Weekly Daily Giz Wiz Week of February 13th, 2012 - Netcast 1352
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A bit more than two years we talked about the iMoshi Interactive Voice Clock. Now comes the Ivee Digit voice responding clock. Strangely, the two clocks look almost identical. Even the names are similar, but Ivee knows more. She responds to 43 voice commands and has a built-in FM radio. It has a nightlight and 3 sleep sounds to help you fall asleep. For the alarm, you can choose 1 of 3 different sounds. The display auto dims in low light and you can set the brightness. And yes, you can set it so low, it’s off! (Something Leo always wants in electronic devices so he can sleep in darkness.) When you want to give a command you wake the clock by saying "Hello Ivee". I tried to fool her by saying: "Hello Moshi", be she ignored that. You do have to say: “Hello Ivee” before each command, but there’s a voice off button also. With voice off, a chime tells you when to say the command you want. Some people like the idea of voice control, rather than hitting the wrong button to set an alarm. After the alarm rings in the morning, you can stop it and nap again but simply saying "snooze". To turn the alarm off completely, say "off". That prompts Ivee to say good morning, and to tell you the time, date and temp. You change setting by saying “settings” and then Ivee runs through the list. Sometimes that can be annoying because it might take two or three steps to do when you want. The volume control is a slide switch with low, medium and high. I find the speaker volume on the low side, even in the high position, but since this will probably be right next to your bed, it might be okay. Ivee Digit is under $60. You can check Amazon for discounts.
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