Amazon launches new voices for alexa in the us

Amazon launches new voices for Alexa in the US 266o19

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Ziggy is the new male-toned voice option from Amazon's virtual assistant. The system will also feature celebrity voices.

A Amazon officially launched new voices for Alexa, the company's virtual assistant, including a male-voiced voice option. Entitled of Ziggy, the new activation name will be able to execute the same pre-existing commands and already used with the “Echo”, “Amazon” and the better known “Alexa” assistants. 1j596r

With Ziggy, it is possible to program and mix various commands, as well as program it as convenient for the . There in the US, the system proved to be efficient and very easy to change from the original version. Just trigger Alexa with “change your voice” (“Change your voice”, in translation) and with the new update, Ziggy’s voice will be available. Or access the app settings for Android or iOS and select the option “New” (“New”, in translation).

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Amazon launches new voices for alexa in the us
In the United States, Ziggy can already be activated on Echo devices. (Image: Amazon/Disclosure)

You can also ask the assistant to select a new wake word from the command “change your wake word” (“Change your wake word”, in translation) or manually access the app, open “Echo and Alexa", after "Settings” (“Settings”, in translation) and, finally, make the change in “wake word” (“Activation word”, in translation). In this way, the unprecedented male tone can be used on all compatible devices. Reportedly, this change must be made on each Alexa-compatible system to integrate all devices, if the chooses.

This is the first time Amazon has released another voice option with a male name. Your competitors, Apple e Google, already offer other variations in the timbre of the virtual assistant's voice, although both companies do not refer to them as "male voices". O Google Assistant has a range of options that use colors to identify each available timbre. Already Crab, by Apple, may have changes between “Voice 1” and “Voice 2”. When asked about her gender, Alexa herself says that it is just an AI (Artificial Intelligence), although it is very common to refer to the system in the feminine.

Celebrity Voices on Alexa 222r5b

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Devices that Alexa, and now Ziggy

Another novelty is the inclusion of celebrity voices that were lent to virtual assistance. Big names like actors Samuel L. Jackson e Melissa McCarthy, as well as the commentator and former athlete Shaquille O'Neal, can be activated in the Amazon Echo to perform specific actions. With them, for example, you can get answers about the weather and access timers with their fun voices. For now, the new virtual assistant voices are not available here in Brazil, but they are expected to be released soon.

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Sources: The Verge | CNET

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