Scarpozzi
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slugg
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Sure, whatever. But a college thesis on this? It's a joke of a thesis. Either the guy is pulling a miracle, or it's a highlight of what's wrong with education today. This would work well for a blog post, not a thesis.
You obviously made a bad assumption. Is it safe to assume that you've never read or written a thesis?
Here's the deal on the echo.
It can seem like a waste - or great.
It's the best music interface for your digital music on Amazon by far.
Sitting in the same room with it (or any room in the house if you get the remote), whatever you feel like hearing:
Alexa, play She's not there
"She's not there by Santana" - and it's playing
Alexa, play Santana
"Shuffling Santana" - and it's playing random songs from your Amazon library and Prime music if you have Prime, by Santana
Alexa, play Glad Live
"Glad, live album version by Traffic" and it's playing
Alexa, play jazz
And it's playing random jazz songs
Alexa, play npr
And it finds my local NPR radio station and streams it
Alexa, play radio 107.7
And it's streaming the local radio station 107.7
Alexa, play progressive voices
And it's playing the 'progressive voices' internet station (there's a list of dozens of things)
Alexa play (Pandora playlist I made)
You can link the list to Echo and play it.
Alexa, play Santana greatest hits
And it's playing the album 'Best of Santana'
Alexa, skip
Don't like the Santana song it's playing? It skips to the next
Alexa, what is the name of this song
Get song info about the song playing, then continues playing
Alexa, play louder/quieter
Adjusts the volume
Alexa, play riders on the storm by Santana
It recognizes the version you want to hear, so you can listen to the cover by Santana instead of the original by the Doors for a change
It's great having that access to the music - no browser, searching, clicking around.
Downside: you have to remember what you want to hear, no viewing a big list and checking things out.
Also, I seem to get more picky what to listen to. Songs that were ok, I don't want to bother with - I pick like 5% of what I might if clicking.
Like, I've always liked some songs more than others on The Who's Quadrophenia - but I'd listen.
I played it on Echo and it was skip, skip skip, I really only want to hear Love Reign O'er Me
Upside, I was rarely getting any use of my Amazon MP3 library or Prime Music - much more with Echo.
Other little things:
Alexa, what's the temperature
Get the current temperature in my city, rain forecast, low tonight
Alexa, what's the temperature in Las Vegas
Same, for Las Vegas
Alexa, what time is it
Yup
Alexa, what's the news
Get a news summary
It'll also play a 30 second sample of songs that are sold by Amazon, but you don't own and not available in Prime
Once you get past 'why did I buy this' you get to 'I love this', maybe not everyone
It also lets you buy Amazon digital music though I haven't done that on Echo.
It can seem like a waste - or great.
It's the best music interface for your digital music on Amazon by far.
Sitting in the same room with it (or any room in the house if you get the remote), whatever you feel like hearing:
Alexa, play She's not there
"She's not there by Santana" - and it's playing
Alexa, play Santana
"Shuffling Santana" - and it's playing random songs from your Amazon library and Prime music if you have Prime, by Santana
Alexa, play Glad Live
"Glad, live album version by Traffic" and it's playing
Alexa, play jazz
And it's playing random jazz songs
Alexa, play npr
And it finds my local NPR radio station and streams it
Alexa, play radio 107.7
And it's streaming the local radio station 107.7
Alexa, play progressive voices
And it's playing the 'progressive voices' internet station (there's a list of dozens of things)
Alexa play (Pandora playlist I made)
You can link the list to Echo and play it.
Alexa, play Santana greatest hits
And it's playing the album 'Best of Santana'
Alexa, skip
Don't like the Santana song it's playing? It skips to the next
Alexa, what is the name of this song
Get song info about the song playing, then continues playing
Alexa, play louder/quieter
Adjusts the volume
Alexa, play riders on the storm by Santana
It recognizes the version you want to hear, so you can listen to the cover by Santana instead of the original by the Doors for a change
It's great having that access to the music - no browser, searching, clicking around.
Downside: you have to remember what you want to hear, no viewing a big list and checking things out.
Also, I seem to get more picky what to listen to. Songs that were ok, I don't want to bother with - I pick like 5% of what I might if clicking.
Like, I've always liked some songs more than others on The Who's Quadrophenia - but I'd listen.
I played it on Echo and it was skip, skip skip, I really only want to hear Love Reign O'er Me
Upside, I was rarely getting any use of my Amazon MP3 library or Prime Music - much more with Echo.
