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I've got a couple of 1st gen Amazon #Alexa #Echo devices performing excessive #DNS lookups again. None of the other Amazon devices in the house exhibit the same behaviour when using #BBCsounds
They're constantly (every 1.5 seconds or so) looking up "as-hls-uk-live.akamaized.net". It's a CNAME whose A records have a TTL of 20s, and appears to be part of the BBC's streaming infrastructure.
This accounts for ~400 lookups every ten minutes against my pihole, ~90% of which receive cached responses.
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Amazon's devices business lost $25+ billion between 2017 and 2021, largely because people who buy Echo devices at below-cost prices never end up using them to buy things or sign up for subscription services. That's why Amazon is expected to launch a premium version of Alexa soon for customers willing to sign up for a subscription. https://buff.ly/4fi01dm #Alexa #Amazon #SmartSpeakers #AmazonEcho #AmazonKindle #AmazonFire
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Amazon's devices business lost $25+ billion between 2017 and 2021, largely because people who buy Echo devices at below-cost prices never end up using them to buy things or sign up for subscription services. That's why Amazon is expected to launch a premium version of Alexa soon for customers willing to sign up for a subscription. https://buff.ly/4fi01dm #Alexa #Amazon #SmartSpeakers #AmazonEcho #AmazonKindle #AmazonFire
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Amazon's devices business lost $25+ billion between 2017 and 2021, largely because people who buy Echo devices at below-cost prices never end up using them to buy things or sign up for subscription services. That's why Amazon is expected to launch a premium version of Alexa soon for customers willing to sign up for a subscription. https://buff.ly/4fi01dm #Alexa #Amazon #SmartSpeakers #AmazonEcho #AmazonKindle #AmazonFire
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Amazon's devices business lost $25+ billion between 2017 and 2021, largely because people who buy Echo devices at below-cost prices never end up using them to buy things or sign up for subscription services. That's why Amazon is expected to launch a premium version of Alexa soon for customers willing to sign up for a subscription. https://buff.ly/4fi01dm #Alexa #Amazon #SmartSpeakers #AmazonEcho #AmazonKindle #AmazonFire
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I asked #Alexa for a #Minnesota joke. She said, "I found a half eaten hotdog and thought, 'This must belong to the Minnesota #Vikings, because they never finish the second half.'"
Clearly, this is last year's joke.
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Lilbits: A WiFi 7 router for under $100, sideloading apps on Samsung phones, and Apple’s foldable iPhone is coming (in a two years… maybe)
The Wi-Fi Alliance finalized the WiFi 7 standard earlier this year, paving the way for faster wireless speeds, lower latency, and improved performance when connecting to multiple devices. But it’s a pretty new standard. And that means upgrading your networking gear can be expensive.
Most of the WiFi 7 routers available so far sell for around […]https://liliputing.com/?p=170663
#alexa #android #apple #autoBlocker #foldableIphone #foldables #lilbits #oneUi #samsung #sideloading #tpLink #tpLinkBe230 #wifi7 #wifi7Router
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Grief sells … you remember this episode of Black Mirror with the AI's undead husband ?
« In the scenario presented at the event, the voice of a deceased loved one (a grandmother, in this case), is used to read a grandson a bedtime story. Prasad notes that, using the new technology, the company is able to accomplish some very impressive audio output using just one minute of speech. »
› https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/22/alexa-will-soon-be-able-to-read-stories-as-your-dead-grandma/
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Luminary launches its subscription-based podcast network on Alexa devices - Luminary, a startup building a “Netflix for podcasts,” is now trying a new tack to gain subscribers ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/c1xvCxuooxg/ #smartspeakers #podcasting #luminary #podcasts #media #alexa
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Alexa and Airplay 2 find $800, airship-shaped home in Bowers & Wilkins smart speaker - Enlarge / Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin in midnight gray. (credit: Bowe... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1804184 #bluetoothspeaker #wirelessspeakers #smartspeaker #amazonalexa #bluetooth #airplay2 #tech
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Alexa Skills - get custom slot names using Flask-Ask
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/06/alexa-skills-get-custom-slot-names-using-flask-ask/
Amazon encourages developers to use Flask-Ask - the handy Python library for working with Alexa. Sadly, the project has been abandoned. They no longer take pull requests, you can't raise bugs against it, and the documentation is incomplete.
So this is how I solved an annoying problem - how to get the name of a custom slot.
Here's the code, with a fuller explanation afterwards.
from flask import Flask, render_template, requestfrom flask_ask import Ask, statement, question, sessionapp = Flask(__name__)ask = Ask(app, '/')@ask.intent("YourIntentName")def your_intent_name(): content = request.get_json() name = content['request']['intent']['slots']['YOUR_SLOT_NAME']['resolutions']['resolutionsPerAuthority'][0]['values'][0]['value']['name']Yeuch! What's going on?
Alexa lets us define custom slot names - these can be associated with any spoken text. For example, I might want the slot name "car" to be sent whether the user says "car" or "automobile" or "vehicle" or any other synonym.
In my case, I want to send my API the ID Code of a hospital.
If the user says "John Radcliff" or "Oxford" or "John Radcliff Hospital" - then my API should receive the ID
RTH08. It can then use that ID in a separate API call.Here's the JSON that Alexa sends our API (I've truncated it for ease of reading).
{ "request": { "type": "IntentRequest", "requestId": "amzn1.echo-api.request.1234", "timestamp": "2019-06-17T06:54:52Z", "locale": "en-GB", "intent": { "name": "CarPark", "confirmationStatus": "NONE", "slots": { "hospital": { "name": "hospital", "value": "John radcliff", "resolutions": { "resolutionsPerAuthority": [ { "authority": "amzn1.er-authority.echo-sdk.amzn1.ask.skill.1234.hospitals", "status": { "code": "ER_SUCCESS_MATCH" }, "values": [ { "value": { "name": "RTH08", "id": "abc123" } } ] } ] }, } } } }}A bit verbose, but easy enough to parse.
I've moaned before about Alexa skill development - but it is getting worse. As you can see from the above screenshot, the development website's contrast isn't great - which makes building a skill physically painful.
Add to that the outdated tutorials, the weird terminology, the multiple sites to use, broken links, and abandoned libraries... It's hard to feel enthusiastic about building more skills.
Amazon have gone down the classic route of paying developers to build for their platform. But I don't think that's enough.
The Alexa team need to work on the developer experience. A GUI like NODE-RED could be used to help build skills in one place. Why is it so complicated to deploy and test skills? Where are the official libraries which "just work"?
I honestly believe that one of the things holding back voice assistants from their full potential is the poor developer experience.
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#Alexa más empática: ahora su voz contagia emoción o decepción https://es.digitaltrends.com/inteligente/alexa-respuestas-emocion-decepcion/ vía @[email protected] #Empatía #AsistenteVirtual
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Oral-B Hopes You Didn’t Use Your $230 Alexa-Enabled Toothbrush - With companies desperate to keep adding more and more seemingly random features to... - https://hackaday.com/2024/06/08/oral-b-hopes-you-didnt-use-your-230-alexa-enabled-toothbrush/ #electrictoothbrush #smartspeaker #hardware #alexa
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Alexa von Tobel: Eliminating risk is the key to building a startup during an economic downturn - Launching a company, even in the best of times, is one of the most challenging exercises a person ca... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/S3-7mzJUWUA/ #harvardbusinessschool #northwesternmutual #entrepreneurship #fintechstartup #lehmanbrothers #alexavontobel #businessplan #roelofbotha #learnvest #startups #advisors #finance #economy #harvard #diver #tc
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Alexa | Anthro Cat | Female | $20 USD
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Alexa suggests I try “Alexa, find donuts nearby” as a prompt. When I do it suggests a donut shop two towns away although there is a bag of donuts next to it on the kitchen top. #capitalism #ShitRobot
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Automating Your Car With a Spare Fob and an ESP8266 - Despite the name, home automation doesn’t have to be limited to only the devices within your home. B... - https://hackaday.com/2021/01/06/automating-your-car-with-a-spare-fob-and-an-esp8266/ #homeautomation #remotestart #homehacks #carhacks #esp8266 #keyfob #alexa
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Amazons Fire TV Cube ist ein Allrounder-Würfel, der die Aufgaben eines Streaming-Sticks und eines Echo-Lautsprechers vereint. www.heise.de/newsticker/meldun… #Alexa #FireTV #FireTVCube -
"Alexa, is the NSA listening?"
That's the only thing I've ever said directly to Alexa.
As I recall, it doesn't say no.
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Alexa, wo ist dein Strom und Netzwerk? #UnplugTrump #amazonboycott
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Alexa, what’s the ethical cost of your name?
Amazon’s voice assistant reshaped smart tech — and real lives. Women and girls named Alexa have reported teasing, harassment, and even changing their names.
Should tech products use real names at all?🤖🔗 Full study: https://mediaengagement.org/research/the-ethics-of-amazon-alexa/
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🧐 Alexa, warum bist du immer noch so doof?
Wer sie regelmäßig nutzt, merkt schnell: Eine echte Entwicklung gab es bei Sprachassistentinnen seit ihrer Einführung nicht.
https://t3n.de/news/t3n-catch-up-alexa-warum-bist-du-immer-noch-so-doof-1517471/
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Read this and weep.
A published article on the surveillance by Amazon devices, pretending to be reflective and vaguely self-critical, but really showing no sign of any self-awareness.
Switch the thing off, my friend, and all is well.
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"Alexa, I've fallen, and I can't get up!"
"Remain calm. The tow truck is on its way."
[Minutes later, a tiny truck shows up.]
"Are you supposed to be the tow truck?"
"Tow truck? God no. I'm the toe truck."
"Well, can you help me?"
"No, but I can take your toes and be on my way."
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‘Alexa, what do you know about us?’ What I discovered when I asked Amazon to tell me everything my family’s smart speaker had heard https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/24/what-i-discovered-when-i-asked-amazon-to-tell-me-everything-alexa-had-heard #Smartspeakers #Lifeandstyle #AmazonAlexa #Technology #Smarthomes #Internet #Amazon #Family
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These panels support #Alexa - now you can fi them to the wall, turn them into hubs and enjoy your home from the future - more about @tuyasmart smart panels in my piece
#net_n #smarthome
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These panels support #Alexa - now you can fi them to the wall, turn them into hubs and enjoy your home from the future - more about @tuyasmart smart panels in my piece
#net_n #smarthome
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It's( not)? raining right now.
(Thanks, #alexa.)
#amazon #amazonecho #amazonechodot #echo #echodot #voiceassistant
