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WT Sharpe · 05-10-2015, 10:36 AM

My wife, after fussing at me for buying an Echo, has now pretty much taken over the beast. As I write this Alexa is playing country music for her. I have to wait for her to go to work to listen to my music or have her play audiobooks.

Alexa has a smart mouth her, too. I was experimenting with IFTTT to see if I could find a way to have her email my shopping list without having to ask her what's on the list. After all, sometimes I want to ask her what's on the list without having her send an email. I tried setting things up so she would do it when I said, "Alexa: Open the pod bay doors please, HAL." It didn't work. Instead she just said, "You're not in outer space, and my name isn't HAL." She sounded right snooty about it. I called her a name that will probably come back to haunt me when the machines take over the world.

05-10-2015, 10:36 AM	#173
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Amazon Echo Club My wife, after fussing at me for buying an Echo, has now pretty much taken over the beast. As I write this Alexa is playing country music for her. I have to wait for her to go to work to listen to my music or have her play audiobooks. Alexa has a smart mouth her, too. I was experimenting with IFTTT to see if I could find a way to have her email my shopping list without having to ask her what's on the list. After all, sometimes I want to ask her what's on the list without having her send an email. I tried setting things up so she would do it when I said, "Alexa: Open the pod bay doors please, HAL." It didn't work. Instead she just said, "You're not in outer space, and my name isn't HAL." She sounded right snooty about it. I called her a name that will probably come back to haunt me when the machines take over the world.