On Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 4:57:41 PM UTC-6, Jeßus wrote:
>
> On Sun, 3 Nov 2019 17:47:25 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
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> >Lately I've been seeing ads on TV for Delta brand kitchen faucets that
> >you talk to using your Alexa device:
> >
> >https://www.deltafaucet.com/VoiceIQ
>
> "Delta VoiceIQ Technology pairs with your connected home device to
> give you exactly the amount of water you need with features like
> metered dispensing and custom container commands"
>
> >I've given this some thought. I simply cannot imagine a scenario where
> >I'd need to tell the kitchen faucet to turn on and off by itself from
> >across the room. A "feature", apparently, is you can tell it to
> >dispense a specific amount of water. "Alexa, tell Delta faucet to
> >dispense 1 cup." Problem with that is you already have to have the
> >recepticle (measuring cup, dog bowl, etc.) in the sink under the faucet.
>
> Exactly. You still have to go to the faucet. And go to the effort of
> slightly modifying your speech for it to (hopefully) work correctly.
> Why not just go and turn the ****ing faucet on and off yourself, hmm?
>
> >have to walk to the kitchen sink to put a measuring cup under the
> >faucet, surely I could just turn it on and fill the cup while I'm
> >standing there.
> >
Exactly!! What I find so dumb is you've got to get the measuring cup
or whatever receptacle you're going to use. What is so difficult to
turn on the faucet while you're there at the sink?

I think Delta also makes a 'tap on' faucet as well. I remember a
commercial 2 or 3 years ago showing how 'convenient' this could be.
Late night, mom is at the sink with baby in her arms. She sits the
baby bottle in the sink and taps it on to fill empty bottle. Ok, she
has a free hand to put that bottle in the sink why can't she turn the
water on with that free hand? I'm gambling on the idea Delta thinks
people are too stupid to pick up on this simple solution and will rush
to buy this gizmo.