It would be really cool if it modulated the Alexa voice to sound like a Furby too!
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Turning a Furby into an Amazon Echo
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The device SDK appears to be Apache2-licensed: https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/blob/master/LICENSE.... ... so I guess at no cost?
I can understand the SDK being free, it would seem strange to me that a commercial product could actually plug in to the service for free, and without limits.
I'd not be that surprised, if when you build with it it has the same kind of features as an echo. Wanting to play music means you are more likely to get amazon music prime, or pay for song storage. Ordering directly and making shopping lists pushes you towards amazon.
It may be cheaper for them than the affiliate scheme.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
The device SDK appears to be Apache2-licensed: https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/blob/master/LICENSE.... ... so I guess at no cost?
I can understand the SDK being free, it would seem strange to me that a commercial product could actually plug in to the service for free, and without limits.
Ultimately, the service enables people to order from Amazon and gathers training data for their algorithms, so regardless of whether you're using it through an Echo or a Furby or whatever else, they win.
To put it bluntly, why would they stop others from making their profitable data collection easier and doing it for them?
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#15This would be awesome to do with one of Hasbro's "Furbacca".
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#16KILL IT ! KILL IT WITH FIRE !
I personally enjoyed the part in the video where he "tests" how flammable the furby is, gets bored, pours on lighter fluid...
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#17Want one. Now. My daughter would freak on christmas.
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#18Disappointed that it doesn't lip-sync (like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRxhgxH6FUI)
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#19I'm interested in how the author got the sound working. I would have thought that external usb dacs would work just fine, as they seem to be plug and play compatible with just about everything, but apparently that isn't the case. Could somebody elaborate?
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#20During the video he says, "Furlexa, tell me about furbies". My echo dot heard this and proceeded to tell me about Herpes.