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What is a technology/gadget you refuse to use and why? (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] 27 points 3 years ago (8 children)

Voice commands on anything. It just feels silly.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I have only very recently come around on that. When voice commands first came out, they were absolute garbage. I am still conditioned to never expect them to work, and am always pleasantly surprised when they do.

    To be fair, I largely only use them for things like setting my alarm, because I still have an engrained expectation that they won't work otherwise.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Genuine question, so they actually work better now?

    I mostly use it to set timers and alarms, but once in a while i set reminders but they often come out like i need to buy "dead foot", when I'm out of cat food for example

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago

    Things I use it for with almost 100% accuracy: Timers, Alarms, Lights, Pausing/Playing TV.

    Things I use it for with like 70% accuracy: Weather and anything interfacing with maps. To be entirely fair to it though, I live in a non-English speaking country and use voice assistants in English usually, so city/place names REALLY throw it. If I change the voice assistant to my local language and use it, it works a lot better.

    I have honestly never tried setting a reminder because my brain is still rooted in early voice control tech where something like that would never conceivably work.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Depends....

    Patent of a Baby?

    Voice command is ya friend

    Having a smart home?

    Voice command is awesome for being lazy (unfrotunatally i love my privacy so i cannot use Stuff like that right now...)

    Cooking something and both Hands are gross as f***?

    Hell Yeah Voice command to Set a Timer :D

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