Alexa Will Now Wait Longer To Allow You To Finish Speaking

Amazon is adding a new accessibility feature to Alexa, that will tell the virtual assistant to wait just a bit longer to allow someone to complete their requests. The new feature is meant for people who speak slowly or may have speech impairment. Amazon added the optional setting after it received feedback from some customers, who needed a little more time to use the assistant effectively. Speaking with Forbes, Shehzad Mevawalla, Head of Speech Recognition at Amazon said, "Alexa is a voice-first experience, and we are always looking for ways to improve speech recognition for all speaking styles. Some customers have told us they just need a bit more time before Alexa responds to their requests."