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by LeafItAlone 421 days ago
>That's what "siri", "hey google", "alexa" etc are all doing 24 hours a day.

You might have just convinced me that the “phone is listening” is total bunk, because these dedicated devices are just so bad at recognizing the very specific, short, phrases when explicitly directed at them that I can’t imagine they are listening for much more. Listening to my in-laws try to activate their Alexa and Google Homes is something the CIA might consider for their next torture method.
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kurthr 421 days ago
You expect 95% accuracy matching activation phrases. You don't need that for ads. It only needs to work some of the time for some of the people, especially if it makes $/click.
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LeafItAlone 419 days ago
>You expect 95% accuracy matching activation phrases.

At this point I don’t even expect 50% (trying twice), and I’m still disappointed.

>It only needs to work some of the time for some of the people, especially if it makes $/click.

So where can one find this market? We know the price of traditional ad clicks. Surely we’d see a market for “voice-driven” ads with higher rates?

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