Will Voice Interfaces Like Alexa Deliver for Publishers?
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You probably can’t tell from my Publishing Executive blogs, but I’m Scottish.
Like most Scots, my heritage is a source of pride and I love it when people, mostly Americans to be fair, tell me they love my accent. For someone that grew up with their mother telling them to ‘speak properly’ that’s a great feeling.
Unfortunately, Amazon’s Alexa, appears to share my mother’s disdain for the way I speak. It doesn’t complement me on my accent, it doesn’t love my brogue, it doesn’t understand me half the time.
If you want to share my pain, take a few minutes out and watch these two hapless Scotsmen try to operate a
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