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The Velveteen Ocelot

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5. It's just voice recognition software, which has been around for decades.

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 29, 2019, 03:16 PM

Dec 2019

In the late 1990s I had a word processing program that used voice recognition. It was slow and not always accurate, and you had to "train" it to recognize your voice, accent and speech patterns. It's improved so much now that the new devices recognize and respond to almost any voice, and pretty accurately. The software translates the spoken question into a form that the system can use to look up the answer, probably from a source like Google or Wikipedia. It's just an improvement in long-extant technology.

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A simple to, "What is "Alexa", "? (because I did not know what "Alexa", is) [View all] Stuart G Dec 2019 OP

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