Actor Samuel L. Jackson gestures as he attends the ‘Django Unchained’ premiere in New York December (*******************************************, ******************************.
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You can now hear the voice of Samuel L. Jackson respond to some of your questions when you talk to Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. It’s a feature that was announced during Amazon’s big hardware event back in September, but it just rolled out this week.
It’s pretty easy to set up, but you have to pay $ 1 to get started, and it doesn’t completely replace Alexa’s voice with Samuel L. Jackson’s for everything. Instead, it just allows you to ask Alexa to “ask Sam Jackson” for something, like the weather, or to tell a joke. It’s pretty limited in scope. ButAmazon often experimentswith new ideas, then doubles down if they’re successful, so celebrity voices could someday helpAmazonmake a few extra bucks from Alexa.
Here’s how to set it up:
- Alexa, ask Sam Jackson what’s on my calendar.
- Alexa, ask Sam Jackson to tell a joke.
- Alexa, ask Sam Jackson to sing jingle bells.
- Open the Alexa app on your iPhone or Android phone.
- the menu button on the top-left.
- Select “Voice Responses.”
- Start by saying “Alexa, introduce me to Samuel L. Jackson “
That’s it. Now you can ask Alexa to give you some responses from Samuel L. Jackson.
Amazonhas a full list of commandsyou can browse but here are a few. Also, note that you can say “Alexa, ask Samuel,” or “Alexa ask Sam Jackson” or “Alexa ask Samuel L. Jackson.”
Alexa, ask Sam Jackson the weather.
Alexa, ask Samuel for the news.
If you need to change the explicit language settings because your uptight aunt is coming over for dinner, you can do it on your phone:
Choose Settings.
Choose “Celebrity Voice” on the bottom
- You’ll see an option to allow explicit content. Turn it on or off if you want to.
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