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Amazon Updates Echo, Echo Dot To Let You Address It As 'Computer' (theverge.com)
ewhac writes: "Computer, what is the time, please?" is now a spoken command that will actually work with Amazon's updated Alexa/Echo smart speaker. Previously, your options were "Alexa," "Echo," and "Amazon." Now you can also choose, "Computer." In practice, it's a bit clunkier than you might hope, depending on how often you speak the word "computer" on a day-to-day basis; and "computer" is harder for machine speech recognition to pick out than "Alexa," so it may not hear you as reliably. But for those who've been yearning for a Star Trek-like future, this small bit of silliness gets you one step closer.
Just as long as it doesn't get fresh with me.
Have gnu, will travel.
Actually I'm interested in what the feedback will be like when watching Star Trek :D
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