Six-year-old saves mum by calling for help on Alexa device

Regardless of how uplifting this news article is, I think there is a lot of recklessness on the mother's side. In that condition she should carry an emergency button with her.

Re: Six-year-old saves mum by calling for help on Alexa device

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Post by atlantic » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 1:43 PM UTC

So the BBC does product placement now?

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Post by dpbriggs » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 1:49 PM UTC

surume wrote: post #3

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They'll just break down the door.

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Post by tough » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 2:01 PM UTC

dpbriggs wrote: post #6

surume wrote: post #3

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They'll just break down the door.

It was a joke lmao

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Post by soco » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 2:35 PM UTC

activiation wrote: post #2

A phone and 911 is just as easy and less intrusive

Not sure how reliable can a toddler call 911, I'd rather think at a panic button or monitor like other commenters mentioned. But I have another question about this story: how many Alexa emergency calls are jokes/accidental over the entire user base? A few for sure are life saving, but I also expect quite some useless noise.

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Post by activiation » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 3:28 PM UTC

soco wrote: post #8

activiation wrote: post #2

A phone and 911 is just as easy and less intrusive

Not sure how reliable can a toddler call 911, I'd rather think at a panic button or monitor like other commenters mentioned. But I have another question about this story: how many Alexa emergency calls are jokes/accidental over the entire user base? A few for sure are life saving, but I also expect quite some useless noise.

Not sure a 6 yo is considered a toddler

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Post by seba_dos1 » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 4:07 PM UTC

activiation wrote: post #9

soco wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure how reliable can a toddler call 911, I'd rather think at a panic button or monitor like other commenters mentioned. But I have another question about this story: how many Alexa emergency calls are jokes/accidental over the entire user base? A few for sure are life saving, but I also expect quite some useless noise.

Not sure a 6 yo is considered a toddler

6 year olds are perfectly capable of operating complex computing devices already.