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= Alexa Replaces Majel Barrett =

This page refers to Amazon Echo's Alexa, a voice control service by Amazon, that allows you to create voice interfaces without interfering with Amazon's plans for world domination and possession of all money and resources on the planet. Further, it allows Amazon to monetize your work without you having to do anything! Wow!

Majel Barrett as the computer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJfkYjrbPS4#t=42

Alexa has an awesome (Amazonian) API, but here's an article by a fellow who refused to be cowed and went ahead and hacked Alexa as a black box. Well, cylinder (look Mom... no touchy touchy!)

https://hackaday.io/project/6820-amazon-echo-voice-command-automation


And here's the funny video produced as part of this project:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ilw0f4srE8

RPi-Buildroot: https://github.com/gamaral/rpi-buildroot
HackADay.IO: https://hackaday.io/project/6820-amazon-echo-voice-command-automation