"Alexa, Should We Trust You?"
The voice revolution has only just begun. Today, Alexa is a humble servant. Very soon, she could be much more—a teacher, a therapist, a confidant, an informant.
by Judith Shulevitz
November 2018
"Alexa, Should We Trust You?"
The voice revolution has only just begun. Today, Alexa is a humble servant. Very soon, she could be much more—a teacher, a therapist, a confidant, an informant.
by Judith Shulevitz
November 2018
https://youtu.be/q3LIghHhoxE
How to setup and use Alexa
Published on Dec 20, 2018
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Our complete Alexa setup guide shows you how to get started with Amazon's smart home assistant - from downloading the Alexa app onto your iPhone or Android phone to setting up compatible speakers such as the Amazon Echo Spot, Show, Dot and beyond, plus devices from Bose and Sonos.
These days Alexa can be found in hundreds of smart devices, from speakers and TVs to smartphones and other smart home kit. The best voice assistant of 2018/2019 can control your kit, deliver information on demand and loads more besides - and here's how to get setup, whatever your equipment.
Alexa is completely free to use, and a serious rival to the likes of the Google Assistant and Siri. Especially as she was one of the first to be integrated into smart home tech, so she has more features and better understanding - as well as impressive support.
We hope this guide to using Alexa helps, and check out our reviews of Amazon's Echo speakers for more.
https://youtu.be/GqaLjjZVY2Y
Lenovo Smart Tab hands-on: Alexa takes on a new form
Published on Jan 8, 2019
https://youtu.be/0dd0p8ol2A0
12 of the most useful Alexa Skills
Published on Jan 9, 2019
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We have been witnessing a boom of new Alexa skills being developed over the past year.
To help you find the most useful ones for your day-to-day life, we put together a list with 12 cool Skills worth checking out!
https://youtu.be/T0Ga9nh11i0
CES 2019: Alexa gets a robotic talking head
Published on Jan 11, 2019
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Tired of speaking to Alexa's disembodied voice? Oregon startup Robomodix is giving Amazon's voice assistant a face of its own, though the results may creep you out a little bit.
https://youtu.be/TxFy8Qxp-3c
Google Assistant or Alexa challenge
Published on Jan 12, 2019
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Google Assistant and Alexa are both trying to take over your smart devices. But who has the weirdest gadgets? Shannon and Dieter explore the show floor at CES 2019 to find the coolest and most unusual uses of these digital assistants.
https://youtu.be/EUdeCs7h2Zg
Alexa Tips & Tricks | Best Skills & Features (2019)
Published on Jan 21, 2019
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Our Alexa tips & tricks guide reveals our favourite Skills that Amazon's AI assistant supports in the UK in 2019. Here's how to get started with Alexa on your Echo or other smart device, including changing her wake word and downloading new features. We then run through the best stuff she can do, including:
How to control your smart home gear, including lights, heating and devices such as your Xbox One.
How to customise and use Alexa's Flash Briefing, to get a full news and schedule update each morning.
How to relax with stress-busting sounds, and wake up to your favourite music.
How Alexa can help you get fit with Joe Wicks workouts.
The best games and quizzes to play on your Echo speaker (and other Alexa-supported devices).
Got your own favourite tips and tricks with Amazon's AI to share? Let us know in the comments below!
https://youtu.be/iAgpSl27L9o
EB showcased Amazon Alexa at CES 2019 part 1
Published on Mar 29, 2019
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In part 1 of this demonstration from CES 2019, we introduce how Amazon Alexa is integrated into a seat box demonstrator and showcase how customers will be able to ask Alexa to answer questions, play music, hear the news, get weather and traffic reports, control their smart home, and more.
EB showcased Amazon Alexa at CES 2019 part 2
Published on Mar 29, 2019
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In part 2 of this demonstration from CES 2019, we showcase on a seat box demonstrator how Amazon Alexa could be able to proactively notify the driver about different incident scenarios on the road.
Elektrobit Automotive GmbH (EB), embedded software solutions for the automotive industry, Erlangen, Germany
https://youtu.be/JhgGxKDt9ZM
Alexa-Alive
Published on Apr 4, 2019
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After working for some time 12/7 on Assistive Technology and Assistive Care Robotics I decided to have a break and have some fun and build what I think an "Alexa-Alive" entity would look like and react! - Take the new Alexa "Input" device and add a beautiful avatar (virtual human) and you get a pure magic visible voice assistant with multiple emotions and personality! In my humble opinion this takes voice assistants to a whole new dimension.
Article "Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa"
A global team reviews audio clips in an effort to help the voice-activated assistant respond to commands.
by Matt Day, Giles Turner, Natalia Drozdiak
April 11, 2019