• expr@programming.devEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I just assumed they were already doing this and have never considered them to be something anyone should ever put in their home.

    • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      2 days ago

      My parents, my parents church, my in-laws, my sister, my wife’s friends, my old dentist, my old doctor, and several acquaintances.

      So that’s like… At least 3 people.

  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Anyone have experience with locally run alternatives to this kind of device? Voice recognition technology has gotten pretty good by now, it should be possible

    • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I’ve looked into and honestly they cover most of what people use the listening device for. Only issue is that they can be a bit slow and are often quite expensive. Haven’t checked in over a year though and tech like this can advance quickly.

      • atoro@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 days ago

        We’ve gotten too used to the price of tech being so low because we’re almost always the product. The Meta VR headsets, Alexa, Google Home, anything where data from us can be harvested, they’ll gladly subsidize to help get it into our homes.

        I’m really hoping the HA voice stuff keeps getting better and better, we need it if we’re ever going to get people away from these data harvesting “assistants”