[colechristensen]

I just see it as adding vanity features to a mediocre product. People are espousing real fear of artificial intelligence, but since I can't get my echo to play the right radio station more than half the time, quitting after 5 failed tries ("The Current" sounds nothing like "Berlin", I'm fairly sure you could train a dog to recognize the difference) I'm not too worried about robot overlords any time soon.

Get me voice recognition that actually understands language and can be corrected to learn what I want in even the most basic ways and I might change my mind. Adding cameras and screens only makes a creepy device creepier. I don't trust a company that sells me things designed primarily as vectors to sell me more things.

[SimbaOnSteroids]

Serious suggestion, try putting on an accent.

[colechristensen]

This is not a bad suggestion. My usual route is to over-enunciate which is often effective when a conversational tone fails, but you were right, putting on the stupidest accent I could muster got me the result I wanted. I'm still not afraid of our robot overlords.

[SimbaOnSteroids]

I for one welcome our robot overlords.

Please don't assimilate me.

Kidding aside I found Siri likes a southern draw, probably has something to do with elongation of the vowel sounds and enunciation. Basically pretend to be Forrest Gump and you're good to go.