[Trainer-Talk] Inquiring about the Amazon Echo

[Scott Davert]

There is a subscription which is only for one device which I believe is $4.99 a month. You do not need prime to use the Echo platform, but it makes other things cheaper, and it is required if you wish to use it for voice shopping.

Scott

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> On Dec 23, 2017, at 1:51 AM, laotab ~ via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I understand that you do not need amazon prime.  That is more for shopping and such.  However, there is a low cost amazon echo for music only and only on the echo.  Not other shared devices like a cell.  I am unsure if you get this package and if you have multi echos if it will work on all echos.  It is under $5 a month I believe.
> Also, if you have multi echos you can set them up to be intercoms.
> I need to find out about the amazon echo music on multi echos myself.
> 
> Bridget
> Reading, pa
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> It is not necessary to have Amazon prime to use the echo or echo.. I now have a Google home mini and an echo.. And I like the echo device much better so far. I have a feeling the Google device will catch up quickly as far as skills and devices that it works with but Amazon has just had a lot more time to perfect their services so far and you can also use it to make phone calls if you set that up in the app. Both apps are very assessable.
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>> On Dec 22, 2017, at 6:48 PM, Jim Portillo via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk 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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