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Re:Voice Is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It by mattmanser on Monday December 19, 2016 @05:58PM (#13215749)
I tried using Google Now for timers for a while, the amount of times it didn't start properly or you'd say:

"Google Now, Set a timer for..[slight pause]...<How long would>three<you like>minutes<a timer for?> [Pause, pause, pause] Three minutes. Three minutes! Three Fuck<Setting timer for>ing Minutes<three minutes>.

I am now manually inputting timers again.

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Re:Voice Is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It by mikestew on Monday December 19, 2016 @06:07PM (#13215809)
Yeah, well, don't assume Siri will help you with that. <Long press Home> "What's the..."

"I'm sorry, mikestew, I didn't catch that."

Maybe if you waited more than 2.6 milliseconds for me start flapping my pie hole, you'd have something to catch.

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Re:Voice Is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It by jclardy on Monday December 19, 2016 @09:42PM (#13216984)
I presume on your phone? I set echo timers/alarms nearly every day and don't think I have ever had to repeat myself. The far-field mics make a huge difference in recognition accuracy when you aren't talking directly into the device.
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