Items tagged with alexa voice service
When it comes to AI voice assistants, it seems as though Alexa integration is everywhere. Besides integration in first-party hardware like Amazon's Echo family, Fire tablets, and Fire TV streamers, there are hundreds, if not thousands of devices that are compatible with the Alexa ecosystem. Now, Amazon is looking to further expand its reach by supporting low-power mobile devices with the Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit. This kit allows hardware OEMs to make minimal coding investments to allows their Bluetooth-equipped devices to tap into the Alexa Voice Service (AVS), and communicate directly with the Alexa app for Android and iOS. In practice, voice requests would be accepted by, for example, a smartwatch,...
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Microsoft clearly missed an opportunity here; just look at GE Lighting’s new LED table lamp (yes, that what it’s being called now). It looks just like the Cortana ring that you would find within Windows 10 or Windows 10 Mobile (or perhaps like one of those hipster Dyson fans). But instead, the GE LED table lamp has Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS) infused its base. As a result, the device has a built-in microphone and speaker for feedback and playing music, although expect to hear audio quality more in line with the diminutive Echo Dot. So rather than having a tall, cylindrical object reminisce of the alien ship in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home sitting on your end table, you actually have a useful...
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