Echo Tips

Tired of listening to the same old tunes? Try out the Song ID Feature on the Amazon Echo; an cue up a Amazon Station or Playlist. As you are presented with new songs you'll have the vital details announced before each song. This allows you the opportunity to expand your knowledge of artists you enjoy. Pair with "Alexa, play more music by this artists" or "Alexa, I like this song" to zero in on a specific artists or grow your personal music library.

Did you know you can adjust Alexa's talking speed? Learn how, in this episode. 

Once you've enabled Amazon Calling using a telephone number that can receive texts your off to the races in using Amazon Calling on your Amazon Echo. This is a terribly powerful feature, that is totally free. It doesn't use your data or minutes on your cell phone. Additionally, we'll talk about connecting your address book for quick calling, the drop-in feature, dialing numbers during a call, and using the yellow pages to place a call. Oh, I almost forgot, we'll discuss video conferencing as well.

Due to COVID-19 many are having to work from home; but how can you stay in touch? Whether it be with workmates, family, or the like? In part one of "Staying in Touch" will revisit the use of Skype on the Amazon Echo.

Episode 42 was one of our most popular episodes, dealing with the NFB Newsline skill. So we thought we'd bring it back for some of our listeners who didn't get to hear it the first go around. Additionally, with the COVID-19 pandemic people are struggling to stay informed. This is a fantastic tool for those with print impairments, those who are Blind, and for the visually impaired. 

Many are working from home due to COVID-19. Children may be taking online classes at home. No matter what your circumstances keeping a good routine and schedule is important. In this episode you'll learn about using your cloud calendar on your Amazon Echo. We'll be discussing how you can search for and delete items off your calendar.

With COVID-19 affecting our listeners around the world, we thought it would be good to bring you some specific skills  or features that help you during this pandemic. We'll tackle how to donate to a COVID-19 charity, stay informed about COVID-19 news, and a cute feature that can help kids and adults alike wash their hands more effectively.

Learn how to have the Samuel L. Jackson skill read out your daily calendar and other facts.

This is part two of a two part series on playing Amazon Prime Video on your Amazon Echo Show.

We'll discuss playing Amazon Prime Video on your Amazon Echo Show this week, in part 1 of this two part series.

Learn about the difference between the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Show line of devices.

Learn about the hunches feature on the Amazon Echo in this episode.

Learn about definitions, spelling, synonyms, antonyms, and rhyming words in this episode.

Learn about adjusting the equalizer on your Amazon Echo in this episode.

Did you know your Amazon Echo has a "Do Not Disturb" mode? Learn all about it in this episode.

Learn about how your Amazon Echo can notify you about specific things happening, without your prompting her. 

In this episode you'll see me have a conversation with my Echo. I do so using a artificial intelligence skill designed for conversations.

In this episode you'll learn about the sleep timer a very versatile tool with music, podcasts, and books.

In this episode learn about odd ball ways of playing music by genre, decade, year, and even by lyrics.

How can you Amazon Echo utilize Bluetooth? We'll discuss headphones, speakers, and music synchronization that all utilize the Bluetooth functionality on the Amazon Echo.