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 <deidreandlou...@gmail.com> 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 <jgrav...@benderconsult.com> 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 <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 <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 <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. 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