[Electronics-talk] amazon echo

[Danielle Ledet]

Go to:
www.accessibleworld.org.
There is a presentation there. I am not interested!

Hth,


On 11/3/15, Mike Sedmak via Electronics-talk
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I have an echo and have used both the web interface and the alexa IOS
> app.  The most recent release of the IOS app fixed all the
> accessibility issues I had been seeing.
>
> Once it is set up, you can do things like listen to amazon prime
> music, get sports scores, reorder items (only reordering something you
> already ordered via amazon prime), get trivia questions, set
> timers/alarms, and get unit conversions.  (The last two I find very
> useful in the kitchen where I don't have to touch anything with
> sitcky/messy fingers while cooking.)
>
> If you want to set up pandora or iHeart Radio you'll need to use
> either the alexa IOS app or the web interface from any browser.  Once
> set up, you can play by asking echo.
>
> On 11/3/15, Don Moore via Electronics-talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> I did mine over 6 months ago.  I know that there have been changes in the
>> iPhone app.  Don't know about the accessibility of other apps.  At the
>> time,
>> set-up on the computer was sort of iffy.  The iPhone app did help me to
>> connect it to my Wi-Fi easily and to log everything into my Amazon
>> account.
>> I don't belong to Pandora, so I can't speak for the accessibility for that
>> connection, but they've been interested in feedback so I'm inclined to be
>> fairly optimistic.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Lauren Merryfield via Electronics-talk
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 7:54 AM
>> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
>> Cc: Lauren Merryfield
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] amazon echo
>>
>> Hi,
>> Thanks. My friend is totally blind as I am so she was wondering if she
>> will
>> be able to set it up out of the box. I didn't have any answers for her, so
>> thanks for anyone's replies.
>> Lauren
>>
>> Blessings in Jesus’ name:
>> My digital evangelism blog is at:
>> www dot ask in jesus name dot org (you need to retype it)
>> Psalm 34:1-2 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall
>> continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the
>> humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
>> Advice from my cats:”meow when you feel like it.”
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Don Moore via Electronics-talk
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 3:58 AM
>> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Don Moore <moore at donaldmoore.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] amazon echo
>>
>> It's accessible to use, and the set-up is reasonably accessible too.
>>
>> I haven't seen any tutorials yet though and the kindle books I didn't
>> think
>> gave a great deal of new information.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Lauren Merryfield via Electronics-talk
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 2:18 AM
>> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
>> Cc: Lauren Merryfield
>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] amazon echo
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone know if the amazon echo is accessible or not? If so, is there
>> a
>> tutorial on it? A friend asked me and I really do not know.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Lauren
>>
>>
>>
>> Blessings in Jesus' name:
>>
>> My digital evangelism blog is at:
>>
>> www dot ask in jesus name dot org (you need to retype it)
>>
>> Psalm 34:1-2 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall
>> continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the
>> humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
>>
>> Advice from my cats:"meow when you feel like it."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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