RE: New Echo
Simon I feel sure that would work. I don't, however, have everything turned on on all my devices. I really don't want to deal with a more rapid battery drain. It's not that important to me. Deidre -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Simon A Fogarty Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 4:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: New Echo Can't you just say hey siri stop playing? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Monday, 8 March 2021 2:53 am To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Oh, Joshua, that’s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen cooking and needing to pause the playing for whatever reason without having to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it’s definitely superior to that of my phone if it’s not hooked up to my stereo. My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn’t figure out what it was about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It’s a noise I never would’ve associated with a timer since it’s not any kind of noise I’ve ever heard on my iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and didn’t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad‘s recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility capacity since it’s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! I’ll try again. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt wrote: > > As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have > found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work. I still have to > manually stop it on my phone. > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Echo > > You have to understand the way these devices work. > The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on > your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also > allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or > give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. > As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on > your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just > like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the > whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is > a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book > is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or > back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing > the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your > phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in > your BARD app. > Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very > seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into > your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa > assistant has access to your Audible library. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > deidre muccio > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New Echo > > Joshua, > Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing > something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I > might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it > would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte > admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without > Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. > I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do > something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: >> >> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone >> if I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first >> tell your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should >> connect to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have >> paired your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work.
RE: New Echo
Can't you just say hey siri stop playing? -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Monday, 8 March 2021 2:53 am To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Oh, Joshua, that’s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen cooking and needing to pause the playing for whatever reason without having to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it’s definitely superior to that of my phone if it’s not hooked up to my stereo. My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn’t figure out what it was about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It’s a noise I never would’ve associated with a timer since it’s not any kind of noise I’ve ever heard on my iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and didn’t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad‘s recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility capacity since it’s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! I’ll try again. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt wrote: > > As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have > found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work. I still have to > manually stop it on my phone. > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Echo > > You have to understand the way these devices work. > The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on > your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also > allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or > give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. > As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on > your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just > like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the > whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is > a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book > is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or > back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing > the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your > phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in > your BARD app. > Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very > seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into > your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa > assistant has access to your Audible library. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > deidre muccio > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New Echo > > Joshua, > Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing > something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I > might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it > would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte > admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without > Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. > I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do > something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: >> >> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone >> if I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first >> tell your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should >> connect to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have >> paired your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, >> open bard mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your >> bard mobile app and your book will begin to play. Now, stop playback >> of your bard book. Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book >> will begin to play. You can do things like say stop and your book >> will stop, if you tell your echo next or back, then your bard book
RE: New Echo
There are so many variations on Echo devices, that I suspect the Google Home might be closest to the Echo Show or the full sized Echo, whatever it is called. Maybe the Google Home Mini could be compared to the standard echo, but if you are comparing the Google Home to the standard, small Echo, that is like apples to oranges. I've not heard either one, but based on my reading, that is what I would conclude. Richard Ralph's Observation: It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to realize that you are in a hurry. My web site, www.turner42.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 8:12 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo I like my google home better then the echo someone gave me. I set all the bass, mids, and highs, to max settings on both my google home, and my echo, and my google home sounds better than my echo. I also get more music on my google home since I can access youtube on my google home, and you can't get access to youtube on the echo devices any more. On 3/7/21, Fanus Buys wrote: > Hello Sieghard and list > The other thing which disappoints me about the echo show is that I > hoped that if one use the translate function or read a Kindle book > that the text would show on the screen but this does not happen. > Regards > Fanus > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 7:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Echo > > You have to understand the way these devices work. > The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust > settings on your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to > some extend also allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa > speaker, e.g. ask questions or give commands just as you would to your Echo > speaker. > As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing > on your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo > speaker just like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to > your phone and the whatever you play on your phone plays via your > Echo. But because the Echo is a smartspeaker you can obviously take it > one step further, i.e. once a book is playing you can ask your speaker > to pause or resume or skip forward or back, on a regular Bluetooth > speaker you would do these things by pressing the appropriate button. > But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your phone and then tell > it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in your BARD app. > Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's > very seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are > signed into your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for > Audible the Alexa assistant has access to your Audible library. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > deidre muccio > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New Echo > > Joshua, > Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing > something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I > might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what > it would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do > it.Admitte admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo > even without Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my > phone via the Alexa app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll > turn it on if I wanna do something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank > you again. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson >> wrote: >> >> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone >> if I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first >> tell your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should >> connect to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have >> paired your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, >> open bard mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your >> bard mobile app and your book will begin to play. Now, stop playback >> of your bard book. Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book >> will begin to play. You can do things like say stop and your book >> will stop, if you tell your echo next or back, then your bard book >> will go forward or back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. >> Good luck. >> >>> On 3/6/21, Si
Re: New Echo
