On a relate note, last week at Recode's Code Conference, Jeff Bezos said that more than 1,000 people are working on Amazon Echo.

No longer available in the USA

Being able to text Alexa can be useful in crowded areas or when you are looking for privacy while interacting with Alexa.

Awesome idea! Going to be forwarding this to all my Alexa owning friends.

I couldn't locate this in the US?

Cool project