When Amazon announced the availability of Echo Dot sometime late 2017, I was one of the first customers in India. Being a technology evangelist, I am an early adopter when it comes to path breaking technologies.
The unique combination of an Echo Dot speaker and microphone powered by Amazon Alexa, the Artificial Intelligence back-end engine ignited my curiosity. I went ahead and ordered one without too much thought.
Alexa named after Alexandria, is a voice powered Artificial Intelligence that listens to voice inputs from you and responds accordingly. You can ask it simple questions like, “Who is the Prime Minister of India?”. You can shop via Alexa by asking it to add items to your cart. She can also become you Personal Assistant by adding items to your “To-Do” list, keep reminders for you, etc.
Alexa powered Amazon Echo devices make the best knowledge toys for kids Share on XA full year later, I am not just impressed but amazed and in awe of the way Alexa has grown in her abilities.
She is a darling of my daughter. She is an indispensable guide for anything that is gnawing at our mind.
The Alexa engine has been growing at an amazing pace and she is getting smarter by the month. Amazon has been investing heavily on Alexa’s abilities. With skills, routines, the ability to audio shop on Amazon, Alexa’s abilities have grown multi fold over the years.
Here’s 10 things Alexa can help out children with
- Alexa can answer general knowledge questions with impressive accuracy.
- Alexa can narrate bedtime stories
- Alexa can read aloud an e-book purchased from Amazon
- Alexa can sing songs
- Alexa can help your kid learn spellings
- Alexa can play games with your kids. Ex: Rock, Paper and Scissors
- Alexa can humour your children with jokes
- Alexa can flip a coin virtually
- Alexa can ask riddles
- Alexa can keep timers for games like scrabble