I like my google home better then the echo someone gave me. I set all the bass, mids, and highs, to max settings on both my google home, and my echo, and my google home sounds better than my echo. I also get more music on my google home since I can access youtube on my google home, and you can't get access to youtube on the echo devices any more. On 3/7/21, Fanus Buys wrote: > Hello Sieghard and list > The other thing which disappoints me about the echo show is that I hoped > that if one use the translate function or read a Kindle book that the text > would show on the screen but this does not happen. > Regards > Fanus > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 7:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Echo > > You have to understand the way these devices work. > The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on > your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also > allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or > give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. > As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on > your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just > like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the > whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is > a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book > is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or > back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing > the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your > phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book > in your BARD app. > Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very > seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into > your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa > assistant has access to your Audible library. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > deidre muccio > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New Echo > > Joshua, > Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing > something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I > might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it > would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte > admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without > Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa > app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do > something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson >> wrote: >> >> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if >> I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell >> your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect >> to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have paired >> your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, open bard >> mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your bard mobile >> app and your book will begin to play. Now, stop playback of your bard >> book. Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to >> play. You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you >> tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or >> back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. Good luck. >> >>> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >>> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the >>> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry, >>> I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it. >>> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she >>> loves because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to >>> know what time it is. >>> At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo >>> with a screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy >>> to connect to my ring video doorbell with just a voice command. >>> However, you still wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you >>> could set up YouTub
RE: New Echo
Hello Sieghard and list The other thing which disappoints me about the echo show is that I hoped that if one use the translate function or read a Kindle book that the text would show on the screen but this does not happen. Regards Fanus -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 7:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: New Echo You have to understand the way these devices work. The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in your BARD app. Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa assistant has access to your Audible library. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Joshua, Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: > > I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if > I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell > your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect > to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have paired > your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, open bard > mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your bard mobile > app and your book will begin to play. Now, stop playback of your bard > book. Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to > play. You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you > tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or > back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. Good luck. > >> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the >> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry, >> I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it. >> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she >> loves because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to >> know what time it is. >> At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo >> with a screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy >> to connect to my ring video doorbell with just a voice command. >> However, you still wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you >> could set up YouTube I think, but if you want to use it you would be >> better off with a Google smart speaker with screen since Google owns >> YouTube and it's already integrated. I am not sure about Amazon prime >> Video on the Echo Show, we just never use it for that. With a Google >> speaker with screen, whatever they call it, you can also play >> anything on your iPhone like Netflix or in the TV app and send it to the >> Google via Chromecast. >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf >> Of deidre muccio >> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:06 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Cc: Daniel Macdonald >> Subject: Re:
RE: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo
Deirdre, On the Alexa app, go to more, Alarms and Timers. Note that the only place you can set the sound is on the alarms tab, those are used also for the timers. There should be a setting button, then a default sound that says link I think. Double tap on that and you will find a variety of sounds. There are what it calls Custom sounds, which I think are paid sounds, or at least some of them are, but you cannot use your own sounds, you can just pick from the available sounds. HTH, Richard Ralph's Observation: It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to realize that you are in a hurry. My web site, www.turner42.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidreandlou...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:11 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo Karen I am talking about the sound coming from my Echo not my phone. The phone sound is great, I just don't like the one on the Echo. Picky, picky, picky. I guess that should be my middle name. I do not have a clock display on the Echo though it certainly can tell time! I'm smiling. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Karen Poulakos Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 9:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo Deirdre, You can change the timer sounds in the Clock ap. I discovered it when looking for a way to stop music after 1 hour at bedtime. Among the sound options I discovered a "stop playing" setting, which works really well. However it also presents a problem when you want to use a timer, because you would have to go in and change it. I solved that by asking Siri to set an alarm when I need to time cooking, etc. You can ask Siri to set an alarm for a specific time, or for as many minutes as you need. Karen P -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Oh, Joshua, that s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen cooking and needing to pause the playing for whatever reason without having to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it s definitely superior to that of my phone if it s not hooked up to my stereo. My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn t figure out what it was about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It s a noise I never would ve associated with a timer since it s not any kind of noise I ve ever heard on my iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and didn t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad s recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility capacity since it s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! I ll try again. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt wrote: > > ?As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have > found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work. I still have to > manually stop it on my phone. > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Echo > > You have to understand the way these devices work. > The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on > your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also > allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or > give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. > As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on > your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just > like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the > whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is > a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book > is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or > back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing > the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your > phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in > your BARD app. > Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very > seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you
RE: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo
Karen I am talking about the sound coming from my Echo not my phone. The phone sound is great, I just don't like the one on the Echo. Picky, picky, picky. I guess that should be my middle name. I do not have a clock display on the Echo though it certainly can tell time! I'm smiling. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Karen Poulakos Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 9:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo Deirdre, You can change the timer sounds in the Clock ap. I discovered it when looking for a way to stop music after 1 hour at bedtime. Among the sound options I discovered a "stop playing" setting, which works really well. However it also presents a problem when you want to use a timer, because you would have to go in and change it. I solved that by asking Siri to set an alarm when I need to time cooking, etc. You can ask Siri to set an alarm for a specific time, or for as many minutes as you need. Karen P -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Oh, Joshua, that s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen cooking and needing to pause the playing for whatever reason without having to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it s definitely superior to that of my phone if it s not hooked up to my stereo. My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn t figure out what it was about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It s a noise I never would ve associated with a timer since it s not any kind of noise I ve ever heard on my iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and didn t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad s recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility capacity since it s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! I ll try again. