Enye yezinto esizozikhumbula kusukela ngonyaka ka-2021 esisanda kushiya ukufika kokugcina kwe-Amazon Alexa eSpain. Futhi nakuba cishe wonke umuntu uyazi kakade iyini i-Alexa, akukaze kube buhlungu ukukhumbula izici zayo ezingenakubalwa. Sihlala sisesikhathini sokuthola entsha ebesingayazi ngokuphelele futhi ngokungangabazeki izosimangaza.
Kodwa ake siqale ekuqaleni ngokuphendula umbuzo wokuthi kuyini Alexa. Ngoba incazelo ye "Smart speaker" enikezwe le divayisi izikhathi ezimbalwa ayilungile ngokuphelele, njengoba iyahluleka.
Yini i-Alexa?
I-Alexa i umsizi obonakalayo othuthukiswe yi-Amazon, etholakala ngezilimi eziningi. Le divayisi yethulwa ngo-2014 ngaphakathi komugqa wesipikha esibonakalayo se-Echo. Idizayini ethuthukisiwe isuka ku-prototype eyakhiwe ePoland ngaphansi kwegama elithi Yvonne.
Iyini i-Alexa? Thola yonke imisebenzi yayo ethokozisayo
Ukusebenza kwayo kuyafana nokwabanye abasizi be-virtual njengomsizi weGoogle, uSiri noma uCortana, ukusho ezinye zezibonelo ezaziwa kakhulu. Icushwa nge-a umyalo wezwingokumane uphimisele igama lakhe: "Alexa." Ngalokhu, idivayisi iyakhanyisa, isignali esitshela ukuthi isivele isilalele, ilungele ukusinikeza impendulo.
Kepha i-Alexa ayikwazi nje ukuxhumana nomsebenzisi ngezwi. Ungaphinda udlale umculo, usethe ama-alamu, wenze uhlu lwezinto zokwenziwa, udlale ama-audiobook, futhi unikeze ulwazi lwazo zonke izinhlobo, phakathi kwezinye izinto. Ukusebenza kwayo kungenzeka ngenxa yobuchwepheshe obunjengokubona inkulumo okuzenzakalelayo.
Emsuka wayo, i-Alexa yayixhunywe kuphela kuzikhulumi ezihlakaniphile ezakhiwe yi-Amazon. Kodwa-ke, akuthathanga isikhathi eside ukuthi kuthathwe isinqumo sokuvula i-SDK yayo ukuze abanye abathengisi nonjiniyela bakwazi ukusebenzisa ukusebenza okusha. Yile ndlela esikwazi ngayo ukubona umsizi ehlanganiswe kuzo zonke izinhlobo zemishini kagesi.
Yile ndlela esifike ngayo namuhla, njengoba i-Alexa ishintshile umsizi we-virtual odume kakhulu emhlabeni. Futhi kwabaningi, sisekuqaleni kuphela komlando omude noyimpumelelo.
Amadivayisi ahambisanayo ne-Alexa
Izipikha ezihlakaniphile ezivela ebangeni le-Amazon Echo
Uhlu lwamadivayisi i-Alexa engasebenza ngawo lukhulu. Kodwa-ke, kufanelekile ukugqamisa kuqala uhla lwe-Amazon Echo yezikhulumi ezihlakaniphile. Lokhu kuholele ekutheni ingxenye enkulu yomphakathi kwesinye isikhathi idide i-Alexa nesipikha uqobo, okungenye yezinto ezisekelayo. Lawa amamodeli adume kakhulu:
- I-Amazon Echo.
- I-Echo Plus.
- I-Echo Spot.
- I-Amazon Echo Dot.
- I-Echo Sub.
- I-Amazon Smart Plug.00
Yiqiniso, i-Alexa iphinde ihlanganiswe kweminye imikhiqizo yenkampani efanayo, kusukela I-TV yomlilo kuze kufike kumishini yomkhiqizo AmazonBasics.
Kodwa into ayigcini lapha. Muva nje, izivumelwano zokusebenzisana zisayinwe nezinkampani ezinkulu emhlabeni wezinto zikagesi zasendlini: Sony, Hisense, Samsung, Whirlpool, LG o Toshiba ezinye zezibonelo.
Okunye okuphawulekayo ukuvela (sekuvele kuyiqiniso) kwe-Alexa emhlabeni wezimoto ezandleni zemikhiqizo efana Ford, Toyoya noma Volkswagen, nakuleyo yamakhompyutha omuntu siqu. I-Acer, i-Asus, i-HP ne-Lenovo vele bakhona.
Yini engayenza i-Alexa?
Iyini i-Alexa? Amakhono abo azoncika kumakhono esiwafakayo
Uhlu lwemisebenzi yalo msizi we-virtual lubanzi ngempela. Lapho simbuza imibuzo, u-Alexa uguqula amaza omsindo abe umbhalo. Lokhu kukuvumela qoqa ulwazi emithonjeni eyahlukene (i-iMDB, AccuWeather, Yelp, Wikipedia, nezinye eziningi, kuye ngohlobo lwesihloko okukhulunywa ngaso). Ngakolunye uhlangothi, amadivaysi ahambisana ne-Alexa angasakaza umculo kusuka kuma-akhawunti akho e-Alexa. Ama-Amazon Umculo zabanikazi bazo. I-Alexa ingadlala umculo ophuma ezinsizeni zokusakaza ezifana ne-Apple Music ne-Google Play Umculo ocingweni noma kuthebhulethi.
