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Thursday morning, <strong>$10 was successfully transferred from my coworker’s bank account to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. </strong>Don’t worry — I paid him back… Mike and I work together at <a href="https://vocool.co/" target="_blank">Vocool</a>, a voice-tech company helping businesses engage with consumers on Alexa. As you might imagine, our office is littered with almost every Amazon Alexa and Google Home device. I had just learned about the new feature that Alexa rolled out that <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/2/17188168/amazon-alexa-echo-donate-charity-voice" target="_blank">lets users donate between $5 and $5000 to charity</a> simply by using their voice. I tested the interaction on Mike’s Echo (which is apparently tied to his personal Amazon Pay account). Surprisingly, it worked! If you are curious to see it in action, watch the video below for the full sequence (WARNING: mute nearby Alexas!).