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Practical Internet of Things with JavaScript

You're reading from   Practical Internet of Things with JavaScript Build standalone exciting IoT projects with Raspberry Pi 3 and JavaScript (ES5/ES6)

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788292948
Length 296 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Arvind Ravulavaru Arvind Ravulavaru
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Voice AI


There was a time when turning something on/off using a smart phone was exciting. Times have changed and things have evolved quite a bit since in the space of voice AI. A lot of people use their voice to do a lot of things, right from making notes, building their grocery lists, to searching the internet. We no longer use hands for mundane activities.

"Look Ma, No hands!"

What's next? Think of it and it happens? I would love to be alive to see that, as I could do things at the speed of thought.

If you are new to the world of Voice AI, you can start looking up Amazon Alexa, Google Now/Google Assistant, Apple Siri, or Windows Cortana to see what I am talking about. Since we are going to work with Amazon Alexa in this chapter, we will explore only that.

Amazon recently launched a couple of devices named Amazon Echo and Amazon Echo Dot (recently made available in India too), which are smart speakers, enabled by Alexa, Amazon's voice AI software. If you want to experience Alexa for yourself...

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