Ngaphezu kokwenza yonke le misebenzi esethiwe, i-Alexa ingakwazi futhi ukwenza imisebenzi eyengeziwe ngamakhono ezinkampani zangaphandle abasebenzisi abangagcina bawanike amandla. Isibonelo esaziwayo "umbuzo wosuku."
Izici ezihlanganiswa yi-Alexa zinganwetshwa njengoba sengeza ezintsha amakhono, okuyindlela izengezo ezifakekayo ezaziwa ngayo.
Ukuzenzakalela kwasekhaya
I-Alexa ingasebenzisana namadivayisi avela kubakhiqizi abahlukahlukene ukuze kuthuthukiswe imisebenzi ehlukene yokuzenzakalela ekhaya. Isibonelo, ngoSepthemba 2018, i-Amazon yamemezela a ihhavini le-microwave ezingabhangqwa futhi zilawulwe ngedivayisi ye-Echo. Kukhona futhi idivayisi eyinqaba ebizwa ngokuthi Ukukhala kwe-Doorbell Pro okuwukubingelela izivakashi esizithola emnyango wendlu futhi ezingashiya iziyalezo zokuthi kufanele siwahambisephi amaphasela kwabahambisa izimpahla.
Ukuthenga nama-oda
Ukuhlanganiswa kwe I-Alexa ene-Amazon isivumela ukuthi senze zonke izinhlobo zokuthenga ngomyalo wezwi olula. Ngendlela efanayo, idivayisi isigcina sinolwazi mayelana nesimo sokuthunyelwa (isibani esiluhlaza siyasixwayisa ukuthi iphakheji esiyilindele izofika namuhla).
Uma kuwukuthi oda ukulethwa kokudla, kukhona amakhono athakazelisa ngempela njenge-Domino's Pizza noma i-Burger King. Zisivumela ukuthi si-ode amamenyu ahlukene ngokusebenzisa nje izwi lethu.
umculo
I-Alexa isekela abaningi amasevisi wokusakaza mahhala ngokusekelwe ekubhaliseni kwedivayisi ye-Amazon: Umculo oyinhloko, i-Amazon Music, i-Amazon Music Unlimited, i-Apple Music, i-TuneIn, i-iHeartRadio, i-Audible, i-Pandora ne-Spotify Premium, njll.
Kodwa i-Alexa futhi ingasakaza imidiya nomculo ngokuqondile. Ukuze wenze lokhu, idivayisi kufanele ixhunywe ku-akhawunti ye-Amazon, evumela ukufinyelela kumtapo wolwazi we-Amazon Music, ngaphezu kwanoma yimaphi ama-audiobook atholakala kulabhulali Ezwakalayo. Amalungu e-Amazon Prime anekhono elengeziwe lokufinyelela iziteshi zomsakazo, izinhlu zokudlalayo, nezingoma ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili mahhala. Ababhalisele i-Amazon Music Unlimited nabo banokufinyelela ohlwini lwezigidi zezingoma.
I-Alexa ingadlala lo mculo futhi ilawule ukudlalwa ngezinketho zomyalo wezwi.
I-ajenda yomuntu siqu
Uma sikhuluma "ngomsizi obonakalayo" asikwenzi ngeze. Enye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu i-Alexa engayenza ukusisiza ukuthi sihlele usuku lwethu nosuku, ngokomuntu siqu nangokomsebenzi. Umsizi wangempela ongakwazi vumelanisa amakhalenda ethu (Hhayi kuphela i-Google, kodwa futhi iCloud ne-Microsoft).
Ngendlela efanayo, u-Alex angakwazi ukuphatha zonke izinhlobo zezikhumbuzo noma izexwayiso esifuna ukuzilungiselela.
Umhumushi
Enye yezimfanelo ezinhle ze-Alexa: uyi-polyglot! Umthamo wayo njengomhumushi awunakuqhathaniswa namasevisi amaningi okukhokha alolu hlobo, nakuba inekhwalithi eyanele yokusikhipha esikhathini sobunzima noma ukuxazulula ukungabaza okuningi.
Okokugcina, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi i-Alexa nayo iyithuluzi elihle lokuzilibazisa ngezikhathi zesithukuthezi. Uma ungakukholwa, zama ukuthola imiyalo eyimfihlo ye-Alexa eyimfihlo. Ngamafuphi, kukhona abathatha lo msizi nje omunye ohlala endlini, umuntu "ozoxoxa" naye futhi ahlanganyele. Ngaphandle kokweqisa, kuye kwafakazelwa njengokusungulwa okuhle okwenza ukuphila kube lula futhi kujabulise kakhudlwana kubantu abaningi abahlala bodwa.