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Friday 7 November 2014

Amazon Echo - Amazing Siri-Style Voice computer

According to Amazon, Echo uses far-field voice recognition capabilities with seven microphones to detect a request from anywhere in a room.
Echo has been fine-tuned to deliver crisp vocals with dynamic bass response. Its dual downward-firing speakers produce 360° omni-directional audio to fill the room with immersive sound. Echo doesn't stop working when you're away from home. With the free companion app on Fire OS and Android, plus desktop and iOS browsers.
Echo is always ready, connected, and fast. Just say the wake word, "Alexa," for:
  • News, weather, and information: Hear up-to-the-minute weather and news from a variety of sources, including local radio stations, NPR, and ESPN from TuneIn.
  • Music: Listen to your Amazon Music Library, Prime Music, TuneIn, and iHeartRadio.
  • Alarms, timers, and lists: Stay on time and organized with voice-controlled alarms, timers, shopping and to-do lists.
  • Questions and answers: Get information from Wikipedia, definitions, answers to common questions, and more.
  • More coming soon: Echo automatically updates through the cloud with new services and features. Request an invitation for Amazon Echo now.
If selected you will receive an e-mail with an invitation to purchase in the coming weeks. For a limited time only, Prime members who receive an invitation and purchase the Echo will save $100.