Kip Powick Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Calling itself a big believer in conversational commerce, Air Canada says it is the first Canadian airline to develop a skill for devices with Alexa that will respond to spoken questions about such things as fare quotes and the status of Air Canada flights. Amazon Alexa Coming to Canada Santa gave me a Google Home Mini....so far.......... it is interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo32a Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I really don't need another voice in the house telling me what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 55 minutes ago, mo32a said: I really don't need another voice in the house telling me what to do. ...although it would be nice to have someone who would actually listen to me....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAS Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Do you have to call it “Alexa” or can you rename it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 54 minutes ago, AAS said: Do you have to call it “Alexa” or can you rename it? Yes, but so far, only to one of these names.. Alexa is the name of the personal assistant that lives inside the Echo, Amazon's smart speaker. If that's too creepy or humanlike for you, fear not — you can change the device's settings so that it will respond to "Amazon," "Echo," or even "Computer," instead of "Alexa." p on your Android or iOS device.2. Tap the three line menu button on the top left of the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAS Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Thanks. I changed one of the voices on my Garmin GPS so that it tells me in no uncertain terms when I deviate from the route it planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 The best synthetic voice I've heard was the John Cleese option I loaded omto my old TomTom. His directions were characteristically sarcastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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