#amazon #alexa’s Expansion into Startups
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Source: Shelly Palmer.The Amazon Echo (along with its associated vocal transducer/artificial intelligence Alexa), that served as the forerunner to #google Home by several years, is beginning to be overshadowed by Alexa-based speakers.An Alexa speaker can be acquired in rather manageable sizes such as the Echo (2nd Generation) Smart Speaker with Alexa which stands under 6 inches in height. These are compact devices capable of providing its user with 360-degree sound. Currently, the voice assistant’s makers are trying to put her to use in numerous related fields.Amazon has been working on designing and producing a variety of System Dev Kits (SDK’s) which Amazon itself has defined as “end-to-end system reference designs for creating products with Alexa built-in.” Examples of some SDK’s include (...)