And VoiceLabs expects that at least two of the three other major tech companies – Apple, Samsung or Microsoft – will also ship a voice-first device in 2017, contributing to its estimates.
Mother, I want to … Aeeariiaargh …!" You have to hear that in Morrison's "crystal ship" of a voice.
"There are 30 complex life forms aboard this ship," a computerised voice clinically intones, "of which one is human".
The device, first scooped a year ago by Variety is an Android TV-based set-top box which integrates other streaming apps and ships with a voice remote, according to an FCC filing.
It also has a bevy of ports – including ethernet, USB, and micro SD – and ships with a voice remote that includes the ability to control TV power and volume.
While the Chromecast Ultra forces you to use your mobile device as the remote, the $69.99 Streaming Stick+ (yep, a dollar more than Chromecast Ultra), ships with a voice remote and has upgraded wireless reception.
Plutarch wrote that during the reign of Tiberius the crew of a ship sailing near Greece heard a voice calling out "The great Pan is dead".
According to the folklore of southwestern England, a voice from the ship called out to fishermen tending their nets, "Is the queen still alive?" referring to Drake's patron, Elizabeth I.
By proactively giving your employees a voice, you keep your ship stable and in one piece.
And then, contact: another human on a ship a day's travel away, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, begins speaking to you over a headset, offering advice on where to go to get off the Nightjar which, by the way, is dangerously close to disappearing into a black hole.
3. Voices told him he could escape his captors Six years into his captivity, St Patrick apparently heard a voice urging him to travel to a distant port where a ship would be waiting to take him back to Britain.
