Moshi Voice Controlled Talking Alarm Clock Review

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(More customer reviews)Pros: First, I want to say, once set, it's great for someone who just wants to say "Time" and hear it, and the unit looks great. Cons:1) SETTING THE TIME WAS DIFFICULT. (I bought the regular full-size Moshi.) I speak clearly and distinctly, and there were no other sounds in the room. I said "10:20 a.m." and Moshi kept setting various times, like "6:04" which sounds nothing like 10:20. On the 12th try, Moshi set the correct time, and I said well, at least now that the time is set, it'll be a long time before I have to go through that again...but as I pushed it back further on the table, the plug fell out again, and had to re-set the time; but this time, I put the BATTERIES IN FIRST, and after another 15 tries, and 6 plug fall-outs, the time was set, and no matter how many times the back plug fell out, the batteries kept the time. Hallelujah! 2)THE LITTLE PLUG IN THE BACK FALLS OUT CONSTANTLY, it just doesn't click in and hold in place. This led to the discovery of a 3rd problem: 3) THE VOICE RECOGNITION DOESN'T WORK AT ALL IF IT'S ON BATTERY ALONE. I noticed that each time the cord fell out so easily, Moshi said "Voice Trigger Mode has been DISABLED." And when plugged back in, Moshi immediately announces, "Voice Trigger Mode is ENABLED." Apparently, when the plug is out, it still keeps the time with the batteries, but it can't operate the voice recognition. Sure enough, the directions confirm this. So, if you have the plug-falling-out problem, you better duct-tape it into the back like I did if you want to use the voice trigger mode.
(note: there is a Mini-Moshi travel size that works on battery only- so I guess it operates on Touch-Trigger only). 4) TOUCH TRIGGER IS NOT SENSITIVE - The Touch mode on the center top of the display sometimes works after a series of light touches (waiting for response after each touch), but most times you have to keep pressing it rather strongly, (again waiting for response after each press); ... usually only a hard press works, but since I figure this would break it fairly quickly, I opt to keep it plugged in and use the voice trigger mode only.
I bought this for my mother age 90 who can't see clocks (macular degeneration), and so after explaining she should just say "Hello Moshi" and when it lights up green and says "Command Please" all she has to do is say "Time" and the voice is loud and clear with the time. Works great this way, so I'm happy with it. Since the touch mode really doesn't really work well, I didn't even tell her about it. (Can't comment on Alarm function, we don't need it).

So, Tips: Put Batteries in First before setting time, etc.
Moshi can only hear you when it is green (when it's dark, it's only listening for "Hello, Moshi"; You must say `Hello Moshi" before asking it anything. You can stop Moshi from talking and go back to rest by saying "Cancel." To stop the night light from cycling colors and stay on one, there's a switch in the back for "Multi" or "single" color. When it's plugged in and set to IVR on the back, the unit will accept both Voice (IVR) or Touch triggers, but voice-command trigger only works when plugged in.


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