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt wrote: > > ?As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have > found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work. I still have to > manually stop it on my phone. > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Echo > > You have to understand the way these devices work. > The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on > your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also > allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or > give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. > As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on > your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just > like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the > whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is > a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book > is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or > back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing > the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your > phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in > your BARD app. > Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very > seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into > your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa > assistant has access to your Audible library. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > deidre muccio > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New Echo > > Joshua, > Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing > something that should ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I might > ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn t sure exactly what it would be > doing, but if you say it can do it I m sure it can do it.Admitte admittedly I > was confused about why I could run the echo even without Bluetooth since I > thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. I don t have &
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Deirdre, You can change the timer sounds in the Clock ap. I discovered it when looking for a way to stop music after 1 hour at bedtime. Among the sound options I discovered a "stop playing" setting, which works really well. However it also presents a problem when you want to use a timer, because you would have to go in and change it. I solved that by asking Siri to set an alarm when I need to time cooking, etc. You can ask Siri to set an alarm for a specific time, or for as many minutes as you need. Karen P -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Oh, Joshua, that�s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen cooking and needing to pause the playing for whatever reason without having to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it�s definitely superior to that of my phone if it�s not hooked up to my stereo. My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn�t figure out what it was about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It�s a noise I never would�ve associated with a timer since it�s not any kind of noise I�ve ever heard on my iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and didn�t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad�s recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility capacity since it�s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! I�ll try again. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt wrote: > > ?As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have > found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work. I still have to > manually stop it on my phone. > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Echo > > You have to understand the way these devices work. > The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on > your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also > allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or > give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. > As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on > your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just > like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the > whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is > a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book > is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or > back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing > the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your > phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in > your BARD app. > Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very > seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into > your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa > assistant has access to your Audible library. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre > muccio > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New Echo > > Joshua, > Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing > something that should�ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I > might�ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn�t sure exactly what it > would be doing, but if you say it can do it I�m sure it can do it.Admitte > admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without > Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. > I don�t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I�ll turn it on if I wanna do > something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: >> >> ?I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if >> I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell >> your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect >> t
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When I’m going to be in my kitchen cooking, I just use headphones with my phone, this way I can stop at one Press Of a button, the non-messy finger LOL Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:53 AM, deidre muccio wrote: > > Oh, Joshua, that’s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the > kitchen cooking and needing to pause the playing for whatever reason > without having to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the > speaker though it’s definitely superior to that of my phone if it’s not > hooked up to my stereo. > My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn’t figure out what it > was about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It’s a noise I never would’ve > associated with a timer since it’s not any kind of noise I’ve ever heard on > my iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the > questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading > and didn’t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I > guess I could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad‘s > recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility > capacity since it’s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask > questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other > list! I’ll try again. > Deirdre > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt wrote: >> >> As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have >> found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work. I still have to >> manually stop it on my phone. >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of >> Sieghard Weitzel >> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: New Echo >> >> You have to understand the way these devices work. >> The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on >> your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also >> allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or >> give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. >> As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on >> your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just >> like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the >> whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is >> a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book >> is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or >> back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing >> the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your >> phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book >> in your BARD app. >> Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very >> seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into >> your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa >> assistant has access to your Audible library. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of >> deidre muccio >> Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: New Echo >> >> Joshua, >> Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing >> something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I >> might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it >> would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte >> admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without >> Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa >> app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do >> something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: >>> >>> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if >>> I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell >>> your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect >>> to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have paired >>> your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, open bard >>
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Oh, Joshua, that’s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen cooking and needing to pause the playing for whatever reason without having to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it’s definitely superior to that of my phone if it’s not hooked up to my stereo. My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn’t figure out what it was about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It’s a noise I never would’ve associated with a timer since it’s not any kind of noise I’ve ever heard on my iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and didn’t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad‘s recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility capacity since it’s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! I’ll try again. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt wrote: > > As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have > found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work. I still have to > manually stop it on my phone. > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Echo > > You have to understand the way these devices work. > The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on > your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also > allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or > give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. > As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on > your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just > like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the > whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is > a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book > is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or > back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing > the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your > phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in > your BARD app. > Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very > seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into > your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa > assistant has access to your Audible library. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre > muccio > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New Echo > > Joshua, > Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing > something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I > might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it > would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte > admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without > Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. > I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do > something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: >> >> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if >> I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell >> your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect >> to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have paired >> your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, open bard >> mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your bard mobile >> app and your book will begin to play. Now, stop playback of your bard >> book. Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to >> play. You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you >> tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or >> back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. Good luck. >> >>>> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >>> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *sm
