Wearers can access more than 5,000 Alexa skills via
voice commands as a result, doing many of the same things they could do with, for example, an Amazon Echo.
Most of these features are already found in Google Assistant, while another string suggests
voice commands as a way to operate the device, besides the display:
It isn't as responsive to
voice commands as the Moto 360, but that didn't prevent me from sending messages to my wife without touching my phone.
More significantly, Samsung says you'll be able to operate Bixby without using specific
voice commands as the assistant will be intelligent enough to respond to natural language.
For bulbs that have color options, users may switch from one color to another using
voice commands as well.
If you have a smart speaker, such as the Amazon Echo or Google Home, you can control compatible appliances with
voice commands as well.
There's an «Xbox Help» menu that provides assistance, and — to be fair — there are plenty of completely sensible
voice commands as well, but prepare for a learning curve as you grasp how to communicate with your Xbox.
Instead, these actions can be triggered with Siri
voice commands as simple as saying «Siri, I'm going to bed» in order for the computerized assistant to put you into something of a human «safe mode.»
Some users might struggle to remember the exact form of
voice commands as the number of supported voice commands increases.
Devices in the product family can recognize
voice commands as well as gestures, and can be integrated with three of the major digital assistants: Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri via Apple HomeKit.
Google plans to add multistep «routines» to
its voice commands as well.
There are even easy to use
voice commands as well.
The touchscreen infotainment can be operated via the rotary dial in the centre console or via
voice commands as well.
The sat nav is slow to get going if it's been some time since you started the car, but the Google - based mapping means guidance is accurate and quick, even if the system gives too many
voice commands as you drive along your route.
Hiccups aside, it's clear Nadella views chatting and
voice commands as a way to spread Microsoft's influence.
While Google Assistant on smartphones continued using the same
voice command as always, the company offered another command to wake the Google Home device.
Not exact matches
By now, many of us have heard about or might even own one of the popular, sleek multi-functional
voice - first devices, such
as the Amazon Echo, also known
as «Alexa», the name used when waking the device to give a verbal
command.
After years of iPhone users getting let down by Siri, the first truly mainstream
voice agent, Amazon billed the Echo
as a speaker that, by the way, has a few smart
voice commands built in.
Though both systems have touch screen and
voice command, UVO can add widgets to the screen, such
as RSS feeds, weather reports, and social networking sites.
But two University of Utah studies found that it can take
as many
as 27 seconds to regain focus after using
voice command technology.
As I wrote in my full review back in August, the device's main selling point is its
voice -
commanded personal assistant.
As pro wrestler Samoa Joe put it on Twitter, «I find giving
voice commands to an Xbox is akin to yelling at my kids.
Instead, Aiqudo mainly wants to sell its
voice tech
as a service to developers that want to make their apps controllable with
voice commands without having to work separately with Alexa, Google Assistant, and every other individual
voice assistant platform.
The company, which wants to serve
as a Spotify or Netflix - style platform for audio, said Wednesday it is launching an integration with Amazon's Alexa platform, which will allow users to use
voice commands to listen to radio - style shows and other audio content played from their Echo or Dot devices.
Named after a character from the Halo video - game series, Cortana responds to questions and
voice commands,
as well
as being able to identify songs and flip a virtual coin.
The music alarm can also be set up
as a recurring one by adding terms such
as «every weekday» to the
voice command.
The reason for choosing the hotels market
as the first place to offer large - scale commercialisation of its own smart speaker is because hotel guests are likely to have more demand for such services, according to Du Haitao, product director of Alibaba's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Labs... A «Westin» branded hotel in Sanya in China's southern island province Hainan — part of the Marriott Group — is already testing the
voice -
command service.
This means car owners will be able to use Tmall Genie, the top - selling
voice - controlled speaker in China, to monitor their fuel levels, mileage and the status of the engine and battery,
as well
as control car doors, windows and air conditioning, from home via
voice command.
It was rapidly becoming obvious that Niebuhr was emerging
as a
commanding and brilliant
voice in American theology.
