<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Well if you ever get one, someone has come up with a kill switch to make sure it is truly disconnected in case they decide to turn on the mic and not turn on the LED:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">IoTuesday: Amazon Echo Kill Switch</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/news/2273" class="">https://www.sparkfun.com/news/2273</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">a link from that page is also interesting...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/27/amazon-echo-audio-data-murder-case/" class="">https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/27/amazon-echo-audio-data-murder-case/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 20, 2017, at 2:10 PM, Braddock Gaskill <<a href="mailto:braddock@braddock.com" class="">braddock@braddock.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">eek, 8 pages of dense instructions for the generic linux install. I<br class="">don't really want a "project". Let me know how it goes on the Pi.<br class=""><br class="">-braddock<br class=""><br class="">On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Lan Dang <<a href="mailto:l.dang@ymail.com" class="">l.dang@ymail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">I think so. They say to follow the push-to-talk version.<br class=""><br class="">"Follow the instructions to set up the push-to-talk only prototype on Linux,<br class="">Mac, or Windows."<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://github.com/alexa/alexa-avs-sample-app/wiki/Linux" class="">https://github.com/alexa/alexa-avs-sample-app/wiki/Linux</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">I didn't read it carefully, so I don't understand why the instructions<br class="">appear to require building a mobile app for Android or IOS. I believe it<br class="">has to do with how you authenticate with Amazon in order to use their Alexa<br class="">Voice Service.<br class=""><br class="">Lan<br class=""><br class="">________________________________<br class="">From: Braddock Gaskill <braddock@braddock.com><br class="">To: Lan Dang <l.dang@ymail.com>; Hardware Hacking Special Interest Group<br class=""><hak@sgvhak.net><br class="">Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 1:39 PM<br class="">Subject: Re: [SGVHAK] DIY Alexa-enabled speaker + new Mars skill<br class=""><br class="">Can you turn any Linux box with a microphone into an Alexa interface?<br class="">I'd like to play with it.<br class=""><br class="">-braddock<br class=""><br class="">On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Lan Dang via HAK <hak@sgvhak.net> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Hi all,<br class=""><br class="">There was news not too long ago that JPL had built an Alexa skill to<br class="">enable<br class="">people to get more detailed, real-time information about Mars. Here it<br class="">is.<br class=""><br class="">https://www.amazon.com/Jet-Propulsion-Laboratory-NASA-Mars/dp/B01LYTB0MS<br class=""><br class="">I have no desire to bring an Amazon Echo into my house, but I might be<br class="">interested in building an Alexa-enabled speaker using a Raspberry Pi. It<br class="">would be fun to learn more about Alexa skills. All I need is a usb<br class="">microphone, which I just ordered from Amazon for under $5.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/25/11307066/amazon-alexa-echo-speaker-diy-guide-raspberry-pi<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Lan<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>