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As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work. I still have to manually stop it on my phone. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: New Echo You have to understand the way these devices work. The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in your BARD app. Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa assistant has access to your Audible library. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Joshua, Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: > > I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if > I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell > your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect > to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have paired > your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, open bard > mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your bard mobile > app and your book will begin to play. Now, stop playback of your bard > book. Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to > play. You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you > tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or > back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. Good luck. > >> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the >> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry, >> I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it. >> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she >> loves because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to >> know what time it is. >> At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo >> with a screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy >> to connect to my ring video doorbell with just a voice command. >> However, you still wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you >> could set up YouTube I think, but if you want to use it you would be >> better off with a Google smart speaker with screen since Google owns >> YouTube and it's already integrated. I am not sure about Amazon prime >> Video on the Echo Show, we just never use it for that. With a Google >> speaker with screen, whatever they call it, you can also play >> anything on your iPhone like Netflix or in the TV app and send it to the >> Google via Chromecast. >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf >> Of deidre muccio >> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:06 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Cc: Daniel Macdonald >> Subject: Re: New Echo >> >> I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s abou
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Thanks. I understood that first time around. I’m some days pretty smart other days a little slow. I’m smiling. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2021, at 12:26 PM, Richard Turner > wrote: > > Only if you connect it as a Bluetooth device and start playing the book on > your apple device. > > > > Richard > > Ralph's Observation: It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to > realize that you are in a hurry. > > > My web site, www.turner42.com > > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > pattigj1...@gmail.com > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 9:14 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Echo > > Did I miss something? Can you read a Bard book on the Echo now? > Patti > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre > muccio > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 11:46 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New Echo > > Joshua, > Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing > something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I > might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it > would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte > admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without > Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. > I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do > something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: >> >> I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if >> I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell >> your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect >> to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have paired >> your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, open bard >> mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your bard mobile >> app and your book will begin to play. Now, stop playback of your bard >> book. Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to >> play. You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you >> tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or >> back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. Good luck. >> >>>> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >>> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the >>> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry, >>> I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it. >>> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she >>> loves because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to >>> know what time it is. >>> At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo >>> with a screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy >>> to connect to my ring video doorbell with just a voice command. >>> However, you still wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you >>> could set up YouTube I think, but if you want to use it you would be >>> better off with a Google smart speaker with screen since Google owns >>> YouTube and it's already integrated. I am not sure about Amazon prime >>> Video on the Echo Show, we just never use it for that. With a Google >>> speaker with screen, whatever they call it, you can also play >>> anything on your iPhone like Netflix or in the TV app and send it to the >>> Google via Chromecast. >>> >>> >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf >>> Of deidre muccio >>> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:06 AM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Cc: Daniel Macdonald >>> Subject: Re: New Echo >>> >>> I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s about the >>> size of a cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get >>> a little one with a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can >>> just watch movies without having to touch my phone. Thanks for cluing >>> me into what was should’ve been obvious. Anyway I’m playing around >>> with this looking at commands seeing I still have a lot of work to do >>> to streamline it’s recognizing the specific podcast and things like >>> that that I want to play. This morning it’s doi
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Only if you connect it as a Bluetooth device and start playing the book on your apple device. Richard Ralph's Observation: It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to realize that you are in a hurry. My web site, www.turner42.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of pattigj1...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: New Echo Did I miss something? Can you read a Bard book on the Echo now? Patti -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 11:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Joshua, Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: > > I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if > I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell > your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect > to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have paired > your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, open bard > mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your bard mobile > app and your book will begin to play. Now, stop playback of your bard > book. Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to > play. You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you > tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or > back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. Good luck. > >> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the >> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry, >> I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it. >> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she >> loves because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to >> know what time it is. >> At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo >> with a screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy >> to connect to my ring video doorbell with just a voice command. >> However, you still wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you >> could set up YouTube I think, but if you want to use it you would be >> better off with a Google smart speaker with screen since Google owns >> YouTube and it's already integrated. I am not sure about Amazon prime >> Video on the Echo Show, we just never use it for that. With a Google >> speaker with screen, whatever they call it, you can also play >> anything on your iPhone like Netflix or in the TV app and send it to the >> Google via Chromecast. >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf >> Of deidre muccio >> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:06 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Cc: Daniel Macdonald >> Subject: Re: New Echo >> >> I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s about the >> size of a cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get >> a little one with a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can >> just watch movies without having to touch my phone. Thanks for cluing >> me into what was should’ve been obvious. Anyway I’m playing around >> with this looking at commands seeing I still have a lot of work to do >> to streamline it’s recognizing the specific podcast and things like >> that that I want to play. This morning it’s doing a pretty good job >> of doing it, Meaning I’m getting the syntax down that Alexa is best >> at recognizing. I meant to write listen to movies not watch since I wouldn’t >> be able to see a thing on any screen. >> Deirdre >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Mar 3, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Daniel MacDonald >> wrote: >> Helli, >> >> The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of >> various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show >> podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of E
