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- Parents can’t delete what kids tell Amazon voice assistant https://apnews.com/f062c28ae72144b3b22146d9d4c6fab3 2 comments
- Show HN: An open source framework for voice assistants https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat 39 comments
- Show HN: Eddy Travels – AI travel assistant on WhatsApp with voice understanding https://www.eddytravels.com/blog/2019/6/25/eddy-travels-launches-on-whatsapp-2 8 comments
- Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant https://github.com/nkasmanoff/pi-card 92 comments
- Any private Voice assistants? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/73lfzf/any_private_voice_assistants/ 12 comments privacy
- Open Source Voice Assistant https://github.com/Paridax/jarvis 3 comments python
- Voice assistants not reliable for health advice https://www.jmir.org/2020/2/e15823/ 3 comments artificial
- OpenSource Voice Assistants: Which is better? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/ac6e0l/opensource_voice_assistants_which_is_better/ 4 comments privacy
- Amazon announces Echo, a $199 voice-driven home assistant http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/11/amazon-announces-echo-a-199-voice-driven-home-assistant/ 124 comments technology
- Google lays off employees working on its voice assistant https://www.businessinsider.com/google-lay-offs-voice-assistant-bard-roles-contractors-2023-11 160 comments technology
- A new voice assistant that looks promising https://github.com/Akul-AI/akulai 9 comments perl
- The Science of Inaudible Voice Assistant Hacking https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=lvxwFpk27-Y 4 comments stallmanwasright
- A Privacy Guide for Voice Assistants in a World Where You Cannot Escape Them https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a29105006/alexa-privacy/ 3 comments technology
- Amazon's Alexa voice assistant won't stop randomly laughing http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5470379/amazons-alexa-voice-assistant-wont-stop-randomly-laughing.html 14 comments worldnews
- Google Assistant now has male voice option. https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/04/google-assistant-now-has-a-male-voice-option/ 2 comments technology
- AI voice assistant fills drive through window job | The Mercury https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/world/ai-voice-assistant-fills-drive-through-window-job-19536560 19 comments artificial
- Alexa Voice Assistant on Raspberry Pi Zero Docking Hub https://www.instructables.com/id/Alexa-Voice-Assistant-on-Raspberry-Pi-Zero-Docking/ 8 comments raspberry_pi
- Voice Assistant Battle featuring newcomers - MKBHD 2017 https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/6rpyj0/voice_assistant_battle_featuring_newcomers_mkbhd/ 79 comments apple
- Alexa and Google Assistant have a problem: People aren't sticking with voice apps they try https://www.recode.net/2017/1/23/14340966/voicelabs-report-alexa-google-assistant-echo-apps-discovery-problem 35 comments technology
- Here's a look at Gboards's Assistant powered voice typing feature for the Pixel 6 https://www.xda-developers.com/gboard-assistant-voice-typing-on-pixel-6/ 64 comments android
- Lawsuits Claim Amazon's Alexa Voice Assistant Illegally Records Children Without Consent https://gizmodo.com/lawsuits-claim-amazons-alexa-voice-assistant-illegally-1835468920 10 comments technology
- 41% of voice assistant users have concerns about trust and privacy, report finds https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/24/41-of-voice-assistant-users-have-concerns-about-trust-and-privacy-report-finds/ 3 comments technology
- Researchers find voice assistants force users to ditch their regional accent. What's your take on this? https://news.sky.com/story/regional-accents-suppressed-by-voice-assistants-says-study-11473853 49 comments linguistics
- Google's Artificial Intelligence voice assistant 'Duplex' to run a call centre? https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/googles-artificial-intelligence-voice-assistant-duplex-to-run-a-call-centre/1233486/ 19 comments artificial
- Snips' built its voice assistant using the Rust programming language https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/02/21/snips-uses-rust-embedded-voice-assistant/ 8 comments rust
- Amazon's voice assistant Alexa fooled by pet parrot into placing online order http://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/amazons-voice-assistant-alexa-fooled-by-pet-parrot-into-placing-online-order-4070139.html 3 comments technology
- Former Microsoft exec reveals why Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant beat Cortana https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/14/16142642/microsoft-cortana-amazon-alexa-qi-lu 3 comments technology
- Google is putting Android and its voice assistant inside of cars — here's your first look http://www.businessinsider.com/volvo-v90-running-android-operating-system-2017-5/#android-wont-start-showing-up-in-cars-until-later-this-year-audi-and-volvo-will-be-the-first-10 3 comments technology
- Voice HAT available in The Mag Pi for use with Google Assistant https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/5/4/15541136/google-assistant-raspberry-pi-sdk-voice-hat 7 comments raspberry_pi
- SUIT DON'T LIE: Rasheed Wallace makes his voice heard as assistant coach http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/3/14/5507530/rasheed-wallace-detroit-pistons-coach-feature-2014 5 comments nba
- A new study finds that extroverts are more likely to continue using voice assistants (e.g., Siri or Alexa) than introverts because they prefer social interaction and find the conversational nature of voice assistants appealing and engaging. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.21992 93 comments science
- Multisensory interaction, combining visual information on sustainable clothing with intelligent voice assistants, enhances consumer experiences in online shopping https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-023-02244-2 2 comments science
- Mycroft (open-source voice assistant) integration with Godot possibility? None 3 comments opensource
- Amazon error allowed Alexa user to eavesdrop on another home - A user of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant in Germany got access to more than a thousand recordings from another user because of “a human error” by the company. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-data-security/amazon-error-allowed-alexa-user-to-eavesdrop-on-another-home-iduskcn1oj15j 3 comments technology
- Voice assistants are always listening. So why won't they call police if they hear a crime? - "These things are designed to spy on us, so saying that they'll spy on our wants without responding to our actual needs for safety and security seem like an intentional set of bad design choices." https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/26/voice_assistants_are_always_listening_so_why_wont_they_call_police_if_they_hear_a_crime/ 12 comments technology
- Growing Into Non-Deterministic User Interfaces (and the problem with rapidly iterating upon voice assistants) [OC] http://antrikshy.com/blog/growing-into-non-deterministic-user-interfaces 4 comments programming
- This Open-Source AI Voice Assistant Is Challenging Siri and Alexa for Market Superiority https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthunckler/2017/05/15/this-open-source-ai-voice-assistant-is-challenging-siri-and-alexa-for-market-superiority/#462e0d193ec0 5 comments opensource
- 'Bing tell me': Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant to hit Lumias in April, voice-over done by Halo's Jen Taylor http://www.phonearena.com/news/Bing-tell-me-Microsofts-Cortana-voice-assistant-to-hit-Lumias-in-April-voice-over-done-by-Halos-Jen-Taylor_id51464 285 comments windowsphone
- Mony Scottish iPhain users hae foond themselves strugglin' tae use th' new Siri voice-recognition feature, coz th' intelligent assistant cannae kin th' accent. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/london/lost-in-translation-siri-cannot-understand-the-scottish-accent/261?tag=mantle_skin;content 3 comments technology
- "If you’re not monitoring it independently, you’re asking the perpetrator to give you the video of the crime scene.” — James Cameron, the apparent voice of reason, talking about his offer to provide assistance with the oil leak being turned down http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100603/en_nm/us_oil_spill_cameron 18 comments politics