Isn't there some sort of rule about not deliberately triggering smart speakers, on mass, especially in the name of advertising as in this current "Heart" Radio campaign?
Isn't there some sort of rule about not deliberately triggering smart speakers, on mass, especially in the name of advertising as in this
current "Heart" Radio campaign?
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Isn't there some sort of rule about not deliberately triggering smart speakers, on mass, especially in the name of advertising as in this current "Heart" Radio campaign?
If you have an Alexa, you're likely to be using that as your 'radio', so
it's not going to cause a problem (she doesn't trigger herself) If you
don't have an Alexa, there's no problem, is there ?
On 11/10/2023 08:01, Mark Carver wrote:
If you have an Alexa, you're likely to be using that as your 'radio',
so it's not going to cause a problem (she doesn't trigger herself) If
you don't have an Alexa, there's no problem, is there ?
Not necessarily, I sometimes use ALEXA but it can be unreliable so often easier to just listen on DAB.
Would another commercial station carry an advert for HEART though?
On Wed, 11 Oct 2023 02:31:26 +0100 (GMT+01:00), "Graham. " <graham-usenet@mail.com> wrote:
Isn't there some sort of rule about not deliberately triggering smart >>speakers, on mass, especially in the name of advertising as in this
current "Heart" Radio campaign?
If not, it can only be a matter of time. I'm just waiting till it
occurs to somebody to bypass the current thoughtcrime laws by printing
their chosen slogans (commercial, religious, ideological, political or whatever) in the form of QR codes on T-shirts. It'll be fascinating to
see the inevitable debate about how 'offensive' something can be said
to be in light of the amount of effort a would-be offendee has to go
to in order to decode and understand it. We live in crazy times.
Rod.
On 11/10/2023 08:06, JMB99 wrote:
On 11/10/2023 08:01, Mark Carver wrote:
If you have an Alexa, you're likely to be using that as your 'radio', so >>> it's not going to cause a problem (she doesn't trigger herself) If you
don't have an Alexa, there's no problem, is there ?
Not necessarily, I sometimes use ALEXA but it can be unreliable so often
easier to just listen on DAB.
It's hardly going to be a major widespread problem.
Would another commercial station carry an advert for HEART though?
Yes, of course, both Global and Bauer plug their own stations. I've heard Smooth and Heart promoted on LBC for instance.
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Mark
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Isn't there some sort of rule about not deliberately triggering smart speakers, on mass, especially in the name of advertising as in this
current "Heart" Radio campaign?
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Graham.
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ou might have a look at the app called navilens. It has been designed to
be a code read from a distance and it can read several at once. Very
handy but open to abuse, in my opinion.
It does not trigger mine. There is no law, only common sense. You
also might be interested to know that Billy Joels daughter is
called Alexa
On Wed, 11 Oct 2023 02:31:26 +0100 (GMT+01:00), "Graham. " ><graham-usenet@mail.com> wrote:
Isn't there some sort of rule about not deliberately triggering smart >>speakers, on mass, especially in the name of advertising as in this
current "Heart" Radio campaign?
If not, it can only be a matter of time. I'm just waiting till it
occurs to somebody to bypass the current thoughtcrime laws by printing
their chosen slogans (commercial, religious, ideological, political or >whatever) in the form of QR codes on T-shirts. It'll be fascinating to
see the inevitable debate about how 'offensive' something can be said
to be in light of the amount of effort a would-be offendee has to go
to in order to decode and understand it. We live in crazy times.
Rod.
On 11/10/2023 02:31, Graham. wrote:
Isn't there some sort of rule about not deliberately triggering smart >>speakers, on mass, especially in the name of advertising as in this
current "Heart" Radio campaign?
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Is it possible to block certain words so it does not respond to them?
Or change the trigger word to activate ALEXA, if everyons used
different words then would not be possible to misuse for advertising >purposes.
Fortunately I never hear any radio adverts!
You might have a look at the app called navilens. It has been designed to be >a code read from a distance and it can read several at once. Very handy but >open to abuse, in my opinion.
Brian
Is it possible to block certain words so it does not respond to them?I'm pretty certain the trigger word can be changed - though I don't know >whether to anything, or only one of a fairly small list. Nor whether the >units remember the change if power is removed: these days that should be
Or change the trigger word to activate ALEXA, if everyons used
different words then would not be possible to misuse for advertising >>purposes.
Fortunately I never hear any radio adverts!
the default (with a reset button), but it wouldn't surprise me if it
isn't.
During my brief experience with one of these gadgets before the
novelty wore off (some time ago so it's possible the situation has
changed by now) I discovered that the wake word could be changed but
only to one of a very small prescribed list. It did occasionally
respond to something it had misheard from the TV, so I guess it would
be possible for a broadcaster to include a definite command.
For maximum amusement or annoyance (depending on your view) a command
such as "Alexa, what's factorial one hundred?" used to keep it
occupied for a while, but after a while they changed the format of
replies to something a lot shorter.
One of my grandsprogs has discovered how to make Alexa invoke a
selection from a huge repertoire of fart noises. Yes, really. Somebody
has actually gone to the trouble of programming this, and goodness
knows what else.
Rod.
It does not trigger mine. There is no law, only common sense. You
also might be interested to know that Billy Joels daughter is
called Alexa
The Echo wake word can be changed through the application from Alexa to
Echo,
Computer, Amazon or Ziggy, and Hey Santa, but that seems to be a
special...
Hearing the wake word on radio or TV has always been a problem, but mostly
if
you look at privacy review voice history it says 'Audio was not intended
for
Alexa', they probably build a database of phrases captured from TV and
radio to
ignore.
The US version of Ghosts had a recent episode where they played with
Alexas,
which kept triggering mine.
My FireTV has Alexa, and that triggers itself. Unfortunately I can not change
the FireTV wake word, not available in the app!
Angus
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