Did I miss something? Can you read a Bard book on the Echo now? Patti
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <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 <louv...@gmail.com> 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 <siegh...@live.ca> 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 <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf >> Of deidre muccio >> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:06 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Cc: Daniel Macdonald <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 >> <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, >> <deidreandlou...@gmail.com<mailto:deidreandlou...@gmail.com>> >> <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. >> Hmmmm, 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>. 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