The electronic age with its offering of a wide variety of ways to present the human
voice has
commanded new attention to oral language.1 Perhaps the ascendancy of science and the domination of the scientific method has created such a restricted view of language that a reaction in favor of more dimensions to language is to be taken simply
as clear testimony to a general degeneration of meaningful discourse, a degeneration in which the church figures prominently.
The
voice of Peter is now,
as it ever has been, a real authority, infallible when it teaches, prosperous when it
commands, ever taking the lead wisely and distinctly in its own province, adding certainty to what is probable, and persuasion to what is certain.
Updated at 12:35 p.m. ET on 7/16 Washington (CNN)-- An effort to remove sexual assault cases from the military chain of
command received a bipartisan boost Tuesday
as conservative Republicans joined the bill's main backer, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, to
voice their support for the measure.
Where this watch really shines is with its
voice -
command options
as well
as a built - in GPS with turn - by - turn navigation system.
Recently, Rogers showed that people could control a simple computer game with a throat - mounted e-skin that sensed their
voice commands by detecting muscular contractions and translating them into virtual
commands such
as up, down, left and right.
From complex solutions used by well - known people — such
as the late Christopher Reeve's use of a high - tech wheelchair — to simpler ones like screen magnifiers on our computers and speech recognition «
voice commands» on our smartphones, technology makes some tasks easier.
Thanks to polymers woven into the composite fibers to create the form - fitting clothing, wearers can control texture
as well
as color, changing their look from black leather to a bright tartan to traditional denim and more with a single
voice command.
He advises against using
voice commands system while driving for purposes such
as voice dialing,
voice contact calling, surfing the Internet, sending email and text messages, reading email, tweeting or updating Facebook.
With researchers in the car, the drivers were tested for the extent of their distraction, even
as they kept their eyes on the road and hands on the wheel after hitting a
voice -
command system button.
With applications and services such
as Facebook and Twitter gaining priority in many people's lives, Ford added MyFord Driver Connect to its SYNC service to retrieve information from these and other Web sites and software via
voice commands or steering wheel controls, thereby hopefully minimizing driver distraction.
Many handsome leading men lose their seductive confidence
as they grow older, but Bachchan is such a industry - defining star that he can do (and often has done) whatever he wants, whether it's scowling pensively throughout a trilogy of «Godfather» - esque gangster films («Sarkar,» «Sarkar Raj» and «Sarkar 3») or playing a Cyrano de Bergerac - like bum who lends his
commanding baritone
voice to a struggling young movie star whose natural
voice isn't sexy enough («Shamitabh»).
In the end,
as Maggie's story becomes normalized and familiar, it is the sound of her
voice that continues to
command.
Also notably effective in his smaller role
as famed attorney Melvin Belli is Brian Cox, whose
voice and on - screen demeanor constantly
command attention.
But Thomas misses the sensation of actual flying, and while he respects his
commanding officer, Colonel Jack Johns (Bruce Greenwood), most days, he takes orders over speakerphone from a shadowy government official (
voiced, inevitably, by Peter Coyote) from CIA HQ in Langley, and committing acts that could easily be perceived
as war crimes.
Dickinson was obviously a great poet with a beautifully precise
command of the English language,
as demonstrated in the
voiced - over selections from her work.
Well known for his
voice you can hear him in such cartoons
as «Buzz Lightyear of Star
Command,» «Duck Dodgers,» «Phineas and Ferb» and «Spongebob Squarepants.»
As you watch this film, you're reminded that PTA is an artist in full
command of his
voice and craft, working in a register unencumbered by the demands of craft.
Your human opponents are
voiced quite well
as you hear them yell
commands and panic after you devastate their ranks.
But there's nothing
as commanding or comforting
as the
voice of the captain alerting us to our cruising altitude, navigational path, or takeoff position on the runway.
Two - thirds (67 %) of parents felt the use of technology had improved their children's literacy skills
as they now read more, while 46 % felt it has enhanced their language skills, with applications such
as voice command and Siri now commonplace.
The ICP represents over 200,000 school leaders across five continents and,
as such,
commands a unique global position
as a major
voice for school education.