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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Yeah!
Stay...
Nice riff!
That's a riff, right? You call that a riff, right?
Nice!
Alright, so we've got a...
What? We've got a...
You know...
He's thinking! Guys, he's doing it!
He's back!
He's back!
It's raining today, huh?
It is raining today. Pretty heavily.
Heavy wind too!
Oh my god, is that... It seems like a storm!
Holy shit!
Are we?
That's a pretty heavy rain!
It's really heavy, like...
Typhoon, storm...
Wow!
Maybe it's a little bit dangerous to go outside, maybe.
Damn!
Wow!
Okay.
And, you know, we had an earthquake.
We did have an earthquake, didn't we?
Magnitude 7.1, right?
Yesterday.
Yeah, yesterday.
And last week too.
Last week too, we did.
In this area, right?
Yeah, we did.
I remember.
The natural disasters are here.
Scary, right?
So, sorry.
Emi-san sent us a message through the heavy storm.
Through the heavy storm?
I didn't know there was a messaging component to storms.
Really?
Sometimes you hear something like...
You know what the wind sounds like?
I know what the wind sound is like.
Right?
But I didn't think you can communicate through that.
Some people can send me a message through the wind.
And that's what she did to me.
That's really...
That's really like...
Ancient.
That's like old way of...
Is it?
Ancient way of communication?
3000 years.
Ancient.
Wow.
You have the skill.
She has them too.
Thank you, Emi-san.
Can I say this as a wind wind?
No, no one can understand that.
So, let's just do English or Japanese.
Okay.
Is that okay with you?
Of course.
It's a little tough for me.
Thanks for cooperating.
Hello.
I'm always watching your podcast.
I recently had one, but I left it on the computer.
I set up a Google Home.
Google Home.
You know what those are, right?
Smart speakers.
Like Siri.
Yeah, I know what it is.
Okay, alright.
Do you know what it is?
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I know that a lot of speakers...
Yeah, like the round ones.
Yeah, yeah.
So, at first,
"Okay Google, I'm listening to Kevin's English Room podcast."
Oh, my Siri.
Oh, wow.
You're Google here?
Okay, Google.
Wow, you got the search.
Yeah.
Okay, so...
Wow, thank you.
Now we're even more comfortable.
Do you use smart speakers or smart home appliances?
Thank you for the message.
Thank you, Emi-san.
I don't own any smart speakers.
Oh, really?
I do not.
But I have Siri.
Me too, I have Siri too.
Yeah, I know you have Siri.
I know you.
I often use my Siri to like...
When I'm boiling my pastas,
Okay.
I go set the timer for five minutes.
Or when I go to sleep,
I Siri like wake me up at nine o'clock tomorrow.
That's why I use that heavily.
Yeah, I have seen you saying that to nowhere.
Right.
Another thing is,
when I'm...
I'm usually talking in English,
and I'm recently self-interviewing myself
when I'm alone, walking outside,
to practice my English.
And when I...
So you talk to yourself, right?
Yeah, I do, I actually do.
What is your favorite food?
Oh, let me think about that.
Actually, I am doing that.
Not visually, but like inside my head I'm doing it.
Okay.
And I try to use as much difficult word as possible.
Ah, okay. That's nice.
And when I come across a word that I forgot,
or forgot the meaning of,
I just...
I can audio dictionary that through Siri.
Oh, really?
I can ask, "Hey, what is the meaning of blah blah blah?"
And they come back to you.
Wow.
Instantly.
So that's really convenient.
Right.
Very, very convenient.
So I recommend this for English learners,
to set their Siri to English,
so that they can say,
"Hey Siri, what is the meaning of flabbergasted?"
And the meaning of flabbergasted is blah blah blah blah.
Wow.
And if it has a second meaning,
the Siri would ask you,
"Is it really?"
And then Siri reads you the next line of the dictionary.
It's really convenient.
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Wow.
So, you know how it takes...
It's a little bit of a "mendok-sai," right?
You take your phone out, go to Google Chrome,
and search "meaning flabbergasted."
Right, it's audio.
You can hands-free,
you can just scream,
"What is the meaning of that?" and it comes back to you.
So that's a big upside for Siri.
That's really convenient.
Yes, I'm using it heavily.
Wow.
Can I try that?
Yeah, let's go to Google.
First, I have to set this into...
English?
English, right?
Yes, I think so.
English, huh.
So I have to go...
Right.
Yes, you do.
You know...
So...
Hey, Google.
OK Google, maybe?
OK Google.
OK Google!
What's...
[Google Assistant speaking Japanese]
You want to cut that out?
That was my name.
OK Google.
OK Google.
What's the meaning of flabbergasted?
It's not responding, man.
Yeah.
OK Google.
What's the meaning of flabbergasted?
Is it really in English?
I don't know.
Let me do Japanese.
OK Google.
It's not responding.
Um...
How about this?
What's the meaning of flabbergasted?
It's not serious.
They just searched it for you.
Yeah.
So...
Well...
Siri wins on that.
OK Google.
What's the meaning of...
Frabet...
Flabbergasted.
[Google Assistant speaking Japanese]
It's in Japanese, huh?
Yeah, it's in Japanese.
[Google Assistant speaking Japanese]
I'm gonna put it in.
Yeah, but that's really convenient.
It's a good part about Siri.