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Did I miss something? Can you read a Bard book on the Echo now? Patti -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 11:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Joshua, Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: > > I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if > I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell > your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect > to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have paired > your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, open bard > mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your bard mobile > app and your book will begin to play. Now, stop playback of your bard > book. Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to > play. You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you > tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or > back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. Good luck. > >> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the >> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry, >> I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it. >> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she >> loves because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to >> know what time it is. >> At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo >> with a screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy >> to connect to my ring video doorbell with just a voice command. >> However, you still wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you >> could set up YouTube I think, but if you want to use it you would be >> better off with a Google smart speaker with screen since Google owns >> YouTube and it's already integrated. I am not sure about Amazon prime >> Video on the Echo Show, we just never use it for that. With a Google >> speaker with screen, whatever they call it, you can also play >> anything on your iPhone like Netflix or in the TV app and send it to the >> Google via Chromecast. >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf >> Of deidre muccio >> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:06 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Cc: Daniel Macdonald >> Subject: Re: New Echo >> >> I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s about the >> size of a cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get >> a little one with a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can >> just watch movies without having to touch my phone. Thanks for cluing >> me into what was should’ve been obvious. Anyway I’m playing around >> with this looking at commands seeing I still have a lot of work to do >> to streamline it’s recognizing the specific podcast and things like >> that that I want to play. This morning it’s doing a pretty good job >> of doing it, Meaning I’m getting the syntax down that Alexa is best >> at recognizing. I meant to write listen to movies not watch since I wouldn’t >> be able to see a thing on any screen. >> Deirdre >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Mar 3, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Daniel MacDonald >> wrote: >> Helli, >> >> The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of >> various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show >> podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of Echo you >> have. As far as enabling video skills, that is limited to echos with >> screens, the echo show and it’s variants, and the echo spot. The echo >> show comes in five, eight, and ten inch sizes. The only echo you can >> watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some skills, go to the >> amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills and >> games. You can also enable skills by voice
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You have to understand the way these devices work. The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in your BARD app. Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa assistant has access to your Audible library. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Joshua, Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: > > I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if > I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell > your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect > to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have paired > your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, open bard > mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your bard mobile > app and your book will begin to play. Now, stop playback of your bard > book. Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to > play. You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you > tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or > back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. Good luck. > >> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the >> fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry, >> I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it. >> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she >> loves because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to >> know what time it is. >> At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo >> with a screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy >> to connect to my ring video doorbell with just a voice command. >> However, you still wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you >> could set up YouTube I think, but if you want to use it you would be >> better off with a Google smart speaker with screen since Google owns >> YouTube and it's already integrated. I am not sure about Amazon prime >> Video on the Echo Show, we just never use it for that. With a Google >> speaker with screen, whatever they call it, you can also play >> anything on your iPhone like Netflix or in the TV app and send it to the >> Google via Chromecast. >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf >> Of deidre muccio >> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:06 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Cc: Daniel Macdonald >> Subject: Re: New Echo >> >> I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s about the >> size of a cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get >> a little one with a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can >> just watch movies without having to touch my phone. Thanks for cluing >> me into what was should’ve been obvious. Anyway I’m playing around >> with this looking at commands seei
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Joshua, Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing something that should’ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I might’ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn’t sure exactly what it would be doing, but if you say it can do it I’m sure it can do it.Admitte admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. I don’t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I’ll turn it on if I wanna do something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: > > I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if > I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell > your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect > to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have paired > your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, open bard > mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your bard mobile > app and your book will begin to play. Now, stop playback of your bard > book. Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to > play. You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you > tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or > back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. Good luck. > >> On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >> You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* >> I would say the fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, >> sorry, I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like >> it. >> I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she loves >> because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to know what time >> it is. >> At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo with a >> screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy to connect to >> my ring video doorbell with just a voice command. However, you still >> wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you could set up YouTube I think, >> but if you want to use it you would be better off with a Google smart >> speaker with screen since Google owns YouTube and it's already integrated. I >> am not sure about Amazon prime Video on the Echo Show, we just never use it >> for that. With a Google speaker with screen, whatever they call it, you can >> also play anything on your iPhone like Netflix or in the TV app and send it >> to the Google via Chromecast. >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of >> deidre muccio >> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:06 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Cc: Daniel Macdonald >> Subject: Re: New Echo >> >> I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s about the size of a >> cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get a little one with >> a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can just watch movies without >> having to touch my phone. Thanks for cluing me into what was should’ve been >> obvious. Anyway I’m playing around with this looking at commands seeing I >> still have a lot of work to do to streamline it’s recognizing the specific >> podcast and things like that that I want to play. This morning it’s doing a >> pretty good job of doing it, Meaning I’m getting the syntax down that Alexa >> is best at recognizing. I meant to write listen to movies not watch since I >> wouldn’t be able to see a thing on any screen. >> Deirdre >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Mar 3, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Daniel MacDonald >> wrote: >> Helli, >> >> The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various >> echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It >> would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video >> skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s >> variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten >> inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable >> some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called >> skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill >> name. >> >> >> On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, >> mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> >> mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done tod
