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Amazon s digital assistant Alexa has learnt to speak recite lines from the works of William Shakespeare, to mark his official day of celebration today.
Users can ask Alexa to speak like Shakespeare for a variety of responses, as well as ask to recite a Shakespearean sonnet and soliloquy and even a famous insult.
When asked to recite a Shakespearean insult, Alexa may reply, The rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril from The Merry Wives of Windsor.
The digital assistant may also reply, You starveling, you eel-skin, you dried neat s-tongue, you bull s-pizzle, you stock-fish from Henry IV, Part 1.
Dutifully, your Echo Bot (that’s my name for it) rolls up, peering at you with a camera embedded on a “retractable pole,” as it’s been described in a recent Business Insider story reported on by SlashGear that claims more than 800 Amazon employees are working on the project as a “top priority.”
“Alexa, find my AirPods,” you say, and the Echo Bot dutifully spins around and begins scouring your living room for the lost earbuds.
Soon enough, the Bot returns. “I found your AirPods, Ben,” Alexa says, displaying a snapshot of the missing accessories nestled on your couch (of course). “Also, would you like to join your 12 o’clock Zoom meeting”?
Source: Jeramy Johnson / Android Central
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