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Re:Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills, d... by hx8 on Friday April 12, 2024 @12:47AM (#40009475)
> Conversational interfaces are superior... when the counterparties have context.

Why? I find conversational interfaces poor for common data retrieval. I can read faster than you can speak. I can type faster than I can speak. I'm staring at a screen 14 hours a day anyway. Just show me the list of 20 events and sort it by what I am most likely to enjoy. Provide links for more information. Show me visual promotional materials. If I need to cross reference it with my calendar it's easier if all the information is visual.

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Re:Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills, d... by thwarted on Friday April 12, 2024 @03:16AM (#40010145)
> Show me visual promotional materials.

When I got to this point in your comment, I remembered the Seinfeld episode where Kramer was recreating moviefone and tried to speak a trailer, with mouth-sound-effects.

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Re:Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills, d... by ethbr1 on Friday April 12, 2024 @12:26PM (#40014695)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XagGEi_n_ok
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