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This Is What You Need To Know About Alexa 

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Alexa was the most popular innovation at CES. Everyone was talking about her. I want to make sure that you know exactly what Alexa is all about because this voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant is going to enter your life in many ways.  

This is good news for seniors. We now have a personal assistant that is capable of “voice interaction, music playback, making to-do lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audiobooks, and providing weather, traffic and other real time information. It can also control several smart devices using itself as a home automation hub.”

Alexa lives in cylinders, home security, TV sets, home management, plus, plus. Many tech categories are thinking of new ways to include the voice recognition software. It’s pretty obvious Americans love giving orders.

My co-podcaster, TV personality and Innovation Insider Steve Greenberg, and I, discussed Alexa on a recent broadcast of Lying on the Beach. If you want to learn more about Alexa from us, click here.

If you want to read more about the complexity of Alexa in the years to come from Wired, a leading tech magazine, click here.

Enjoy the information. It’s your future. 
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Everyone Fears Technology

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My good friend Dick Krain sent me a video this morning that I could easily relate to. I wish I could say I haven’t been a victim, but I have. Have yourself a good laugh. I did.

I’ve always thought it was my “New Yawk” accent that hampered me when speaking to a voice recognition service. I’ve wanted to scream every time after dialing 411 for information. It is always such a waste of my time. No matter how slowly I speak, I always get transferred to a live operator. Please, just give me the live operator to begin with.

If I ever needed to be taught a lesson, this is it: for the last two years, I only seek someone’s email address or phone number through Google rather than through a voice recognition service. When I get the number I need, I don’t even bother to write it down or record it into my contacts. I just click on the number and let the program do the rest. That, to me, is a truly civilized way to get addresses and phone numbers.

Every time I have to deal with technology, there is always a new challenge. Just when I think I have something figured out, another thing pops up that stalls me. I always felt that I was the only one with these troubles. Now, after seeing this hilarious video, I know better. Everyone in technology runs into speed bumps. What matters is if you have the tenacity to deal with them. Patience, Lois!