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> Please make a noise as loud as you want the volume to be

I'm not sure this is a bad idea...



I've been hoping for a while now that digital assistants like Alexa and Google Assistant would implement that feature and respond in a volume similar to the one you asked your question in. That way you wouldn't have to be constantly messing with the volume to make sure you can hear the assistant without it being too loud.


On the other hand, if you're further from the device, it will hear you less loudly, while it should respond more loudly. Maybe it could distinguish speaking softly from speaking far away somehow.


That's a good point. It should reply with the inverse of the volume that it hears!


Unless you're right next too it, but the baby is sleeping. Was sleeping.


Are you arguing about installing a camera or other ranging sensor to that already sensor packed spying machine?



>TFW no microphone


Shake your device as hard as loud you want the volume to be.


Drop your device as hard as you want the volume to be.


Try screaming louder




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