Echo Tips

Have a child in school? If so you might find the Bamboo Learning Skill especially helpful! Learn more about it in this episode of the Echo Tips Podcast.

Do you have students in your home? If so you might find this new discovery tool helpful.

Learn all about the brand new Alexa Transit feature, in this episode! This US only feature, helps you identify local public transit schedules that might aid you getting to a point of interest or back home or to work.

Learn about the all new Adaptive Volume feature. This feature allows Alexa to dynamically adjust her voice volume level so that she can be overheard when there's a crowd, a noisy dishwasher, or whatever going on in the background. 

In this episode we'll look at a blueprint for parents with kids in school. Its the School Schedule Blueprint. Blueprints allow you to create custom turn-key skills for your household.

Learn how to talk to Alexa on your iPhone via the all new Alexa Widget! Learn all about it in this episode.

I missed it earlier, hence we're revisiting it in this episode. You can make changes to the wake word and Alexa voice purely by voice and no need to use the App.

In this episode we discuss the generic features of blueprints, we give examples, and discuss how to enable and configure one tailored to your needs. In a future episode will look at setting up a blueprint and discuss how you can share the blueprint with others.

It is finally here! A new masculine-sounding voice for the Amazon Echo. Additionally, we get a new wake word option, Ziggy. I'm pretty sure Ziggy is a nod to the Super AI Computer off the hit Sci-Fi TV Series Quantum Leap.

Have you had your internet go out! An wish you could still use your Amazon Echo or control some of the smart things around your house. If so learn about Local Voice Control on the Echo, in this episode.

Send your friends a video voicemail, using this all new feature released in June of 2020.

The new 4th generation Amazon Echos were released in the fall of 2020. Learn about the changes in this episode.

Learn how your Echo can respond to a dog barking, or a baby crying, and a whole lot more in this episode of the Echo Tips Podcast!

Working from home? Dealing with other stresses related to time management, family, health, and the like? Check out this new feature on the Echo that can help you learn helpful tips to cope better day by day.

Check out this all new feature that allows you and family to collaborate on your shopping list. 

In this episode we discuss the newly released Echo Show 5 and 8 (shipped June 2021). We also look at the Echo Show 10 again, which was released in February 2021.

In this episode we roll back to episode 80, all about getting notifications on your Amazon Echo!

We're dusting off this popular episode about the Sports Update Feature on the Amazon Echo. Learn how to keep up with your favorite sports!

Run out of shows to watch in your favorite series? Looking for a new drama, family series, or perhaps something else? Learn how your Echo Show can help in this episode.

Need to get a COVID-19 vaccine? Learn how your Echo can help you locate a vaccination center near you!

In this episode we'll discuss how you can use the UV Index to help protect you and your family during those sunny days. Also two methods to determine why Alexa responds the way she does sometimes; what did she think she heard? Check it out, in this episode of the Echo Tips Podcast.

In this weeks episode we'll demonstrate using Alexa routines to create a panic alarm and/or a gag recording notification. 

In episode 42 we originally discussed the NFB Newsline Skill, but now we're revisiting it. We're also taking a look at some of its more advanced and less known features. The NFB Newsline Skill is designed for those with print disabilities and requires you to be registered with the service. You can find out additional information about the service at www. nfbnewsline.org .

Love that tune? Want to share it with a friend? Learn how in this episode of the Echo Tips Podcast!

Don't ever miss that medication reminder again! In this episode learn how to tailor your notifications to turbo charge your reminders! We'll discuss how to set your reminders to go off more than the typical two times, and how to receive your reminders on all your Amazon Echos at once. Additionally, we'll show you how to enable those reminders to appear on your phone, for those times when your away...