Japan's answer to the Amazon Echo (Source: Gatebox) There are also a bunch of amusing Easter eggs, like the response when you say “Alexa, initiate self-destruct sequence.” (see also this video demonstrating some of Alexa's Easter eggs).
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For example, you can say “Alexa, tell me a joke” (very wry delivery), “Alexa, did the Warriors win?” (of course they did), or “Alexa, who starred in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?” (no one else seems to know). The Echo's voice service, named Alexa, comes with several built-in skills. The Amazon Echo ignited the conversational assistant trend, which is on fire with Google Home trying to contend and a variety of similar clones showcased at CES 2017. Voice activated car infotainment systems have become a commodity, making it much safer to change the station while driving. New cameras, like the GoPro Hero 5, can be operated using voice commands, which is great for selfies. In most of those devices, there is no convenient way to integrate any other interface, making voice an ideal and necessary solution. Most smartwatches offer voice activation, as well as other wearables, and especially hearables, like Apple's AirPods and Samsung's Gear IconX. Almost every smartphone has a voice interface, with flagships like the Apple iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 including always-listening features. How many of your devices get conversational with you? So, just where are we with regard to the advancement of voice interfaces? This post will survey the current state of voice interfaces and its enabling technologies. The IEEE Spectrum magazine has declared 2017 the year of voice recognition ZDNet reported from CES 2017 that voice is the next computer interface and many others share similar views. Over the past few years, significant advances in automatic speech recognition (ASR) have led to an abundance of devices and applications that use speech as their main interface.