Amazon is making Alexa wait for a response longer to help stutterers
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What you need to know Amazon is making changes to Alexa to make it wait longer for stutterers to finish a command or question. The change is part of a new update to the Alexa app on iPhones. A big move for accessibility from Amazon. Amazon is changing the way Alexa waits for commands and questions, making the digital assistant wait longer for stutterers. The move, which will be via an opt-in setting in the iPhone Alexa app, will be hugely beneficial to anyone with a speech impairment. According to a Forbes article, Amazon is keen to help improve the way people interact with Alexa. `Alexa is a voice-first experience, and we are always looking for ways to improve speech recognition for all speaking styles. Some customers have told us they just need a bit more time before Alexa responds to their requests,` said Shehzad Mevawalla, Head of Alexa Speech Recognition at Amazon, in a statement. `That`s why we`ve built this feature—to help improve all customers` interactions with A...