Other little things:
Alexa, what's the temperature
Get the current temperature in my city, rain forecast, low tonight
Alexa, what's the temperature in Las Vegas
Same, for Las Vegas
Alexa, what time is it
Yup
Alexa, what's the news
Get a news summary
It'll also play a 30 second sample of songs that are sold by Amazon, but you don't own and not available in Prime
Once you get past 'why did I buy this' you get to 'I love this', maybe not everyone
It also lets you buy Amazon digital music though I haven't done that on Echo.
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I have never used an echo, but here are my thoughts.
Why would I want to listen to music from a small mono speaker? It seems like no one cares about audio quality anymore. I know several people that are always listening to music on their portable bluetooth speakers that are the size of a 16 oz can of beer. I know one 18 year old guy that will listen to music through the speakers on his phone.
What is Alexa telling the NSA about me?
Why would I want to listen to music from a small mono speaker? It seems like no one cares about audio quality anymore. I know several people that are always listening to music on their portable bluetooth speakers that are the size of a 16 oz can of beer. I know one 18 year old guy that will listen to music through the speakers on his phone.
What is Alexa telling the NSA about me?
Kaido
Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
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The audio quality is actually amazing on it. Sounds way better than most boomboxes I've listened to. I was surprised because I thought the SQ would be crap because it's small & tube-shaped.
IndyColtsFan
Lifer
- Sep 22, 2007
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That would be a very bad assumption. Nevertheless, I would suggest that you reread my comment - I was commenting on your post saying it was a bad product (which it isn't), not on the OP's thesis. My comment was exceptionally clear on that point (your post is below).
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SearchMaster
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That (sound quality) is definitely a limitation. It's tolerable but far from great. But listening to music on it is not something you'd do when you want to sit and relax and enjoy a phenomenal album on audiophile equipment, it's more for background enjoyment while you're doing something else.
I'd mentioned that I listen to it a lot in the kitchen while I'm cooking. I wouldn't listen to anything if it wasn't completely hands-free, because it sucks to have stuff all over your hands and need to change songs or change the volume. A simple "Alexa, next" or "Alexa, louder" will accomplish what you need - efficient and easy.
It's not the greatest invention in history but has better voice recognition than any other piece of technology I own and they continue to improve it without you having to do any system updates.
As for the NSA...well I don't really care about that. I'd be much more concerned about Amazon themselves data-mining all conversations to create an even stronger consumer profile but I don't have any conversations in the kitchen that would pique the interests of the NSA.
IndyColtsFan
Lifer
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It does much more than just play music. If you're wanting to listen to music, there are many other solutions out there which would probably work as well but for less money. The other features are what distinguishes it and Amazon is constantly adding new features. Personally, I mainly use mine for controlling many of my HA gadgets.
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zinfamous
No Lifer
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zinfamous
No Lifer
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It'd be better if it didn't record all of my conversations that I have in the house and try to sell me ads from that and sell my data to other ad companies.
it baffles me that people are OK with this.
poofyhairguy
Lifer
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We just want to live in Star Trek man.
Here is my first born, here is my bloodtype, here is my social security number. Just stamp the damn barcode on my head and give me my holodeck!!!
IndyColtsFan
Lifer
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zinfamous
No Lifer
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sorry. "It collects data from all of your conversations based on keywords and passing references"
MongGrel
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I do not have a Kinetics or a console in the house, but those things even have facial recognition on them.
If you're going to use tech, you're going to be exposed to things that could be hacked into anywhere I guess.
Like SearchMaster said, I wouldn't be planning anything the NSA would be interested in. Most things in the kitchen would bore them.
If you're going to use tech, you're going to be exposed to things that could be hacked into anywhere I guess.
Like SearchMaster said, I wouldn't be planning anything the NSA would be interested in. Most things in the kitchen would bore them.
I find it funny how it changes my listening.
On the one hand, most of my music sat unused before. Rare case to run a browser and go to the library and browse and finally play something.
But I do find that since echo has no browsing, I play a very few favorite things over and over and have much less tolerance for music that isn't those favorites.
An album I might have listened to now it's 'skip skip skip' except one favorite song.
On the one hand, most of my music sat unused before. Rare case to run a browser and go to the library and browse and finally play something.
But I do find that since echo has no browsing, I play a very few favorite things over and over and have much less tolerance for music that isn't those favorites.
An album I might have listened to now it's 'skip skip skip' except one favorite song.
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zinfamous
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