This is fantastic information, Richard. Thank you for posting as I certainly had no idea how to use this feature.
In the last couple of days, I have visited a couple of local VoiceOver users and, like me, they had no idea how powerful Alexa can be in iOS / iPad OS or on the Echo devices. I know that may sound crazy given how popular Alexa is but, to be honest, I really do enjoy using Siri for most of my daily activities and have every intention of continuing to do so. I am so glad that we have access to the three major voice-assistant systems. Mark From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2021 9:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I learned something about the Amazon Lady and timers I just used my voice. See my response to alan a moment ago. Asking what timers are available seems to be the same as asking what timers are running; so unless something is running, it will respond with no timers available. I just tried that. But, if you have more than one timer running, you can ask what timers are running, and it will tell you them by name. Or you can ask, how much time on the tea timer, and it tells you. HTH, Richard "Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it." -- Jane Wagner website: http://www.turner42.com (Sent with my blue iPhone 13 Pro) On Nov 11, 2021, at 9:21 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <mailto:siegh...@live.ca> wrote: Hi Richard, Do you do this by voice or in the app? Just asking because while I knew you could ask to set a timer for a certain length and name it, e.g. French Fries or Eggs, when I just asked my speaker "What are my timers" I was told that I had no timers. You said you created a coffee and tea timer so it almost sounds like those are saved like you can set and save multiple alarms. If that is so then shouldn't you be able to ask what timers are available? From: mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: November 11, 2021 9:02 AM To: mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I learned something about the Amazon Lady and timers There has been a lot of discussion about the Amazon devices and Google devices lately. I only have Amazon devices. I may be the last one to know this, but if I’m not, I thought I would share what I figured out today. When using a device like an Echo or Sonos speaker with the A lady, I would set timers for my coffee and my wife’s tea. I would always just speak the amount of time. I knew you could have multiple timers going at once and it would distinguish between them by the length. I then decided to give them a name. Tea Timer and Coffee Timer. Now, I can just say to it, Start the tea timer. Or start the coffee timer and the length is already set. There you have it. 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