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Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users?

From Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com>
Newsgroups chi.internet
Subject Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users?
Date 2017-11-07 03:30 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <otr9bt$n56$3@reader2.panix.com> (permalink)
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barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 22 Oct 2017, core wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 23:53:54 -0500, barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I bought a Google Home Mini, because it was cheap, and seemed like a fun
>>> idea.  But now, I'm seeing that there's some really basic shit it cannot
>>> do, without IFTTT, or some other kludgey crapola.
>>>
>>> I hear Alexa is a little more robust, but still, isn't quite providing the
>>> services I would want...
>>>
>>> What say you?
>>
>> What kind of 'services' are you looking for?  They keep adding stuff
>> continuously.. An echo dot is the same price as the googly thing.
>>
>> What are you looking for it to do and I can tell you if the echo will
>> do it.
>>
>>
> 
> Well, for example;
> on my phone, I can say, "ok google, note to self", and i can send myself 
> some info via email.  But Google Home (Assistant?) cannot do that.

well shit, do you want the option to fax yourself your email later on too? 
Somehow all this had to tie together in a scenario where you dial in codes 
using a touch tone telephone from an airport. You know, the future and 
all.

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Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-10-21 23:53 -0500
  Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2017-10-22 12:01 +0000
    Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-11-07 03:23 +0000
  Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? core <core@pt40.net> - 2017-10-22 23:41 -0500
    Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-10-26 14:02 -0500
      Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? core <core@pt40.net> - 2017-10-26 21:34 -0500
      Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Ts of Og <jgrove24@hotmail.com> - 2017-11-03 16:35 -0700
        Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-11-11 23:08 -0600
          Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-11-26 05:59 +0000
            Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-11-28 20:06 -0600
              Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-12-03 01:31 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-12-13 22:58 -0600
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-12-17 23:28 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-12-23 10:19 -0600
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Michele <goaway@noseytwats.com> - 2017-12-25 21:35 -0600
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Don Seeley <see-sig@fakedomain.com> - 2017-12-28 15:57 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2018-01-05 23:16 -0600
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2018-01-06 10:37 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2018-01-07 04:16 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Chicago Paddling-Fishing <jwn@ripco.com> - 2018-01-14 04:41 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2018-01-18 03:05 +0000
      Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Chicago Paddling-Fishing <jwn@ripco.com> - 2017-11-05 09:11 +0000
      Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-11-07 03:30 +0000

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