# Let's talk Alexa (voice operated devices)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 4, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alexa-voice-operated-devices/937167 "2021-03-04T13:51:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alexa-voice-operated-devices/937167/30 "2021-03-05T00:32:38Z")

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I use mine for music, asking specific questions (what day is March 21st, 2021?), checking the time, checking the weather, adding things to my calendar, shopping, turning lights on and off - particularly the bedside light - and speaking to my daughter in another room without having to go to the stairs and shout. Plus a few other things I do less often - those are every day.

My next kettle will probably be an Alexa one. It only saves a couple of minutes, but when you drink as much tea as I do, that adds up.

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