Re:Voice Is the Next Big Platform, and Alexa Will Own It
by aplomb on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @10:50AM
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Use Alexa professionally and although we can do some fun stuff with it, the interaction model is totally unnatural - invocation words only work if really short, dealing with multiple devices of the same sort (eg fireplace) without any location or contextual knowledge.
They've tried to get around this awkwardness by special casing home automation type devices (thermostat, etc.), but it's still only a stop gap.
They've tried to get around this awkwardness by special casing home automation type devices (thermostat, etc.), but it's still only a stop gap.