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Originally Posted by Catlady
Except in the case of people with a physical handicap, it doesn't seem too onerous to bop the device when you want it to do something.
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You could just not be near it, like across the room, or across a King size bed with a person in between, or you're hands could be busy, like cooking or carrying something, or doing...well...anything.
It's really not the touch so much, as the need to be near enough to touch it, and turn your attention to it to touch it.
Not having to do that is part of what it's all about.
But MOST importantly, having to touch it is way, WAY less cool. They don't have to touch the computer on the starship Enterprise!
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I just returned to this thread and saw a few posts about Alexa responding when not being called. I don't want that either. I don't want a device to respond to my TV or radio, or to my cats' meowing, or whatever
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They really could use some less common wake words. It's hard to watch Castle in the room with the Echo. His daughter's name, Alexis, is close enough to set her off.
But, then, she does have that mute button, which, as my cat has shown, is quite easy to tap if you want.
But seriously, I think the Echo is overpriced at $180 for what it does, and I'm not likely to recommend it to most folks at that price. They'd have to REALLY want it. Or really not miss the money.