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I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have paired your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, open bard mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your bard mobile app and your book will begin to play. Now, stop playback of your bard book. Now, tell your echo to play, and your bard book will begin to play. You can do things like say stop and your book will stop, if you tell your echo next or back, then your bard book will go forward or back by chapter if the mark-up in the book is by chapter. Good luck. On 3/6/21, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* > I would say the fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, > sorry, I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like > it. > I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she loves > because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to know what time > it is. > At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo with a > screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy to connect to > my ring video doorbell with just a voice command. However, you still > wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you could set up YouTube I think, > but if you want to use it you would be better off with a Google smart > speaker with screen since Google owns YouTube and it's already integrated. I > am not sure about Amazon prime Video on the Echo Show, we just never use it > for that. With a Google speaker with screen, whatever they call it, you can > also play anything on your iPhone like Netflix or in the TV app and send it > to the Google via Chromecast. > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > deidre muccio > Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:06 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Cc: Daniel Macdonald > Subject: Re: New Echo > > I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s about the size of a > cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get a little one with > a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can just watch movies without > having to touch my phone. Thanks for cluing me into what was should’ve been > obvious. Anyway I’m playing around with this looking at commands seeing I > still have a lot of work to do to streamline it’s recognizing the specific > podcast and things like that that I want to play. This morning it’s doing a > pretty good job of doing it, Meaning I’m getting the syntax down that Alexa > is best at recognizing. I meant to write listen to movies not watch since I > wouldn’t be able to see a thing on any screen. > Deirdre > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 3, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Daniel MacDonald > wrote: > Helli, > > The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various > echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It > would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video > skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s > variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten > inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable > some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called > skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill > name. > > > On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, > mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> > mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hello all, > Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. > I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've > been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of > what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. >I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling > video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and > naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to > work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where > Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under > Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. > Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various > music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was > able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV > and/or movies I am subscribed to. > I rea
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You must be buying really tiny cantaloupes *smile* I would say the fourth gen Echo is more like a slightly larger tennis ball, sorry, I'm not too familiar with baseball, but I think that is more like it. I bought my wife the version which has a clock display which she loves because if she wakes up at night she can just glance at it to know what time it is. At my office I just set up the Echo Show 5 which is the smallest Echo with a screen and I primarily bought it because it makes it very easy to connect to my ring video doorbell with just a voice command. However, you still wouldn't be able to just play movies, yes, you could set up YouTube I think, but if you want to use it you would be better off with a Google smart speaker with screen since Google owns YouTube and it's already integrated. I am not sure about Amazon prime Video on the Echo Show, we just never use it for that. With a Google speaker with screen, whatever they call it, you can also play anything on your iPhone like Netflix or in the TV app and send it to the Google via Chromecast. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:06 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: Daniel Macdonald Subject: Re: New Echo I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s about the size of a cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get a little one with a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can just watch movies without having to touch my phone. Thanks for cluing me into what was should’ve been obvious. Anyway I’m playing around with this looking at commands seeing I still have a lot of work to do to streamline it’s recognizing the specific podcast and things like that that I want to play. This morning it’s doing a pretty good job of doing it, Meaning I’m getting the syntax down that Alexa is best at recognizing. I meant to write listen to movies not watch since I wouldn’t be able to see a thing on any screen. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Daniel MacDonald wrote: Helli, The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello all, Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV and/or movies I am subscribed to. I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. H, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I chose to use as the medium. I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the Echo "hands off. Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. This will take a systematic approach to getting things set up at more than the most basic level. Deidre Deidre -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather tha
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You do not need Voice Control. You can just set up Hey Siri, or just hold the home button and ask Siri to do that. Voice Control is really intended for people who cannot use their fingers effectively. There may be some features you would like, but opening apps, etc., can be done more easily just with Siri. HTH, Richard Ralph's Observation: It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to realize that you are in a hurry. My web site, www.turner42.com<http://www.turner42.com> From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidreandlou...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:22 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: New Echo Patti No, I cannot watch or listen to movies on the Echo. Someone kindly pointed out it would not play movies and I would need a device with a screen! Apple is not thinking people want to listen to movies not look at them with their eyes! I amnew to this which is why I was imagining the device could do all kinds of things that it was not designed to do! For instance, I thought I could ask Alexa to open anapp on my phone, such as BARD, butno that is not it's job. I could however set up Voice Control on my phone and then use Hey Siri to do that withoutmy having to touch the phone. Now you see I'm getting into having too many options territory, and to sort it all out, takes time and energy, and I'm already frazzled from spending a day with the Echo. I did get it to play a Greg Brown mix, and a local radio program, and podcast I like from today, and it is reading my new mail, and I am sending my brother's Echo messages which I do as recordings, and I pulled up an obscure Ice Cube song and played it with no problem at all with the Echo finding it. I can say that voice over is not reading everything in the app unless the instructions I am getting from several different places are incorrect. For example the first step to get to a specific place was tohit on a "menu" button at thetop left of the AlexaApp. There is no spoken "menu" button that I can find on the opening page of the app. I think I had the Home Tab selected and tried another Tab to see if one would appear. No buttons or links in the roter appear when I am on any given page I've been on within the Alexa app so far. Does this mean that much of the app is not accessible? I need to give this a rest and get on with the rest of my day! Deidre From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of pattigj1...@gmail.com<mailto:pattigj1...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: New Echo How can you watch movies on the echo, I mean listen, do you have it paired to an Amazon Firestick or something? Patti From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:06 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Cc: Daniel Macdonald mailto:daniel.angus.macdon...@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: New Echo I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It's about the size of a cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get a little one with a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can just watch movies without having to touch my phone. Thanks for cluing me into what was should've been obvious. Anyway I'm playing around with this looking at commands seeing I still have a lot of work to do to streamline it's recognizing the specific podcast and things like that that I want to play. This morning it's doing a pretty good job of doing it, Meaning I'm getting the syntax down that Alexa is best at recognizing. I meant to write listen to movies not watch since I wouldn't be able to see a thing on any screen. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Daniel MacDonald mailto:daniel.angus.macdon...@gmail.com>> wrote: The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it's variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You'll find an area called skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello all, Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. I&#
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Patti No, I cannot watch or listen to movies on the Echo. Someone kindly pointed out it would not play movies and I would need a device with a screen! Apple is not thinking people want to listen to movies not look at them with their eyes! I amnew to this which is why I was imagining the device could do all kinds of things that it was not designed to do! For instance, I thought I could ask Alexa to open anapp on my phone, such as BARD, butno that is not it's job. I could however set up Voice Control on my phone and then use Hey Siri to do that withoutmy having to touch the phone. Now you see I'm getting into having too many options territory, and to sort it all out, takes time and energy, and I'm already frazzled from spending a day with the Echo. I did get it to play a Greg Brown mix, and a local radio program, and podcast I like from today, and it is reading my new mail, and I am sending my brother's Echo messages which I do as recordings, and I pulled up an obscure Ice Cube song and played it with no problem at all with the Echo finding it. I can say that voice over is not reading everything in the app unless the instructions I am getting from several different places are incorrect. For example the first step to get to a specific place was tohit on a "menu" button at thetop left of the AlexaApp. There is no spoken "menu" button that I can find on the opening page of the app. I think I had the Home Tab selected and tried another Tab to see if one would appear. No buttons or links in the roter appear when I am on any given page I've been on within the Alexa app so far. Does this mean that much of the app is not accessible? I need to give this a rest and get on with the rest of my day! Deidre From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of pattigj1...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: New Echo How can you watch movies on the echo, I mean listen, do you have it paired to an Amazon Firestick or something? Patti From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:06 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Cc: Daniel Macdonald mailto:daniel.angus.macdon...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: New Echo I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s about the size of a cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get a little one with a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can just watch movies without having to touch my phone. Thanks for cluing me into what was should’ve been obvious. Anyway I’m playing around with this looking at commands seeing I still have a lot of work to do to streamline it’s recognizing the specific podcast and things like that that I want to play. This morning it’s doing a pretty good job of doing it, Meaning I’m getting the syntax down that Alexa is best at recognizing. I meant to write listen to movies not watch since I wouldn’t be able to see a thing on any screen. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Daniel MacDonald mailto:daniel.angus.macdon...@gmail.com> > wrote: The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com> > mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com> > wrote: Hello all, Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was abl
