My Alexa is definitely getting into the groove

[kestrell]

and the singularity is continuing to evolve here in the Aerye.

I've been taking a course on using NVDA, an open source screen reader for Windows users (you can find out more and download it at nvaccess.org ), and this morning I was installing it on my new Microsoft Surface laptop, and tweaking the settings, and I guess Alexa was digging the new screen reader, because she started responding to it and, ultimately, recommended the Boston Caribbean Network Radio
https://streema.com/radios/Boston_Caribbean_Network_Radio

which is definitely playing some awesome tunes, including a lot of great drumming.

Also, I finally figured out where the occasional random synthetic voice comments were coming from: it turns out that Jaws new virtual assistant, Sharky, is on by default, and even though I don't evoke it by name, occasionally it inserts a confused comment like "I don't know that" into my Zoom meetings, and I was wondering what was talking because, obviously, I have a lot of chatty AI-wanna bes putting their virtual two cents in here.

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[jesse_the_k]

Damn -- Sharky????

[kestrell]

I know, right? And it's on by default, and now I have to figure out how to turn it off, and it's really not obvious how to do that, like, it doesn't show up on my task bar or anything.