Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users?

From	Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com>
Newsgroups	chi.internet
Subject	Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users?
Date	2017-11-26 05:59 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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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!

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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
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