Amazon Echo

[Tomforti]

In case anyone didn’t know @zpriddy has set up a connection with the ECHO and ST. He is posting his progress and code here.

SmartThings and Amazon Echo (Using ASK)

I’m quadriparetic and have used a lot of voice recognition technology over the years. Many systems have trouble with accents, although the more sophisticated have “training modes” where they can eventually learn your individual patterns. I use Siri a lot, but both it and Google have trouble understanding me on days when my speech is slurred. The Echo is amazing. We’ve done no training with it, but it has no trouble understanding anybody who comes through the house, including several people with noticeable accents. It’s also been fine with the changes my voice goes through.