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Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp (www.reuters.com)

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Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company's plans.

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[-] thirteene@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Any recommendations for a voice tool? It felt like I would need to setup a room microphone on my orange pi when I was reading the docs.

[-] subtext@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It doesn’t help you if you need something right now, but Home Assistant is looking into building / engineering their own voice satellite device

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/06/12/roadmap-2024h1/

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

I haven't done it myself but it looks like you'll need some esphome devices like a speaker and a microphone

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