[Colorado-Talk] the convention and Alexa?

Tue Jul 14 16:44:29 UTC 2020

In order to use the Alexa you have to first say
Enable nations blind skill
Then it will work. Then all you will have to say is
Alexa open nations blind 

Sincerely,
Maureen Nietfeld

> On Jul 14, 2020, at 10:00 AM, Dan Burke via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good morning -
> 
> Glad you got it working Sherry. I believe that an announcement may
> come out soon. I hope so. The convention chair emailed me Sunday night
> and said basically it would be right down to the wire as far as
> Amazon.
> 
> I should point out that today all meetings are Zoom meetings. So
> replay of banquet speeches may be all you get today. Tomorrow's Board
> of Directors meeting and resolutions committee meeting will be the
> first to be streamed in any form other than Zoom. That's the nature of
> the schedule.
> 
> Another option for Zoom meetings is to dial in with the numbers below,
> using the meeting ID.
> 
> 720-707-2699
> •    +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
> •    +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
> •    +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
> •    +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
> 
> Look for s streaming info at www.nfb.org/convention
> 
> That's where more info will be posted, and if you want to stream the
> Shout Cast stream, the link is there.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
>> On 7/14/20, David Dunphy via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Thanks, really would have been useful if this had been on the
>> convention page, cause I dind't see it there the other day
>> 
>>> On 7/14/20, Sherry Gomes via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> I enabled a skill called Nation's Blind. It's going to be playing the
>>> convention. Currently, it's playing a speech by Dr. Jernigan in 1997,
>>> over
>>> and over. I also enabled Newsline on my echo so I can listen that way. But
>>> I
>>> think for the various events today, I'll have to hope I can get zoom
>>> meetings to work on my work computer.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of David
>>> Dunphy via Colorado-Talk
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 6:45 AM
>>> To: NFB of Colorado Discussion List <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: David Dunphy <ddunphy02211980 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Colorado-Talk] the convention and Alexa?
>>> 
>>> Were you able to get her to access the convention stream option and if so
>>> how did you do it/what did you say?
>>> 
>>> On 7/14/20, Sherry Gomes via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Thanks, David, I got it set up. I'm ready to go to convention!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
>>>> David Andrews via Colorado-Talk
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 3:41 AM
>>>> To: NFB of Colorado Discussion List <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: David Andrews <dandrews920 at comcast.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Colorado-Talk] the convention and Alexa?
>>>> 
>>>> The words for the NFB Newsline Skill are "national Federation."
>>>> 
>>>> At 04:54 PM 7/13/2020, you wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Content-Language: en-US
>>>> Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
>>>> 
>>>> boundary="_000_CY4PR15MB1879FAD711034DE3118BDB5886600CY4PR15MB1879namp_"
>>>> 
>>>> Due to my work schedule, the best way for me to listen to the
>>>> convention will be on my echoes. I have one right on my work desk. I
>>>> work from home but my work computer won?t stream anything and I
>>>> wouldn?t be able to do zoom on it during the work day. I enabled the
>>>> NFB skill this afternoon, but now, when I try to get Alexa to open it
>>>> she keeps saying she doesn?t know that skill or opens newsline or
>>>> braille challenge. Anyone know the right verbiage to use to get Alexa to
>>>> open the skill?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks so much!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sherry
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