Amazon Echo

shaneelal · Postby **shaneelal** » November 8th, 2014, 8:24 pm

http://amazon.com/echo

Might be in many homes in the near future.

maj. tom · Postby **maj. tom** » November 8th, 2014, 10:02 pm

Well it's about time that someone posted it!

In time it will be just like the ship's computer on the USS Enterprise-D.

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » November 8th, 2014, 11:41 pm

Siri or Google Now or Cortana in a stand-alone device

moses_boss12 · Postby **moses_boss12** » November 9th, 2014, 12:13 am

This is something i will definitely have to get.. I wonder how it will interact with our accent though..google tends to have a bit of difficulty on my phone

PBZ Wingroad · Postby **PBZ Wingroad** » November 9th, 2014, 12:28 am

Google works properly once you speak the proper english even with our accent..... N nuh dem kinda tings allyuh trinis doe say.

Amazon seems to be gaining a lot of innovation points lately. I'll wait for the unbiased independent reviews.

Cid · Postby **Cid** » November 9th, 2014, 8:23 am

Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:Siri or Google Now or Cortana in a stand-alone device

same thing i thought....., its basically a smartphone connected to a Bluetooth speaker with alot less features..

neexis · Postby **neexis** » November 10th, 2014, 2:24 pm

Can you be sure this thing isn't always listening?

It'd be interesting if certain items mentioned in conversation around the device suddenly turn into suggestions on Amazon.

TheBoostLord · Postby **TheBoostLord** » November 10th, 2014, 3:41 pm

ive had better luck with a few devices by changing the spoken language to UK english and even Australian if available. Voice recognition is much easier.

Slartibartfast · Postby **Slartibartfast** » November 10th, 2014, 3:50 pm

I like this version of the advertisement better

Morpheus · Postby **Morpheus** » November 10th, 2014, 4:14 pm

Alrighty then.....

ras_elmo · Postby **ras_elmo** » January 13th, 2015, 2:31 pm

Wonder if it could be integrated with FireTV.....

RBphoto · Postby **RBphoto** » January 13th, 2015, 2:44 pm

neexis wrote:Can you be sure this thing isn't always listening?

It'd be interesting if certain items mentioned in conversation around the device suddenly turn into suggestions on Amazon.

THIS!!

Allergic2BunnyEars · Postby **Allergic2BunnyEars** » January 13th, 2015, 3:14 pm

It's obviously always listening. It's the only way it will know you said the magic words for it to respond. Otherwise it is 100% focused on recording all it hears for the NSA and the SIA :lol: