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Apologies to the poor folks reviewing audio, but the only room my Echo is allowed in is the bathroom.

• culturestate 7y ago
  No joke, part of me believes that bathrooms (and kitchens, to a lesser degree) are the first places voice-controlled smart home tech will really take off. My place is about as smart as it can be today but it's still mostly a novelty. Once people can perform actually useful tasks with their voice - "hey siri, turn the shower on to 40 degrees" or "alexa, preheat the oven to 300" - while their hands are full doing something else it'll kickstart the whole field.
  • julienreszka 7y ago
    This sounds dangerous.
    • culturestate 7y ago
      How so? The device could always require confirmation for hazardous commands - "are you sure you want me to turn the oven on?" Most already do this for e.g. deleting calendar appointments anyway.
      • julienreszka 7y ago
        This could be hacked and burn you.
        • culturestate 7y ago
          I mean....there will be a future in which voice data is processed locally rather than in the cloud. Nobody said this stuff has to be connected to the internet.
          • julienreszka 7y ago
            Right, I don't know if NSA and other agencies will allow this kind of future but who knows, you might be right after all.
          • gourou 7y ago
            Snips' home assistant does local processing https://www.home-assistant.io/components/snips/ https://www.home-assistant.io/components/snips/
            • culturestate 7y ago
              Oooh, thanks for the heads up - I've been playing around with HA but hadn't seen this component. I'll check it out.