Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users?

From	Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com>
Newsgroups	chi.internet
Subject	Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users?
Date	2018-01-18 03:05 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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Chicago Paddling-Fishing <jwn@ripco.com> wrote:
> Cydrome Leader <presence@mungepanix.com> wrote:
>>barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sun, 26 Nov 2017, Cydrome Leader wrote:
>>> 
>>>> barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 3 Nov 2017, Ts of Og wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 2:10:02 PM UTC-5, barbie gee 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I want to make a to-do list, and put items in a certain list, not just
>>>>>>> pile them all into the grocery "shopping list", that they've now mashed
>>>>>>> into Google Express.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's just "stupider" than what I can do with my voice on my phone or
>>>>>>> tablet.  I was hoping it would be more similar, so I'd basically have an
>>>>>>> "always on" listener, instead of having to wake up my phone, swipe, talk
>>>>>>> and wait.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> .max has an echo dot. I'll have to do some comparing, but given how cheap
>>>>>>> they are, maybe I should buy one of THOSE, too!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry that yours hands are so arthritic as to prevent jotting down notes with pencil :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, I can write notes.  I gathered up almost a dozen pads of paper with
>>>>> notes on them.  And Post-its.  And other random scraps of paper.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I think of something, anything, that I want to remember, I want it
>>>>> all to go to one place.  Pads of paper are nice, but I have to keep that
>>>>> pad of paper with me always, everywhere, if I'm going to keep all my shit
>>>>> in one place.  NOT POSSIBLE.  If I could direct ALL my notes to a single
>>>>> place, just by speaking it, THAT would be a super solution!
>>>>
>>>> Don't delay!
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/291923849839
>>>>
>>> 
>>> Voice recorders failed me, been there done that.
> 
>>Really? I can understand how Nelson and a pocket protector full of scraps 
>>of paper didn't really cut it, but how did you fail with a memo recorder?
> 
> Actually, since she writes them on little scrapes of paper, if she just 
> puts it in a pocket protector and remembers that every day she'd be like
> me in the 80's...  but like i said, as technology got better, I moved on
> to better ways to take notes (I'm not even sure I could "write" a letter
> to someone, i'd want to type and print it).
> 
>>I dusted off my tape deck earlier this week and played some 20 year old 
>>tapes. Looking for the older ones to try out next.
> 
>>The sound quality is poor, but they probably weren't all that great when 
>>recorded off the radio anyways. There seems to be some sort of CD to mix 
>>tape action in the pile of tapes too. I think it was 2001 when the real 
>>walkman finally wasn't worth fixing anymore. Mine had the stupid fucking 
>>plastic gear that molded around metal that split as the plastic aged. 
> 
> You can probably find it all on youtube now, 
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEBwtATYOt8

sorry, I didn't make that website and won't click the link. Looks scary.

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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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