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wake word

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  • alexz commented on the word wake word

    a word designed to trigger voice commands on a computing device.

    "Siri" "Ok, Google" "Alexa" "Hal..."  "Computer"


    February 17, 2016

  • hugovk commented on the word wake word

    wake word, n.

    The Guardian, 9 January 2017:

    And so to Dallas, Texas, where a six-year-old girl made the mistake of asking Alexa: “Can you play dollhouse with me and get me a dollhouse?” Alexa promptly complied by ordering a (£140) KidKraft doll’s house and, for reasons known only to the virtual assistant, four pounds of sugar cookies. The snafu snowballed when a San Diego TV station reported the story, using the “wake word” Alexa, which is the Amazon Echo equivalent of saying Candyman five times into the mirror. Several viewers called the station to complain that their own Alexa had woken up and ordered more doll’s houses in what turned into a thoroughly 21st-century comedy of consumer errors. And a bonanza day for KidKraft.

    January 5, 2018