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Amazon Announces Finalists For Filipino ‘Alexa’

D8F7360D-F72A-4E2A-9786-4BB8EADC5478.jpegSILICON VALLEY, California (The Adobo Chronicles, San Jose Bureau) – Alexa is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Amazon, first used in the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot devices developed by Amazon Lab126.

Like Apple’s Siri, it is capable of voice interaction, music playback, making to-do lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audiobooks, and providing weather, traffic, and other real-time information, such as news.

Because Alexa has gained worldwide popularity, many consumers have been begging Amazon to create a multi-lingual version of the female assistant.

Today, Amazon announced the five finalists for the Filipino Alexa, following almost a year of intensive search for the voice that would do justice to the original.

Amazon’s strict criteria for the search included: standout personality, unique Filipino accent, pleasant and soothing voice and willingness to be at the command of Alexa consumers and owners.

Here are the five nominees. They are famous enough we don’t need to name them.  If this were subject to a vote, who would you choose to be the Filipino Alexa?

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Optometrist Association of the Philippines Develops New Eye Test for Jaundice

31F93478-4A3E-4F68-BD32-A54ADC9860C2.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Jaundice is a yellow discoloration of the skin, mucous membranes, and the whites of the eyes caused by increased amounts of bilirubin in the blood. Jaundice is a sign of an underlying disease process. 

But there is another kind of Jaundice that affects Filipinos of a twisted political orientation.  It’s called the Yellow Cult or Dilawan in the vernacular.

Today, the Optometrist Association of the Philippines announced a breakthrough in diagnosing the Dilawan-type jaundice.

9484EA56-8D13-495D-8FBA-BCA0CEA38E14.jpegThe new technology involves the usual eye chart used by optometrists to check one’s vision.  The difference is that for persons afflicted with the Dilawan jaundice, the letters ‘L’ and ‘P’ automatically become magnified with a yellow circle.

So what are you waiting for? Visit your optometrist today and have your eyes checked. Prevention is always better than a cure!

Apple Hires Duterte-Sounding Taxi Driver To Be The Filipino ‘Siri’

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Davao Bureau) – Elcias Bugsad, the Davao City taxi driver who speaks and sounds like Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte just landed a new job. He will be the Filipino version of Apple’s iPhone Siri.

Apple has long been searching for an appropriate person to be the local voice behind the iPhone app.

Thanks to a viral video showing Bugsad mimicking Duterte, Apple found its man.

Apple is also looking for a female Filipino Siri who would sound like VP Leni Robredo.