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Wonderful. Thanks and have a nice day! Tim Lehmann Access Specialist Student Affairs Missouri State University Meyer Library 111G 901 South National Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65897 Office 417-836-4248 Fax 417-836-3158 mailto:timlehm...@missouristate.edu From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Marty Hutchings Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:39 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo CAUTION: External Sender Song Quiz. Love in Christ Marty If we view this present life as our primary goal, we will agree with William Shakespeare who said: “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” From TODAY IN THE WORD June 1, 2020 From: Lehmann, Timothy A<mailto:timlehm...@missouristate.edu> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2021 6:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: New Echo Hello list, Does anybody know of a 1980s music game for the echo which is free? I found a game that plays part of a song, and the game player says the name of the song. That is what I am trying to find again. Currently, the only game I can find does not play music, but rather askes trivia questions. Thanks and have a nice day! Tim Lehmann Access Specialist Student Affairs Missouri State University Meyer Library 111G 901 South National Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65897 Office 417-836-4248 Fax 417-836-3158 mailto:timlehm...@missouristate.edu From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Daniel MacDonald Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Cc: Daniel Macdonald mailto:daniel.angus.macdon...@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: New Echo CAUTION: External Sender Helli, The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello all, Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV and/or movies I am subscribed to. I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. H, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I chose to use as the medium. I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the Echo "hands off. Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. This will take a systematic approach to getting things set up at more than the most basic level. Deidre Deidre -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com<mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archiv
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How can you watch movies on the echo, I mean listen, do you have it paired to an Amazon Firestick or something? Patti From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:06 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: Daniel Macdonald Subject: Re: New Echo I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s about the size of a cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get a little one with a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can just watch movies without having to touch my phone. Thanks for cluing me into what was should’ve been obvious. Anyway I’m playing around with this looking at commands seeing I still have a lot of work to do to streamline it’s recognizing the specific podcast and things like that that I want to play. This morning it’s doing a pretty good job of doing it, Meaning I’m getting the syntax down that Alexa is best at recognizing. I meant to write listen to movies not watch since I wouldn’t be able to see a thing on any screen. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Daniel MacDonald mailto:daniel.angus.macdon...@gmail.com> > wrote: Helli, The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com> > mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com> > wrote: Hello all, Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV and/or movies I am subscribed to. I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. H, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I chose to use as the medium. I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the Echo "hands off. Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. This will take a systematic approach to getting things set up at more than the most basic level. Deidre Deidre -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007301d7109c%243dd809b0%24b9881d10%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=ema
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Song Quiz. Love in Christ Marty If we view this present life as our primary goal, we will agree with William Shakespeare who said: “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” From TODAY IN THE WORD June 1, 2020 From: Lehmann, Timothy A Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2021 6:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: New Echo Hello list, Does anybody know of a 1980s music game for the echo which is free? I found a game that plays part of a song, and the game player says the name of the song. That is what I am trying to find again. Currently, the only game I can find does not play music, but rather askes trivia questions. Thanks and have a nice day! Tim Lehmann Access Specialist Student Affairs Missouri State University Meyer Library 111G 901 South National Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65897 Office 417-836-4248 Fax 417-836-3158 mailto:timlehm...@missouristate.edu From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Daniel MacDonald Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: Daniel Macdonald Subject: Re: New Echo CAUTION: External Sender Helli, The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, wrote: Hello all, Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV and/or movies I am subscribed to. I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. H, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I chose to use as the medium. I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the Echo "hands off. Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. This will take a systematic approach to getting things set up at more than the most basic level. Deidre Deidre -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007301d7109c%243dd809b0%24b9881d10%24%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rat
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Awesome. Thanks and have a nice day! Tim Lehmann Access Specialist Student Affairs Missouri State University Meyer Library 111G 901 South National Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65897 Office 417-836-4248 Fax 417-836-3158 mailto:timlehm...@missouristate.edu From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Johna Gravitt Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 6:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: New Echo CAUTION: External Sender It’s called song quiz I play it all the time. You can choose from multiple genres or decades From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Lehmann, Timothy A Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:49 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: New Echo Hello list, Does anybody know of a 1980s music game for the echo which is free? I found a game that plays part of a song, and the game player says the name of the song. That is what I am trying to find again. Currently, the only game I can find does not play music, but rather askes trivia questions. Thanks and have a nice day! Tim Lehmann Access Specialist Student Affairs Missouri State University Meyer Library 111G 901 South National Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65897 Office 417-836-4248 Fax 417-836-3158 mailto:timlehm...@missouristate.edu From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Daniel MacDonald Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Cc: Daniel Macdonald mailto:daniel.angus.macdon...@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: New Echo CAUTION: External Sender Helli, The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello all, Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV and/or movies I am subscribed to. I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. H, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I chose to use as the medium. I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the Echo "hands off. Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. This will take a systematic approach to getting things set up at more than the most basic level. Deidre Deidre -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com<mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups
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I believe what I have is an echo fourth generation. It’s about the size of a cantaloupe. No it does not have a screen. Maybe I will get a little one with a tiny screen or the smaller screen so that I can just watch movies without having to touch my phone. Thanks for cluing me into what was should’ve been obvious. Anyway I’m playing around with this looking at commands seeing I still have a lot of work to do to streamline it’s recognizing the specific podcast and things like that that I want to play. This morning it’s doing a pretty good job of doing it, Meaning I’m getting the syntax down that Alexa is best at recognizing. I meant to write listen to movies not watch since I wouldn’t be able to see a thing on any screen. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 3, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Daniel MacDonald > wrote: > > Helli, > > The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various > echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It > would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video > skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s > variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch > sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some > skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills > and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. > >> On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, >> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. >> I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've >> been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of >> what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. >>I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling >> video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and >> naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to >> work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where >> Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under >> Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. >> Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various >> music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was >> able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV >> and/or movies I am subscribed to. >> I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and >> continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was >> totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. >> H, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my >> brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he >> asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I >> chose to use as the medium. >>I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the >> Echo "hands off. >>Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most >> reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. This will take a >> systematic approach to getting things set up at more than the most basic >> level. >> >>Deidre >>Deidre >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007301d7109c%243dd809b0%24b9881d10%24%40gmail.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > &
