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States Look To Smart Speakers To Make Government Information More Accessible

NPR

Published February 6, 2018 at 11:46 AM CST

If you have a voice-activated speaker, like the Amazon Echo or Google Home, you know it’s handy for listening to music or setting alarms. Now, some states are connecting their websites to voice-activated systems as part of an effort to make government information accessible to everyone.

Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Bradley George (@radiobkg) reports.