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Having a voice assistant read your texts aloud for you while you drive is really convenient, not to mention safer than trying to read them yourself.
But if your texts were sent to you by a child or anyone else communicating exclusively using emoji, you’re in for a wild ride.
On Twitter, creative director Aaron Reynolds shared a video of an assistant — which sounds like Siri, although it isn’t specified — reading out a text from his daughter. It’s basically just one comically long thread of emoji.
After concluding that the text consists of no less than 35 emoji, the assistant puts on a brave face and reads them all aloud. Read more…
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