Episode Details

Join us for another exciting episode of 'A Lady with Lucy', where our hosts, Marty and Lucy, dive deep into the fascinating world of Amazon's virtual assistant. Discover the magic of various features like the Follow-up Mode, Whisper Mode, Routines, Themes, and the intriguing VoicePad. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a smart device lover, or someone new to the realm of AI, this episode is sure to provide you with some hidden treasures and secret hacks to make your life a tad easier.

In this episode, Lucy walks us through how to optimize our usage of these features, from enabling and disabling different modes, understanding themes, to experimenting with recording through VoicePad. So, are you ready to level up your interaction with Lady A? Tune in now!

Transcript

Marty: [0:04] Hey y'all, Marty here and we're back with another A Lady with Lucy. And Lucy, welcome. How's it going?

Lucy: [0:13] Oh, it's going great. Going great. Yeah.

Marty: [0:16] So what are we going to be talking about today?

Lucy: [0:18] Okay. So today I thought I would go over just a few things that you can do with your Lady A, just some kind of, oh, miscellaneous things, modes that you can set up and things like that. So, first one is called follow-up mode. And that means that you can ask your Lady A more than one question without having to say her name again. Because normally, you You know, you ask her one question and then you have to say her name again before you can find out anything else. So with follow-up mode, I'm not actually sure how many questions you can ask her at a time, you know, without having to stop and say her name again, because I asked her that question and she didn't seem to understand what I was trying to find out.

Marty: [1:21] That would be a fun game to play, you know, see how many questions you can ask before she cuts you off.

Lucy: [1:26] Yeah, yeah. So the first time you use it, you have to say enable follow-up mode and then it will be turned on from then on. So. My device today is called Ziggy. Enable follow up mode. Follow up mode is now on. Ziggy, what's the weather today? Currently in Lansing, it's 90 degrees Fahrenheit with partly sunny skies. Tonight, you can expect mostly clear skies. What's the humidity? Right now, the humidity is 26%. Is it going to rain? No rain is expected tonight. By the way, there's an air quality alert in effect until Friday, June 2nd, 9.30pm. What's the date today? Today is Thursday, June 1st. What's the weather tomorrow? Tomorrow in Lansing, there will be partly sunny weather, with a high of 92 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 62 degrees. By the way, there's an air quality alert in effect. Hmm.

Marty: [2:35] So I would have never even thought that I thought that what you were doing, you could just do. I never. So if you didn't have that mode on, you'd have to say her name every time.

Lucy: [2:46] Yeah. So let's, let's try this. Ziggy, disable followup mode. Followup mode is now off. Ziggy, what's the date today? Today is Thursday, June 1st. What's the date tomorrow? Yeah, I see. So maybe it's just like never ending. You can just keep asking it questions.

Marty: [3:12] Or maybe there's a time limit. Like I wonder if you waited long enough with a pause in between the questions, if it would disable.

Lucy: [3:19] There is. I don't know what that time limit is, but I know it's not very long. I would say 10 to 15 seconds at the most.

Marty: [3:29] Right. casket questions one after another, like you were doing, it probably could go for a long time. But if you wait too long, whatever that time limit is, then you'll get out of that mode properly and you'll have to say your name again. Yep.

Lucy: [3:43] Yep. Hmm.

Marty: [3:45] Interesting. But that's pretty cool though.

Lucy: [3:46] Yeah, it is kind of cool. I have mine on all the time just because, you know, th