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Thread started 04/21/17 7:57pm

liltalkm

Amazon Echo, Alexa. Silly but true story...

The family and I were watching a Prince concert tonight.

After it ended, my 12 year old daughter was walking around the house singing. She walked by our Amazon Echo and sang "Let's Go Crazy", Alexa replied "Let's get nuts".

Not sure what triggered her response because my daughter didn't specifically say "Alexa".

Anyway, turns out if you say "Alexa, Let's go crazy", she will reply "Let's get nuts".

It made me smile after a long day.

[Edited 4/21/17 19:59pm]

Cause tomorrow is taking too long
and yesterday's too far away
and the reality that you believe in begins to bind.
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Reply #1 posted 04/21/17 8:07pm

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lol Cute story!
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Reply #2 posted 04/21/17 8:11pm

liltalkm

lol, We just tried it again and Alexa said "Oh no, let's go"

It only seems to work with "Let's go Crazy", cause I have been trying other songs to no avail.

Cause tomorrow is taking too long
and yesterday's too far away
and the reality that you believe in begins to bind.
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Reply #3 posted 04/21/17 8:46pm

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Who or what is Alexa?

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #4 posted 04/21/17 8:51pm

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purplethunder3121 said:

Who or what is Alexa?



amazon.com's robotic digital assistant that is voice-activated to respond to verbal commands. you can order things from amazon.com by saying things like "Alexa, order ten pounds of chocolate". there are some funny stories of little kids ordering weird things, having them delivered same-day to their parents' house...

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Reply #5 posted 04/21/17 8:55pm

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XxAxX said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Who or what is Alexa?



amazon.com's robotic digital assistant that is voice-activated to respond to verbal commands. you can order things from amazon.com by saying things like "Alexa, order ten pounds of chocolate". there are some funny stories of little kids ordering weird things, having them delivered same-day to their parents' house...

Too funny... lol

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #6 posted 04/21/17 9:00pm

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liltalkm said:

The family and I were watching a Prince concert tonight.

After it ended, my 12 year old daughter was walking around the house singing. She walked by our Amazon Echo and sang "Let's Go Crazy", Alexa replied "Let's get nuts".

Not sure what triggered her response because my daughter didn't specifically say "Alexa".

Anyway, turns out if you say "Alexa, Let's go crazy", she will reply "Let's get nuts".

It made me smile after a long day.

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Reply #7 posted 04/21/17 9:31pm

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liltalkm said:

lol, We just tried it again and Alexa said "Oh no, let's go"



It only seems to work with "Let's go Crazy", cause I have been trying other songs to no avail.



Thanx 4 sharing! I tried it with my Amazon Tap and it worked. biggrin Now, ask, "Alexa, who's bad?" Won't spoil it for you what she says. wink
"Just like the sun, the Rainbow Children rise."



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Reply #8 posted 04/21/17 10:07pm

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purplethunder3121 said:

Who or what is Alexa?


Amazon's version of Apple's Siri, or Google's Hey Google. Voice activated and interactive computer. Some Android phones have a voice unit on them like that, but the last time I tried to interact with one I might as well have been speaking Mandarin.

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Reply #9 posted 04/22/17 8:22am

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Reply #10 posted 04/22/17 9:17am

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Ha, I tried this with Siri and she said "sorry I couldn't find anything called Let's Go Crazy". Completely useless sometimes. lol
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Reply #11 posted 04/22/17 12:41pm

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TrivialPursuit said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Who or what is Alexa?


Amazon's version of Apple's Siri, or Google's Hey Google. Voice activated and interactive computer. Some Android phones have a voice unit on them like that, but the last time I tried to interact with one I might as well have been speaking Mandarin.

It's, "OK, Google", or, "Hey Siri". Sorry but seeing, "Hey Google", triggered my inner nerd. lol

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Reply #12 posted 04/22/17 2:18pm

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liltalkm said:

lol, We just tried it again and Alexa said "Oh no, let's go"



It only seems to work with "Let's go Crazy", cause I have been trying other songs to no avail.


That's not the only one it works with...try saying "Alexa, I ain't got no money".
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Reply #13 posted 04/22/17 7:06pm

liltalkm

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liltalkm said:

lol, We just tried it again and Alexa said "Oh no, let's go"

It only seems to work with "Let's go Crazy", cause I have been trying other songs to no avail.

That's not the only one it works with...try saying "Alexa, I ain't got no money".

Awesome!

Cause tomorrow is taking too long
and yesterday's too far away
and the reality that you believe in begins to bind.
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Reply #14 posted 04/22/17 7:54pm

liltalkm

So, I was googling to see if there was more things she would say in reference to Prince and stumbled across...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjcs_NJIk_I

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Cause tomorrow is taking too long
and yesterday's too far away
and the reality that you believe in begins to bind.
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Reply #15 posted 05/15/17 3:45pm

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"Alexa, do you have a favorite Prince song?"

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Reply #16 posted 05/16/17 5:38am

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Now I want to try this when I go to client's houses. Two of them have Alexa. I mean, the darn thing offered to look for Scout when I said hi to their dog Scout. Hilarious. I was like Nah, the dog's over here, begging for treats.

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