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Can you manage your house with a local, no-cloud voice assistant? Mostly, yes. (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But where do you put the camera? If you're sitting in front of the TV, then near the TV makes sense. What if you're sitting facing a different direction with a book though? What if your hands are full?

A camera based system would be much more limited, and probably wouldn't work in the dark.

[–] Deebster 1 points 8 months ago

You're assuming that we can't have both. Why not have it as an complementary input?

I think looking at a device and talking is better than saying hey $brandname before everything, but having both would be better still.