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Show HN: Edit Google Docs in the Shower via Amazon Echo (github.com)
4 points by acucciniello 3303 days ago
2 comments

Better link: https://acucciniello.github.io/alexa-open-doc/

That's great, but not very useful. Maybe it would work better with smaller documents and simpler tasks, like Trello, for example (create a card, update a card description, set a due date on a card and so on), or other task management platforms.

I don't have Alexa and talking to a computer is still too bizarre for me, but sometimes I wish I could take notes while driving.

> sometimes I wish I could take notes while driving.

Hasn't Siri done this since it was first released?

I honestly don't get the point of editing a word processing document in the shower.

Thank you for that link. Thank you for your feedback as well. Are you saying that it is not useful because there can be alot on one file versus something like a trello board card?
Yes.

I don't think it is common to have a Google Document for just a note, or even a collection of notes (it is not clear from the example videos if your thing will replace the entire doc with the text said or if it will add it to the bottom of the doc).

This is something that fits better into other apps that have small collections of notes as their primary data type.

It adds to the end of a file, sorry for the confusion. I thought it would be a bad idea to delete everything that is in the file. I'll take that into consideration. Thank you
Neat concept, but editing a document with my voice when I can't see it sounds like a newly announced circle of hell.
Haha, well, the theory is to add small things that you might forget when incapable of writing it down. If you have an Alexa, try it out. I would love your feedback!