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Amazon's Alexa will soon add Samuel L. Jackson's voice


What if Amazon's Alexa could tell you the weather in a much more excited and profane way?

 At its annual hardware event on Wednesday, Amazon revealed a slew of updates to its virtual assistant, including the ability to add the voice of Samuel L. Jackson.


And Amazon is using neural text-to-speech technology to replicate the iconic actor's voice, instead of having him record canned lines to repeat ad nauseam. That seems pretty creepy, but if it works, it works.


The Samuel L. Jackson Alexa personality is launching later this year. Anyone who buys it in 2019 will get it for just $0.99. Humorously, there will be explicit and non-explicit versions of his voice available for use.


Amazon also announced a "deep learning model" that will allow Alexa to understand vocal inflections. If she senses frustration, she'll recognize it, according to Amazon. That will roll out next year.

SEE ALSO: Amazon’s Alexa will allow users to donate to presidential candidates 
In more important but less glitzy news, Alexa is getting some new privacy and ease-of-use options. Starting now, users can ask "Alexa, tell me what you heard" and she'll give read back your last voice command. Later this year, Amazon will add an "Alexa, why did you do that?" command that will force Alexa to explain her most recent response to you.

Since people have been justifiably weirded out by the way Alexa stores voice recordings, Amazon is also adding an auto-delete toggle in the Privacy Hub. The rolling deletion tool will automatically purge anything older than three months or 18 months, depending on which the user chooses.

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  1. VeronnicaSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:48 PM

    Change it from a fairly common female name! My daughter is Alexa and I won’t and can’t use these products. So frustrating.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:48 PM

    I want Gordon Ramsey to voice something. It would be glorious! ������

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:49 PM

    I hope it’s “Snakes on a Plane” Samuel L. Jackson!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:49 PM

    Awesome, now I just need Apple to accept that I want a Siri Classic ��

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:49 PM

    I want the R rated version! ��

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:50 PM

    Oh, I would be so down for this... Hopefully, they add a new wake name too, like Samuel, or Fury...

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:50 PM

    Please tell me it will have curse words in the vocabulary!

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:50 PM

    I've had enough of Samuel L Jackson.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:50 PM

    I hope you can choose from the characters he has portrayed in movies

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:52 PM

    Yes!!! I hope it comes with swearing too!!!

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:52 PM

    I nominate Morgan freeman jeff Bridges or Sam Elliot from Big Lebowski next

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:55 PM

    Whatever it takes to put microphones in your home, i guess

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  13. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:55 PM

    Hope there's a setting to allow "R" rated responses

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  14. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:56 PM

    I'd want Morgan Freeman.

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:56 PM

    Google should add the voice of James Earl Jones (aka Darth Vader) to its assistant as a countermeasure ������

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  16. MichaelSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:57 PM

    "Say what one more time!"

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:57 PM

    I'd rather have Morgan Freeman.

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  18. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:58 PM

    I will go with whoever adds Morgan Freeman’s voice instead!

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:58 PM

    You can currently ask Alexa to talk like SLJ and get a sneak peak at the pricing.

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  20. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:59 PM

    "The Jackson Initiative Program"

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  21. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 3:59 PM

    “SAY WHAT AGAIN I DARE YOU!!”

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  22. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:01 PM

    I’d rather have San Elliott!

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  23. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:01 PM

    I'd rather hear Morgan Freeman

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  24. KaciWebbSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:02 PM

    That would be motherf...in' awesome.

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  25. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:03 PM

    I’d really rather Mister T’s voice. I pity the fool that disagrees with me.

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  26. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:03 PM

    I want an Alexa if it's R rated!

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  27. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:03 PM

    When someone says "what?" Alexa - Say what one more time mf, I dare you, I double dare you!

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  28. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:04 PM

    Will we get targeted ads from kangol and marvel then?

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  29. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:04 PM

    No morgan freeman?

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  30. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:05 PM

    This Alexa is truly the one that says Bad MF.

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  31. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:05 PM

    Will it be r-rated

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  32. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:06 PM

    It would be better if it were Morgan Freeman

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  33. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:06 PM

    I'd rather hear Merrill Reese or Will Ferrell or James Earl Jones

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  34. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:06 PM

    You ‘ear me mother f..??

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  35. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:07 PM

    What about the Dowager Countess of Grantham?? That could work too...

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  36. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:07 PM

    One more thing to unplug ��

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  37. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:07 PM

    Now that's a reason to move to America

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  38. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:08 PM

    Finally a reason to use Alexa.

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  39. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:09 PM

    Yaaaay!! Hopefully just like his pulp fiction character

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  40. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:10 PM

    Will it swear too?

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  41. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:12 PM

    Only if he is in Pulp Fiction mode!

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  42. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:13 PM

    I would like an Amazon Alexa with Robert Downey Jr.’s voice. lol ��

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  43. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:14 PM

    “Say Alexa again motherfucka, I dare you!”

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  44. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:14 PM

    Great now every other word from Alexa is gonna be mother f***er lol

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  45. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:15 PM

    What is about Siri?

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  46. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:15 PM

    "Yeah!? What do you want, M***-F***!? Speak up!"

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  47. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:15 PM

    Why? Will it be censored?

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  48. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:16 PM

    And then everybody will start asking what does Marcellus Wallace look like...

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  49. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:16 PM

    with the swearing ?

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  50. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:16 PM

    Now I'll never buy one for sure!

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  51. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:17 PM

    I’ll definitely buy one now!

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  52. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:17 PM

    Alexa turn of the lights
    -hell no motherf##ker I'm doing some of my shits hear

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  53. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:18 PM

    This is alexa m......f.......

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  54. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:18 PM

    Love to hear u mean

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  55. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:19 PM

    Say Alex again!\

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  56. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:19 PM

    MF version.

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  57. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:19 PM

    Why

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  58. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:20 PM

    Stfu. Take my money Bezos.

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  59. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:20 PM

    That guy is everywhere������

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  60. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:20 PM

    pulp fucltion

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  61. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:21 PM

    Cursing and all?!? ����

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  62. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:21 PM

    Only if he says MF, lol

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  63. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:22 PM

    Samuel:
    What the hell do you want now MFer
    Hide or report this

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  64. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2019 at 4:22 PM

    Bad mutha**

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