Building Alexa into a Rotary Phone (opens in new tab)

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4 pointsjonahb6y ago1 comments

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As soon as you pick up the handset, I manually simulate the wake word and Alexa starts listening as if you’d just said it.

That's a nice touch. Also kudos to the privacy benefits keeping her deaf until you pick up the receiver.

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4 pointsjonahb6y ago1 comments

As soon as you pick up the handset, I manually simulate the wake word and Alexa starts listening as if you’d just said it.

That's a nice touch. Also kudos to the privacy benefits keeping her deaf until you pick up the receiver.

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