Monday, April 02, 2018

Alexa?

I imagine a lot of my readers have some form of Alexa or "hello Google" in your home, although I'm sure some of you have issues with privacy that won't allow you to have such devices.  Folks, if you are using the Internet... especially Facebook or other social networking... you're already hosed.  But that's your problem.

We use Alexa a lot.  I've been known to argue with her and call her names, as though she's a real person.  In fact, you'll hear her stump me in this video, which causes me to whine at her.  I decided rather than list the ways we use her in this house, I'd make a video to demonstrate how handy she is.  Keep in mind I'm reading from a list I made in one hand and holding the iPad in the other, which is about as much multi-tasking as I care to do.  Hey, it was difficult!   By the way, I intended to make the title on the video "talking to Alexa", but I left out a letter.  It's OK; just goes to show you what a terrible proofreader I am, although those who read my blog already knew that.

 

8 comments:

  1. Maybe we could consider it Taking it to Alexa! I don't utilize mine as much as I should or could. I use her mainly for a timer or to answer a quick question.

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  2. This should be an Alexa commercial.

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  3. I've been needed an Alexa!

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  4. Spooky but fascinating. I suppose Alexa would be plausible alternative for talking to myself.

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  5. My daughter and son in law gave me an Echo (Alexa) for Christmas. I mostly use it for the temperature or time but I also have it play music while I am reading and she turns on my reading lamp too. Yesterday while my Tulsa TV channel was following the teacher strike there, and skipping over the CBS news, I had Alexa tune in to the CBS news. I am not all that interested in the Oklahoma teacher strike news. That's the only channel my antenna in the attic can reach. I no longer have cable. They had priced themselves right out of my budget.

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  6. While I often do talk to myself, I'm not ready to start talking to Alexa. I'm glad you are enjoying it and I know many others that do too. Have fun !

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  7. Tell her she is fired. She has snappy comebacks.

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  8. sounds like conversations we have with her.

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