KFC Canada introduced a new Amazon Alexa skill that lets customers chat all things chicken with Colonel Sanders himself.
In partnership with Amazon Web Services, the fast food chain used artificial intelligence service Amazon Polly to recreate the iconic voice of KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders.
So whether you want to share a 12-piece bucket with friends and family or dine solo on a crispy chicken sandwich, just ask Alexa and the Colonel will deliver.
(Actually, a despondent KFC employee will deliver. But you can cling to that silver-fox-in-a-string-bow-tie fantasy for as long as you want.)
“We are excited to be one of the first brands to adopt the Amazon Polly enhanced text-to-speech voice technology to create a seamless and distinctively KFC re-ordering experience for our fans,” Jason Cassidy, marketing director of KFC Canada, said in a statement.
“The Colonel was passionate about his fried chicken,” he continued. “And this new skill makes reordering your favorite KFC menu items easier than ever, but in a fun and memorable way.”
In 2017, KFC Canada launched the “Chicken Talk” ability, which lets Alexa feed fans chicken jokes, poultry pick-up lines, random chicken thoughts, and even a Colonel Quiz game.
“We’re pleased to have worked with KFC Canada to cook up this unique experience for their customers to interact with Alexa-enabled devices through the voice of Colonel Sanders,” according to Matt Wood, vice president of artificial intelligence at AWS.
“We extended Amazon Polly, an artificial intelligence cloud service which creates life-like speech, to incorporate a spicy Southern accent and speech patterns that are consistent with the world-famous persona of Colonel Sanders,” he explained.
Enable the function by visiting the Alexa skills store or Alexa app and searching “KFC.”
When you’re feeling hungry, say, “Alexa, ask KFC Canada to reorder.” Then, while you wait for the food to arrive, test your chicken knowledge and play games with the Colonel by requesting that “talk chicken to me.”
“We think KFC customers will agree: the Colonel never sounded so finger-lickin’ good,” Wood said.
There is no word on if or when the feature will roll out to the rest of North America.
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