voice assistants
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You Should Mute Your Smart Speaker’s Mic More Often
Does your voice assistant often seem a little too eager to chime in? A recent study by Ruhr University Bochum and Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy found over 1,000 words and phrases that Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant frequently misidentified as activation commands (also known as “wake words”). Here are a few examples,…
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How To Get Siri And Alexa To Understand What You’re Saying
1If talking out loud to Alexa (or your digital assistant of choice) feels unnatural, you’re not alone. I’ve had Siri for as long as she’s been alive, yet I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve spoken to her. It’s always seemed easier to open an app on my iPhone or type…
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How To Add Users To Google Home
Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Sometimes all I need in this crazy world is a brisk walk to clear my head and some good music bumping through my headphones. But when that simple pleasure is interrupted every morning by my partner issuing voice commands while I’m out of the house, silencing the music in my headphones,…
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Hey Siri Is A Massive, Growing List Of Everything You Can Ask Siri To Do
Siri has grown a lot over the years, and in doing so, it’s hard to remember everything you can ask it. Hey Siri is a site that hopes to document as many of the commands as possible.