# Voice Assistants and How They Work

What happens when you talk to Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant; they listen, try to understand, look up answers; sometimes they get it wrong; they are tools, not alive

Builds on: Step-by-Step Instructions (soft, https://ai.page/c/step-by-step-instructions/en.md), Smart Versus Not-Smart Devices (hard, https://ai.page/c/smart-versus-not-smart-devices/en.md)

Concept id: voice-assistants-and-how-they-work. Subject: computing. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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