
It's just voice recognition software, which has been around for decades. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #5
Even earlier, there was a voice system for MS-DOS. I did a demo for the MineralMan Dec 2019 #9
If you're using Office 365, you can dictate text into Word. MineralMan Dec 2019 #12
Except your OP still says it's on a phone, not on Amazon's device muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #13
Of course, I cannot spell either...those corrections have been made. Stuart G Dec 2019 #16
On my Android Galaxy phone I say "Hey Google". nt EX500rider Dec 2019 #6
There's also Microsoft's Cortana. MineralMan Dec 2019 #7
My Samsung refrigerator answers to Hi Bixby XRubicon Dec 2019 #14
Ah, Bixby. It's available on my Samsung A10e Phone, but I MineralMan Dec 2019 #17
I've used "Hey, Google" a few times in the car. MineralMan Dec 2019 #8
The funny thing: People trust Amazon & Google not to eavesdrop the way Microsoft Cortana does! 😂 TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #10
I have a kid named Alex, JenniferJuniper Dec 2019 #11
all you need to know about Alexa and Siri ... Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #15
this has to suck for my uncle. his daughter was named alexa who had CP + died at 18. pansypoo53219 Dec 2019 #18
Or as I refer to it,... Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2019 #19
Got one for Christmas. Anyone else have one? edbermac Dec 2019 #20
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