Amazon announces new Alexa emotions for developers to let Alexa respond to questions from US users with a "happy/excited" or a "disappointed/empathetic" tone (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Amazon announces new Alexa emotions for developers to let Alexa respond to questions from US users with a “happy/excited” or a “disappointed/empathetic” tone  —  Alexa is also getting a radio DJ-like voice  —  You might hear a little more emotion from Alexa's vaguely-robotic voice …