It auto responds to you.
Audio responds to you.
Right.
It's kind of an Iron Man thing.
Yeah, it is.
It's not like they just Google searches and then shows you...
Displays you the results.
It literally reads you out the meaning.
Which is really good.
Nice.
So...
Do you have a smart speaker?
Of course I have the smart phone.
Which doesn't work, right?
Because you cannot...
Does.
You can't make them search for something.
Are you using that actually?
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Then tell me.
Are you using that every day?
Are you utilizing that in your life?
Of course.
Like, I set timer.
Okay.
With your fingers?
Yeah.
That's not the point.
The point of the smart speaker is the audio control.
I set a timer.
Look at this timer application.
Tap this and you can set a time.
If you want a 3 minutes, you can adjust it at 3.
You scroll through this.
Yep.
Start this button.
That's not the point.
You have to voice control it.
Audio controlling is the key.
To smart speakers.
So the answer is no.
I guess.
There's no smart speakers.
If somebody gave you a smart speaker, would you use them?
I...
Yeah, of course.
You would?
But I'm not sure how should I use that one.
You don't know their possibilities.
Yeah.
Like, when you say, "Please play Stevie Wonder."
And he's gonna play that song.
He's gonna play that song.
"Please make a phone call to Kevin."
Yes, you can say that.
Which is very convenient.
You can text somebody.
Can I text somebody?
Text Kevin, "Hey, we're gonna meet up at the Swarovski Cafe."
Really?
Yes, you can do that.
This is very convenient.
Can I do this with my smartphone?
With Google?
With Android?
Like, with my Siri inside.
First of all, you don't have a Siri inside?
I do have.
I do have Siri inside.
You don't actually?
Okay, Google.
Hello Siri.
Good morning.
First of all, Siri is an Apple product, so Android don't have it.
Oh, really?
There's no Siri inside?
Siri is a product name for an Apple product.
Oh, then there's no Siri inside.
You have Google.
Google is your best bet, I think.
So, in my Mac?
In your Mac, you have Siri.
So I can order?
You can order through your Mac.
Wow.
I've never tried. How does that work?
Turn it on.
It's easy.
Can I line to somebody?
Yeah, you can.
Really?
I don't know about line, though.
I think SMS would work.
Okay, okay.
So can I do this through my computer?
Like, you can...
Yeah, I think you can.
I cannot.
You can't even type your password in.
So...
Hello Siri.
Hey Siri.
Hey Siri.
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Hey.
I think you need to turn on your Hey Siri.
Can I call to Kevin?
First of all, that's in Japanese.
So you gotta change your setting.
Can I...
Wait, what's the setting?
Open settings.
You've just ended the...
You've just ended the...
Open settings.
Let me try, let me try.
In Japanese...
Change Siri's setting to Japanese.
Change it to English?
Change Siri's setting to English.
I think your microphone's not on.
Ah, that's why I have to put my microphone...
Ah, right.
Let's try this.
Sound...
Input...
Right, there you go.
Change Siri's setting to English.
Wow.
Change the setting.
Wait, wait, wait.
It's easy, just go through here.
There you go, now computer class.
Siri...
The Gengo.
America...
Hey Siri...
Okay.
Okay, I think that's good.
So now you can do, Hey Siri.
Hey Siri.
Hey Siri.
This is not working.
Maybe it's only me who can control it.
Maybe.
So this is on, so you should...
Okay, everything is...
Yeah.
Yeah, I think everything's on. Go ahead.
Hey Siri.
It's my...
Maybe I'm too frank.
Hello.
Hello Siri.
Excuse me.
Can I...
Would you mind...
Wow.
How about like a British accent?
What do you mean?
Would you mind coming here?
Hi Siri, would you mind showing yourself to the computer screen?
Computer screen.
No, it's American English.
You just say it.
Hi Siri, would you like to have a cup of tea?
He ignores you.
But like, okay, so...
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Listen to the...
What's the meaning of flabbergasted?
Flabbergast is an informal term. It means...
Surprise. Someone. Greatly. Astonish.
Wow.
What's the meaning of...
Flabbergast is an informal term.
What's the meaning of patronism?
Patriotism means...
The quality of being patriotic.
Vigorous support for one country.
What's the meaning of have?
Which word?
H, A, L, V, E...
V, E, or H, A, V, E?
Second one.
As a verb it means...
Possess, own, or hold.
Do you want to hear the next one?
Yes.
As a verb it means...
Experience, undergo.
Want to hear one more?
No.
Amazing, right? It's amazing.
That's really...
Now all you have to do is make sure the "Hey Siri" is on.
Hey Siri.
That's not making sense.
I don't know why it's not on.
Now if you have that on, you can any time...
Dictionary through audio.
It's amazing, right?
It's really convenient.
Wow.
Hey Siri.
Hello Siri.
Can I listen to some music, please?
Please?
Wow.
Right, it opened up iTunes for you.
Wow.
Amazing, right? Amazing.
Wow.
Call Kevin.
So now you have to do...
Open FaceTime and set my account as Kevin.
And you can call me.
Resist your number.
Right, exactly.
And you can do like "Call Mom."
You can set somebody "Mom."
Wow.
Amazing, right?
Great.
So that's what smart speakers are?
Yeah, they're just...
It does.
I think we're over time.
Thanks for watching guys, bye bye!
