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Re:Alexa: Amazon's Operating System by theseanstewart on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @01:32PM (#13320793)
This is also a big gripe of mine. I created an app that can be used as a fun "neutral" third-party when instructing my toddler to do something.

What I want it to say:

> Alexa, tell %NAME% it's time (for a nap|to go to bed|to eat dinner)

What I have to say:

> Alexa, tell Toddler Boss to tell %NAME% it's time to go to bed.

It's not natural sounding at all.

Re:Alexa: Amazon's Operating System by throwaway2016a on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @02:23PM (#13321220)
Exactly! Funny you should say that... one of the first apps I tried to make was to just say "Alexa, tell [my wife's or daughter's name] I love her" and I gave up because unless I name the app with my wife's name as the app name it won't work the way I want.
Re:Alexa: Amazon's Operating System by sp00ls on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @01:58PM (#13321040)
Russ Hanneman?

This is what he did on HBO's Silicon Valley. It was quite..weird.

Re:Alexa: Amazon's Operating System by TheOneTrueKyle on Thursday January 05, 2017 @11:47AM (#13328663)
He's disrupting parenting!
Re:Alexa: Amazon's Operating System by Raphmedia on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @02:33PM (#13321314)
Could you not create an app called %NAME% which then uses Toddler Boss?
Re:Alexa: Amazon's Operating System by theseanstewart on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @07:02PM (#13323379)
Ha! I didn't even think about that. But it's not ideal for vertically scaling the family :)
Re:Alexa: Amazon's Operating System by jessaustin on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @08:26PM (#13323902)
Names are cheap... cheaper than kids anyway!
Re:Alexa: Amazon's Operating System by dogma1138 on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @04:09PM (#13322058)
How about speaking directly to your child? ;)
Re:Alexa: Amazon's Operating System by theseanstewart on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @07:17PM (#13323491)
I guess...
Re:Alexa: Amazon's Operating System by caesarshift on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @03:17PM (#13321681)
I trust to publish such an app on their store (just to go through the process...they were giving away sweatshirts). they rejected me on the grounds of targeting kids. I'm guessing you never tried to publish this?
Re:Alexa: Amazon's Operating System by theseanstewart on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @07:14PM (#13323467)
Nah it was just a fun project to introduce myself to the platform. I'm surprised they did that to you though. I wonder if that policy will change in the future considering there's tons of apps that target kids in their app store.