[Blindtlk] Inquiring about the Amazon Echo

[Scott Spaulding]

I have an echo dot. And so does a friend of mine. I have prime, but she does not & has no problem using it. I’ve never used the google home.

Sent from my iPad

> On Dec 22, 2017, at 9:48 PM, Jim Portillo via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I know this isn’t necessarily blindness related, but I am wanting to give a Christmas gift to someone who is blind but need to know a couple of things first.
> Does anyone who have the Amazon Echo (Alexa) know if it is required that a person be a member of Amazon Prime?  Can Alexa be used by folks who hae an Amazon account but aren’t Amazon Prime members?
> Also, if you had to choose between the Amazon Echo and the Google Home, which would you choose?
> 
> I have the Amazon echo, but I was already a Prime member, so it didn’t matter to me.  If anything, it benefitted me.
> Anyway, some information would be appreciated.
> Jim
> 
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