The US presidential debates may be over, but Election Day is still nearly two weeks away, so reporters are still sifting through candidate reports. There are plenty of sites and news organizations you can trust to verify the facts, and now you can add your Amazon Echo to that list.
By using the Amazon Echo Skills feature, you can connect to Alexa to share the facts with fact statements on the go. Sharing the Facts is actually a widget that you can install on your website to provide fact-checking information that comes from PolitiFact, the Washington Post, and FactCheck.org.
So how does it work with the Amazon Echo? First, you need to open your Amazon Echo mobile app and install the Share the Facts skill.
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To activate the skill, use the Alexa ask fact checkers. prompt. . You can then ask a variety of questions related to statements made by presidential candidates and any other politicians who have been verified by the service. They provide some examples to get you started:
They provide some examples to get you started:
Not all questions we tested worked. Sometimes Alexa didn't have the answer, while other times she just fully understood the question. The service also lacks context or nuance, which is often needed when providing this type of information.
Still, it's an interesting way to quickly review an issue, after which you can always turn to data-sharing sites for more information.
To see the skill in action, check out the video below:
What are your favorite Amazon Echo skills? Let us know in the comments.
