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    Amazon Echo- Voice-driven Encyclopedia

    Amazon Echo

    We all “Google”, right? In other words, we’re always going to the tech giant to search for something, anything. “How tall is Michael Jordan?….Who many eggs do you put in a shortcake recipe?”  The Amazon Echo has just streamlined the process, an intuitive device designed around your voice that’s always on and can answer just about any question you can throw at it. You simply ask for information: play music, read the weather or news, ask a question. You can even set an alarm, take notes, or add to your grocery list just by telling “Alexa” to do so.

     

    Amazon Echo responds to “Alexa”

    The Amazon Echo begins working as soon as it hears someone say the wake word, “Alexa.” For example, “Alexa, how many kilograms are in a pound?” The device will respond immediately with the correct response. The Echo sports an array of seven microphones so that you can be heard from any direction. The device also has enhanced noise cancellation, so it can even hear you ask a question while it’s playing music.

     amazon echo hears your voice

    Learns as you Use

    The device runs off of cloud technology, running on Amazon Web Services so it learns and adds more functionality over time. Call it a sort of pseudo artificial intelligence. The more you use Echo, the more it learns about you and adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary and preferences. It also has an associated app, the Amazon Echo app, which is free on Fire OS and Android.

     Amazon Echo works off of Amazon web service and google

    By Invitation Only

    The Amazon Echo is only available for purchase through invite — presumably until they are able to make more units to keep up with the demand. It will cost $199, or $99 for Amazon Prime members. You can sign up to purchase the Amazon Echo here.

    David Novak
    David Novakhttps://www.gadgetgram.com
    For the last 20 years, David Novak has appeared in newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV around the world, reviewing the latest in consumer technology. His byline has appeared in Popular Science, PC Magazine, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Electronic House Magazine, GQ, Men’s Journal, National Geographic, Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, Forbes Technology, Readers Digest, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Glamour Magazine, T3 Technology Magazine, Stuff Magazine, Maxim Magazine, Wired Magazine, Laptop Magazine, Indianapolis Monthly, Indiana Business Journal, Better Homes and Garden, CNET, Engadget, InfoWorld, Information Week, Yahoo Technology and Mobile Magazine. He has also made radio appearances on the The Mark Levin Radio Show, The Laura Ingraham Talk Show, Bob & Tom Show, and the Paul Harvey RadioShow. He’s also made TV appearances on The Today Show and The CBS Morning Show. His nationally syndicated newspaper column called the GadgetGUY, appears in over 100 newspapers around the world each week, where Novak enjoys over 3 million in readership. David is also a contributing writer fro Men’s Journal, GQ, Popular Mechanics, T3 Magazine and Electronic House here in the U.S.

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