What you have to remember about voice recognition tech is...

[kestrell]

*it* also trains *you*.

I was at Boston Eye and Ear today, going up in the elevator, and the female synthetic voice was announcing the floors, and I actually opened my mouth to ask it a question, because it sounded very similar to Alexa. On the other hand, considering how many visually-impaired people must use the building, it seems to me those elevators should definitely have enough AI to answer where various medical offices are.

Also, there was another blind person at my ocularist's office and wouldn't you know it, today was the day the *entire* building was surrounded by *very* scary construction. I just started using the free transportation service my insurance plan offers, and had been thinking I would feel safe enough to go to medical appts. without Alexx playing sighted guide. Silly me.

Comments

[bibliofile]

One can only hope that elevator AIs will be a thing soon enough.

Alexx and Alexa differ by only one letter. I'm not sure what that means, but maybe you know?

[kestrell]

It means that I have, on more than one occasion, caught myself almost calling Alex Alexa. It's another reason why I wish Amazon would allow users to name their own device.