Meaning of hotword | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hyperlink.
   Internet, dated
2. Synonym of wake word.

Examples

“[…] and will jump⟳ to the Web page "order⟳.htm" if a user clicks on the hotword.”

“Hotwords can be activated fast, typically by a single mouse click. But sometimes the link⟳ anchored in a hotword doesn't take⟳ the reader to the expected place⟳, because of bad wording, for example.”

“Google recently killed an extension in the open⟳ source Chromium browser that enabled “OK, Google” hotword detection. The move⟳ follows developer concern⟳ that the proprietary functionality was included in Chromium to begin⟳ with.”

“Smartphones make⟳ a lot of compromises to be compact and low power though, so the hotword performance was never as good as it could be thanks to tiny microphones and low-power modes that could kill⟳ hotword detection.”

“Home assistants all work⟳ in a similar way: you say⟳ a hotword — "Alexa" for Amazon Echo, "Hey Google" for Google Homes — and they switch⟳ on, ready to record⟳ your question⟳/order⟳, send⟳ it to the cloud, and then answer⟳/execute your order⟳.”

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