Review: Linux AI voice assistants and talking to myself
Up until December 2023 I'd never used a voice-controlled AI assistant. Certainly, I'd watched (or heard) them being used. For years I've observed people talking to Siri on their iPhones or to the Google assistant on Android devices. More recently I've encountered people calling out instructions to Amazon-powered Alexa speakers. However, I'd never decided to talk to one myself.
I suppose I was late to the party in part because I tend to be a quiet person by nature, or maybe it was just because I usually don't add gadgets to my home. Perhaps I've been a bit reluctant to invite a device, whose job is literally to listen in on what I'm saying and send that information to a large corporation, into my home. Probably a combination of all of the above.
Also, and this might just be showing how long I've been using computers, but to my mind it's easy (and less disruptive to the office) if I tap out the following series of key strokes rather than calling out requires to an AI assistant to scheduling a meeting...