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Re:Voice Is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It by cptskippy on Monday December 19, 2016 @03:50PM (#13214851)
If you only have one timer going and you're watching the clock then it is a bit of a pain.

However when you're preparing a meal or making cookies and you're constantly moving and not watching the clock, just responding to it, it becomes handy. It's also nice to not have to stop and wash your hands to set an egg timer.

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Re:Voice Is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It by ethbro on Monday December 19, 2016 @04:06PM (#13214964)
I was going to suggest the initial use cases for voice control are summed up as "when your hands are busy not on a keyboard."

HN isn't the best sample group for this, because for most people that's a pretty large amount of the time.

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