RE: New Echo
It’s available on the iPhone and the Echo devices From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Johna Gravitt Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:54 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: New Echo It’s called song quiz I play it all the time. You can choose from multiple genres or decades From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Lehmann, Timothy A Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:49 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: New Echo Hello list, Does anybody know of a 1980s music game for the echo which is free? I found a game that plays part of a song, and the game player says the name of the song. That is what I am trying to find again. Currently, the only game I can find does not play music, but rather askes trivia questions. Thanks and have a nice day! Tim Lehmann Access Specialist Student Affairs Missouri State University Meyer Library 111G 901 South National Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65897 Office 417-836-4248 Fax 417-836-3158 mailto:timlehm...@missouristate.edu From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Daniel MacDonald Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Cc: Daniel Macdonald mailto:daniel.angus.macdon...@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: New Echo CAUTION: External Sender Helli, The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello all, Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV and/or movies I am subscribed to. I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. H, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I chose to use as the medium. I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the Echo "hands off. Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. This will take a systematic approach to getting things set up at more than the most basic level. Deidre Deidre -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com<mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegrou
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It’s called song quiz I play it all the time. You can choose from multiple genres or decades From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lehmann, Timothy A Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:49 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: New Echo Hello list, Does anybody know of a 1980s music game for the echo which is free? I found a game that plays part of a song, and the game player says the name of the song. That is what I am trying to find again. Currently, the only game I can find does not play music, but rather askes trivia questions. Thanks and have a nice day! Tim Lehmann Access Specialist Student Affairs Missouri State University Meyer Library 111G 901 South National Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65897 Office 417-836-4248 Fax 417-836-3158 mailto:timlehm...@missouristate.edu From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Daniel MacDonald Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Cc: Daniel Macdonald mailto:daniel.angus.macdon...@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: New Echo CAUTION: External Sender Helli, The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello all, Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV and/or movies I am subscribed to. I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. H, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I chose to use as the medium. I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the Echo "hands off. Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. This will take a systematic approach to getting things set up at more than the most basic level. Deidre Deidre -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com<mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007301d7109c%243dd809b0%24b9881d10%24%40gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007301d7109c%243dd809b0%24b9881d10%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer&
RE: New Echo
Hello list, Does anybody know of a 1980s music game for the echo which is free? I found a game that plays part of a song, and the game player says the name of the song. That is what I am trying to find again. Currently, the only game I can find does not play music, but rather askes trivia questions. Thanks and have a nice day! Tim Lehmann Access Specialist Student Affairs Missouri State University Meyer Library 111G 901 South National Avenue Springfield, Missouri 65897 Office 417-836-4248 Fax 417-836-3158 mailto:timlehm...@missouristate.edu From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Daniel MacDonald Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 8:49 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: Daniel Macdonald Subject: Re: New Echo CAUTION: External Sender Helli, The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello all, Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV and/or movies I am subscribed to. I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. H, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I chose to use as the medium. I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the Echo "hands off. Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. This will take a systematic approach to getting things set up at more than the most basic level. Deidre Deidre -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com<mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007301d7109c%243dd809b0%24b9881d10%24%40gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007301d7109c%243dd809b0%24b9881d10%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner
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Oh, of course that makes sense. Maybe I should ask Alexa if she can find me any MP3 audio discreet was described movies or maybe I should just get her a specific web address to find them from. Maybe that’ll work. I’ll give it a try. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 3, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Daniel MacDonald > wrote: > > Helli, > > The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various > echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It > would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video > skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s > variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch > sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some > skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills > and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. > >> On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, >> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. >> I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've >> been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of >> what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. >>I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling >> video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and >> naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to >> work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where >> Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under >> Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. >> Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various >> music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was >> able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV >> and/or movies I am subscribed to. >> I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and >> continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was >> totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. >> H, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my >> brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he >> asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I >> chose to use as the medium. >>I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the >> Echo "hands off. >>Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most >> reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. This will take a >> systematic approach to getting things set up at more than the most basic >> level. >> >>Deidre >>Deidre >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007301d7109c%243dd809b0%24b9881d10%24%40gmail.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/vi
Re: New Echo
Helli, The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. > On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, > wrote: > > Hello all, > Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. > I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've been > on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of what I > am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. >I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling > video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and > naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to > work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where > Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under > Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. > Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various > music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was > able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV > and/or movies I am subscribed to. > I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and > continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was > totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. > H, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my > brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he > asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I chose > to use as the medium. >I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the > Echo "hands off. >Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most > reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. This will take a > systematic approach to getting things set up at more than the most basic > level. > >Deidre >Deidre > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007301d7109c%243dd809b0%24b9881d10%24%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007301d7109c%243dd809b0%24b9881d10%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/FACD5464-83E1-4935-BD53-568718EF3494%40gmail.com.
New Echo
Hello all, Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV and/or movies I am subscribed to. I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. H, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I chose to use as the medium. I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the Echo "hands off. Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. This will take a systematic approach to getting things set up at more than the most basic level. Deidre Deidre -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/007301d7109c%243dd809b0%24b9881d10%24%40gmail.com.
Has anyone used the new Echo Buds and can offer comments?
Hi List, I hesitate to ask about a Bluetooth earphone device with the Bluetooth Headphones thread nearing 80 messages but I'll plow on. I'm curious about the Echo buds Bluetooth earphones that were announced by Amazon a few weeks ago. They sell for $129 USD and I'm wondering how well they work for those using VoiceOver on an iDevice. I won't be purchasing anything before the Black Friday deals are announced but I'd like to get comments on a product before spending that much money. I don't have any Bluetooth earphones because I find the wired Apple earpods to meet most of my listening needs. I expect I use the BARD Mobile app the majority of the time on my iPhone 8 and I'm a bit confused how the Echo Buds work with it and whether the Amazon Alexa app on my iPhone is needed to use the Echo Buds with BARD Mobile. Thanks in advance for any comments you can offer. Alan Lemly -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000801d59b47%242da4b550%2488ee1ff0%24%40gmail.com.
