Theres Dicio, which honestly does all that I need a voice assistant to do, but I have to open the app to use it, I cant just say “Hey Dicio” or whatever. Is something like that possible?

  • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 months ago

    I mean, that only says something about the money making part and not the pure usability. For many people the commercial options are a gimmick, sure. But are these options, with a clear focus on milking the customers for money, really the ultimate state for voice assistants? I’d argue they are not. There is a space for free voice assistants that let users control their data and that still provide a value. Beyond users with disabilities that make it hard to impossible to use computers, voice assistants won’t ever do something you cannot do with a computer (which includes smartphones). If that makes you consider them a gimmick then I don’t have an argument. But I think it is nice and convenient to be able to use a computer with your voice while doing something else.