so nice sir! can u tell about google home speeker's cost? and from ware we can buy it?
On 10/12/17, SurajSingh Jogi <surajsingh.j...@sbi.co.in> wrote: > Wow! > An excellent write-up by Dipendra. In fact, this is what we at access India > mailing list are longing to get knowledge and information about the first > hand experience of such an awesome technology. > Regards, > > > Surajsingh Jogi, > Complaints management Dept., > Kapas Bhawan, > GITC Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400614. > L/l 39367213 Mob. 9930137525 > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of Vikas Kapoor > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 6:25 PM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] My experiences with Google Home and Amazon Echo: the smart > speakers > > My first experience with Google Home, a Voice First Hardware Posted by > Saksham on October 9, 2017 > > > To begin with I would like to provide few facts and figures taken from an > article at: > "A) Proliferation of voice-first hardware Voice labs define a voice-first > device as an always-on, intelligent piece of hardware where the primary > interface is voice, both input and output. The first voice-first hardware on > the market was Amazon Echo at the end of 2014. > According to the 2017 VoiceLabs Report, there were 1.7 million voice-first > devices shipped in 2015, 6.5 million in 2016 and there will be 24.5 million > devices shipped in 2017, leading to 33 million voice-first devices in > circulation. > The main speakers on the market are Amazon Echo (November 2014) and Google > Home (November 2016). However, new players are rapidly entering the game: > Sony launched the LF-S50G powered by Google Assistant (September 2017), > Apple will soon release Homepod (December 2017), Samsung also recently > announced that they will release something "soon" and Facebook may release a > smart speaker with the touchscreen. Google assistant will also be coming to > a number of new speakers, including the Zolo Mojo by Anker, TicHome Mini by > Mobvoi and the GA10 by Panasonic. No doubts that the voice-first hardware > layer is developing fast and is expected to grow!"I got my first-hand > experience with Google Home speaker in middle of > > I got my first-hand experience with Google Home speaker in the middle of > September and have since been enjoying the experience which is getting > richer day by day. Google Home is Google Assistant based dedicated hardware > with the built-in excellent quality speaker. It has no battery and will run > only till you have it plugged into electricity. Below are few basic things > about such speakers: > > We say Okay Google and the speaker will be ready to listen to your voice > command for few seconds. Normally this is indicated by the change of color > on its LED lights. I switched audio blips from the accessibility settings > since I could not make out if the speaker is ready to take my command > through the LED lights. The Google Home is \ connected to the internet > through the Wi-Fi. Google home is also added as a device to your google > account thus getting access to your personal data available in your account > and to services that you have subscribed to it. > We can give audio commands similar to ones that we give to Google Assistant > on android based mobile phones or the ones that we give to Siri on iPhones. > The special thing about such systems is their very powerful and sensitive > mikes. You can be sitting anywhere in the room and the speaker is able to > pick up your voice command from distance. > > Basic stuff: > We can ask Google home to tell us the Time, Weather of not only our own city > but of any place in the world. We can ask various questions such as > population, distance to the moon or to the nearest coffee-shop, etc. All > this is good but only adds to the initial excitement of new toy. Moreover, > all this is already available on my mobile phone. Then I started > experimenting with something more such as Play BBC world" and the channel > started playing from the speaker. > "Played the song by Mohammad Rafi" and it started a playlist that had songs > by my favorite singer. Initially, it would not play many of the artists that > I asked for. However, I subscribed to Google Play Music and then it provided > full access to the collection and then the fun really started. Google home > is yet not officially released for India thus it is yet not > > Google home is yet not officially released for India thus it is yet not > connected to many India specific services of news or music. Due to this I > also could not configure the Google Home to access tune-In Radio. I can > imagine that once I am able to configure India specific services and apps > with Google Home, then how useful and exciting it would become.I was able to > enhance the capability of Google home by installing Google > > I was able to enhance the capability of Google home by installing Google > Chrome Cast Stick. I can control the device through Google Home. Imagine > this: > Yesterday I said: Play Video on Chrome Cast and it started playback of > recommended videos from YouTube on my television. Then I asked to "play > movie Kaho Na Pyar hai on YouTube. The Google Home confirmed my command and > Within a second the movie started playing on the television. This was > amazing and looked like magic. > > This technology is really picking up fast and being Voice First experience, > quite good for people like me with vision impairment. The real fun and magic > begin to expand if we install Wi-Fi enabled devices as this device can then > be controlled through Google Homes and Amazon Echo. I have a Wi-Fi enabled > electricity plug socket. With this I can switch any appliance on or off that > is plugged into it using Google Home. These things have started showing up > in our country. Such appliances have become quite common in US and Europe. > For example, I was recently hosted for two days by our friend in Boston. He > is using Amazon Echo. He was standing on the first floor of his house when I > reached. He recognized me and said: "Alexa, unlock the front door" The front > door on the ground floor was unlocked and I entered his house admiring the > convenience provided with this technology. He also could adjust the > temperature of any of his rooms through Amazon Echo using voice > commands.With the launch of Amazon Echo in India on October 4, this > technology is > > With the launch of Amazon Echo in India on October 4, this technology is all > set to remove several accessibility hurdles from our lives in coming > months. > > By > > Dipendra Manocha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Satguru Rathi > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 4:13 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] My experiences with Google Home and Amazon Echo: the > smart speakers > > > Hi, > > > The link was broken. Here is the complete link: > > https://saksham.blog/2017/10/09/my-first-experience-with-google-home-a-voice-first-hardware/ > > > With best regards, > Satguru > ___,__.___ > "Life's battle do not always go, to the stronger or faster man. But sooner > or later the one who wins, is the one who thinks he can." > > Satguru Rathi > +91-9871489945 > satgurura...@gmail.com > > On 10/11/2017 3:18 PM, Avichal Bhatnagar wrote: > > Dipendra Sir, > > When I opened the link, it showed the error of page not found. > > May I request you to please repost it? > > > > On 10/11/17, SurajSingh Jogi <surajsingh.j...@sbi.co.in> wrote: > >> Hi Dipendra, > >> > >> Will be very glad to read your article on this new device. > >> Why don't you post your article in the mail itself if it is not causing > you > >> any inconveniences? > >> Believe me, it is one of the easiest ways to approach people and to > make > >> them read your good stuff. > >> I personally, cannot use net in my office and when I go home, am quite > busy. > >> So, please post your article in the mail itself and, would be happy to > read > >> and give you feedback. > >> Regards, > >> Surajsingh Jogi, > >> Complaints management Dept., > >> Kapas Bhawan, > >> GITC Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400614. > >> L/l 39367213 Mob. 9930137525 > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On > Behalf > >> Of Dipendra Manocha > >> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 12:09 PM > >> To: 'accessindia' > >> Subject: [AI] My experiences with Google Home and Amazon Echo: the > smart > >> speakers > >> > >> Dear all > >> > >> I had been playing for some time with this new and exciting technology > of > >> smart speaker called the Google Home. I have written an article on my > >> experiences on Saksham's blog.. Below is the link for the same: > >> > >> > https://saksham.blog/2017/10/09/my-first-experience-with-google-home-a-voice > >> -first-hardware/ > >> > >> I will be happy to receive feedback and comments on this article. > >> > >> I addition, Saksham resource persons of various units keep sharing > about new > >> developments and insights on the Saksham's blog. 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