<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Check it out!<br><br><div dir="ltr" id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-- <br>Miranda b. Kilby</span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ph: <a dir="ltr" href="tel:(352)942-0417" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">(352)942-0417</a></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> PLipovsky via Nfbf-l <<a href="mailto:nfbf-l@nfbnet.org">nfbf-l@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> January 8, 2019 at 7:54:46 AM EST<br><b>To:</b> <<a href="mailto:nfbf-l@nfbnet.org">nfbf-l@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> PLipovsky <<a href="mailto:plipovsky@cfl.rr.com">plipovsky@cfl.rr.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:fcb-l@acblists.org">fcb-l@acblists.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Nfbf-l] FW: [echo] Ask My Buddy</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nfbf-l@nfbnet.org">nfbf-l@nfbnet.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Ask My Buddy</span><br><span></span><br><span>Account linking required </span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Ask My Buddy Personal Alert ⨁ Network All of us are alone sometimes and we can't always reach our phones or press a button to get assistance. This is why</span><br><span></span><br><span>everyone needs Ask My Buddy because you can't predict when you'll need help. If you have fallen, or need help, Ask My Buddy lets you immediately alert</span><br><span></span><br><span>someone in your Personal Alert Network that you need them to check on you. You may alert just 1 contact or all of your friends or family with just one</span><br><span></span><br><span>command. Simply say, 'Alexa, Ask My Buddy to alert YourContact' or 'Alexa, Ask My Buddy to alert everyone', and Ask My Buddy will immediately send an alert,</span><br><span></span><br><span>notifying them to check on you right away. Alerts will be sent by text message / SMS, an email, and even a voice telephone call. Ask My Buddy is not a</span><br><span></span><br><span>substitute for 911, but rather an additional tool offering the security of knowing help is just a shout away. If you need any help please send email to</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="mailto:support@askmybuddy.net">support@askmybuddy.net</a> <<a href="mailto:support@askmybuddy.net">mailto:support@askmybuddy.net</a>> (please be sure to check your email spam folder) For hands on demonstrations and how-to videos, visit us at <<a href="https://www.youtube.com/AskMyBuddy">https://www.youtube.com/AskMyBuddy</a>> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/AskMyBuddy">https://www.youtube.com/AskMyBuddy</a></span><br><span></span><br><span> There are 2 parts to setting up Ask My Buddy. Enable and Link Accounts, here in the Alexa companion application. Add/Edit Contacts at the <a href="http://AskMyBuddy.net">AskMyBuddy.net</a> <<a href="http://AskMyBuddy.net">http://AskMyBuddy.net</a>> </span><br><span></span><br><span>website. Enable Ask My Buddy: 1. Click on Enable Skill button on this page Link Alexa and Ask My Buddy: 2. Then tap on the button that says Link Account</span><br><span></span><br><span>(will be below a button that says Disable) (if on a desktop and don't see the login, check here: <<a href="https://www.askmybuddy.net/help.php#h.qejfgul34bhk_New2">https://www.askmybuddy.net/help.php#h.qejfgul34bhk_New2</a>> <a href="https://www.askmybuddy.net/help.php#h.qejfgul34bhk_New2">https://www.askmybuddy.net/help.php#h.qejfgul34bhk_New2</a>)</span><br><span></span><br><span>3. The Ask My Buddy Login page will display If you have not created an Ask My Buddy account yet, a. Scroll down a little and press the button that</span><br><span></span><br><span>says Register. b. Enter your information and then press the Register button at the bottom. c. After you Register, be sure to check your email for a Welcome</span><br><span></span><br><span>letter from us. If you do not see an email from us, please check your spam folder. If you already have an account with Ask My Buddy or just Registered,</span><br><span></span><br><span>7. Enter your email and password 8. Press Login 9. A screen should display saying 'Account linking successful' You may now exit the Alexa companion</span><br><span></span><br><span>application and go to <a href="http://www.AskMyBuddy.net">www.AskMyBuddy.net</a> to add your Contacts. Add Contacts In your internet browser, go to <a href="http://www.askmybuddy.net">www.askmybuddy.net</a>, Click on the Login</span><br><span></span><br><span>menu item (if you are on a mobile device, tap on the 3 lines in the upper left corner). Enter the login information that you used when you registered</span><br><span></span><br><span>(email and password) then press Login button. Once logged in you will be at the Settings page. Enter any additional information, then press Save Changes</span><br><span></span><br><span>Select menu item Contacts from the menu at the top (mobile device, tap the 3 lines in the upper left corner) Fill in each field for a contact then click</span><br><span></span><br><span>the Save Changes button at the bottom. Always press Save Changes after each new contact is entered. If there are any errors you will see them in the blue</span><br><span></span><br><span>title bar area. Once complete you are ready to use Ask My Buddy. Talk to your Alexa device and say, 'Alexa, Ask My Buddy to Alert Bob' (instead of Bob</span><br><span></span><br><span>use the first name of the contact you added). Alexa will alert that person and let you know that she did. To alert all of your contacts at once say: </span><br><span></span><br><span>Alexa Ask My Buddy to Alert All Alexa Ask My Buddy to Alert Everyone Alexa Ask My Buddy to Alert Everybody Alexa Ask My Buddy to Alert My Family Alexa</span><br><span></span><br><span>Ask My Buddy to Send Help To alert only one contact say: Alexa Ask My Buddy to Alert yourContactFirstName Ask My Buddy is a free service that leverages</span><br><span></span><br><span>the Alexa Voice Platform to connect a user to their Personal Alert Network using only their voice. Ask My Buddy is not a substitute for 911, but rather</span><br><span></span><br><span>an additional tool offering the security of knowing help is just a shout away. 'Alexa, Ask My Buddy to Alert Everyone' Look for the monthly newsletter</span><br><span></span><br><span>to learn about new names to alert - to help you and your Personal Alert Network stay in practice.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Try saying</span><br><span></span><br><span>list of 3 items</span><br><span></span><br><span>Alexa, ask My Buddy to help me get started</span><br><span></span><br><span>Alexa, ask My Buddy to alert James.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Alexa, ask My Buddy to alert everyone.</span><br><span></span><br><span>list end</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Denny Huff</span><br><span></span><br><span>Gateway FT Blind LLC.</span><br><span></span><br><span>PO Box 515</span><br><span></span><br><span>St. Clair, MO 63077</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Office: (636) 428-1500</span><br><span></span><br><span>Fax: (314) 558-0298</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Email: Denny Huff <<a href="mailto:denny@gatewayfortheblind.com">mailto:denny@gatewayfortheblind.com</a>> </span><br><span></span><br><span>Gateway For the Blind LLC. <<a href="http://www.gatewayfortheblind.com/">http://www.gatewayfortheblind.com/</a>> </span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>The Gateway To Independence</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>---</span><br><span>This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.</span><br><span><a href="https://www.avg.com">https://www.avg.com</a></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Nfbf-l mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Nfbf-l@nfbnet.org">Nfbf-l@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfbf-l:</span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org/mbkilby%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org/mbkilby%40gmail.com</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>