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[kitz]

But more important, Alexa lets you change the wake word to "computer" for the full Star Trek effect. :p

Although in hindsight, that does get a LOT of false positives (probably more than it detects correctly) compared to leaving it as Alexa, but its SO worth it.  Still infinitely better than "Ok Google" which I HATED.

I've left mine as default.  Most of the false commands seem to come from being picked up on TV or YouTube.  I try to remember to call it by the "A word" if I'm talking about it to someone else. rather than talking to it but I do sometimes forget and end up yelling stop.    I'd like if there was a tad more flexibility rather than just the 4 wake word options, but as you say it is so much better than 'OK Google' that I also dislike having to use.   On reflection changing it to "Echo" would probably be better for me and pick up the least false positives, but I'm way too used to using "Alexa" now.   It's surprising how soon the voice integrated commands become part of your every day life and how much you do miss it when its not available for some reason.   

[Alex Atkin UK]

Considering my name, Alexa is not a good choice, I'm sure my mum would be false triggering it all the time talking to me.

Besides the nerd in me wont let me change it.  I still get a kick out of yelling "Computer, Lights" and the even more amusing "Computer, Activate Shield" to turn on my ShieldTV.

If they ever let you change the voice and they release the Majel Roddenberry TTS pack (they apparently recorded this before her death in case they did want to continue using her voice) I will be in nerd heaven.

I mean you've seen my NAS monitoring screen. https://csdprojects.co.uk/forums/LCARS.png