When it first arrived from Amazon I didn't know what it was. "It was on sale".
Is it for me? It's for everyone! It's called Amazon Echo. How's it going?
I'm just finishing up right now. Is it online? Oh, it's always on. Can it hear me
right now? Nope, it only hears you when you use the wake
word. We chose Alexa. Well what does it do? Alexa what do you do? "I can kill you
with my brain". Awesome! Alexa, play rock music. [Hero of Canton plays]. Oh yeah, I want to try. Alexa, what
time is it? "Time for some thrilling heroics!". You actually don't have to yell
at it. Echo uses far-field technology so it can hear you from anywhere in the
room. So it can just hear you anywhere? Yes well, everyone can hear you anyway! Oh is that
where we're gonna put it? I was thinking of putting it there, but it works
anywhere. Echo is pretty neat, because it knows all sorts of things.
All you have to do is ask. Alexa how tall is Mount Everest?
"Wishing I could Captain. Mal I got no ruttin' idea." How does it know so much, it's so so small? It updates using the cloud, that's also how
it gets its answers. You just read that off the box, huh? Dad really likes that the Echo
just plugs in so we never have to charge it. Plus Echo's really good at keeping
track of things like shopping and to-do lists. (Mumbles) and paper... Alexa add wrapping paper
to the shopping list. "Do you think this would make a nice gift?". Alexa how many
teaspoons are in a tablespoon? "I guess they got hungry again". Okay.
Alexa set a timer for 8 minutes. "Human body can be drained of blood in eight point
six seconds". Dad's not a morning person, but Echo definitely helps him wake up. [Plays 'The Hero of Canton']
You gotta get up. It's Saturday! Alexa what day is it? "Day is a vestigial mode of time
measurement based on solar cycles, it's not applicable". Up! Alexa give me my flash
news briefing. "This is the Captain, we have a little problem with our entry
sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then explode." What
did the dog say after a long day? Today was rough! Alexa tell me another joke?! "Do you know what the
chain of command is? "It's a chain I go get and beat you with til you understand
who's in rutting command here". Sometimes Echo helps out when you least expect it. Dad
how do you spell cantaloupe? Cantaloupe... C... A... T... Alexa how do you spell
cantaloupe? "Sir, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing!
Come on!" Good job. Echo loves to play music and knows a lot
of songs and they always sound great. Alexa, play my dance mix. [Dance song from 'Safe' plays]
Stop! Alexa, define annoying. "You're like a trained ape, without the training". Example:
my brother. And with the companion app, you can access Echo from anywhere.
With everything Echo can do, it's really become part of the family. To experience
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