Texting instead of yelling? How families 'talk' to one another at home

Amazon's Echo speakers have a broadcast feature that will help you send a message to family members that might be scattered around the house. It's time for homework or to summon the troops for dinner. Sure, you could holler upstairs, but that seems so last century. You save your voice and text them instead. It's not just the kids we are texting – we're also texting each other, at home. So is texting under one roof becoming the modern-day equivalent of the dinner bell or intercom?