Alexa Name - Wake word
So I've read all the posts about the inability of Sonos to change the wake word. The branding of Alexa Enabled Device, is the get out of jail free card, meaning its not a 'full' Amazon Alexa Voice Services experience.
In a household with my young Daughter, Alexa, this has gotten to the point, where I have had to disable the mic on my newly purchased Beam. Sure I could return it, I'm reasonably confident Sonos would refund rather than argue I should have read the AVS (Alexa Voice Services) agreements that third parties have to have their devices referred to as Alexa. But what I am not seeing in the posts related to this topic is a response from Sonos, as it relates to lobbying Amazon, or responses from Amazon as it relates to this lobbying.
I'm confident that in time the 'false positives' (Brexit, Alexander, and other words) will be filtered out, but in my house, I need to be able to change the name to one of the other 'accepted' Echo Wake words. As I will always call out for my daughter by her name. She was born well before the 2014 announcements Amazon for her namesake.
So Sonos, do you respond these forums, and what is the genuine outcomes, I've read lots of people guessing as impending and have to, and must release changes, but I understand your hands are tied by the API, so what are you doing on that front for us? I spent my money with you, so I am hoping you are looking to work with Amazon to add an existing feature.
Its a shame I can't use it, as turning on and off the TV is a snap with voice, which reduced my remotes to 1 for a time, until of course my kids playing would just stop the audio coming out the TV :)
K
In a household with my young Daughter, Alexa, this has gotten to the point, where I have had to disable the mic on my newly purchased Beam. Sure I could return it, I'm reasonably confident Sonos would refund rather than argue I should have read the AVS (Alexa Voice Services) agreements that third parties have to have their devices referred to as Alexa. But what I am not seeing in the posts related to this topic is a response from Sonos, as it relates to lobbying Amazon, or responses from Amazon as it relates to this lobbying.
I'm confident that in time the 'false positives' (Brexit, Alexander, and other words) will be filtered out, but in my house, I need to be able to change the name to one of the other 'accepted' Echo Wake words. As I will always call out for my daughter by her name. She was born well before the 2014 announcements Amazon for her namesake.
So Sonos, do you respond these forums, and what is the genuine outcomes, I've read lots of people guessing as impending and have to, and must release changes, but I understand your hands are tied by the API, so what are you doing on that front for us? I spent my money with you, so I am hoping you are looking to work with Amazon to add an existing feature.
Its a shame I can't use it, as turning on and off the TV is a snap with voice, which reduced my remotes to 1 for a time, until of course my kids playing would just stop the audio coming out the TV :)
K