Echo Tips

For many years you could add items to a shopping list or a to do list. Now you can create your own personal lists. Learn how it all works in this episode, along with the basics of deleting and clearing items from a list.

In this episode we'll highlight newsletter resources, blogs, and a new podcast that all teach you new and exciting things about your Amazon Echo. In particular we'll play a sample from the new Echo Show Podcast, with co-hosts Shaun Preece and Robin Christopherson.

Have Alexa drop some topical limericks on you. We have her tell us a dog and Star Trek limerick in this episode.

Learn about the new Alexa Live Translate feature. This feature is presently only available in the USA.

On this episode learn about how to check your availability on your linked Cloud Calendar on your Amazon Echo. We'll also tackle how to change an appointment that's already been scheduled. 

In this episode we'll discuss a quick way to toggle Follow-Up Mode on and off.

In this short episode learn how you Amazon Echo can help you find your cellphone. 

In this episode learn about how your Echo can be setup to contact a family member in an emergency situation.

In times past you had to use the Alexa App to change the alarm volume. In this episode, you'll learn how to modify the alarm volume verbally.

Learn about some of the new features in the newly released Echo products from Amazon. We'll discuss the new Amazon Echo Show 10 Motion which has person tracking built in.

In this episode learn how to enable severe weather alert notifications on your Amazon Echo.

In this weeks episode we'll dive back into the accessibility features of the Amazon Echo Show. We'll be looking at a feature that allows you to create on-screen buttons that invoke what would otherwise be a verbal command. This may be especially useful for those with disabilities or illnesses that affect their ability to give verbal commands.

In this episode learn about two different captioning features for those wit hearing impairments. This is part 4 of our continuing series about accessibility features on the Amazon Echo Show line of devices.

In this episode we'll discuss the Color Inversion and Color Correction options on the Amazon Echo Show.

This is our second part of a two part series on accessibility features on the Amazon Echo Show. In this episode will discuss the VoiceView accessibility feature for those with visual impairments.

In this episode we'll discuss the Zoom feature on the Amazon Echo Show. This is an accessibility feature that allows you to magnify content on the screen.

The Samuel L. Jackson skill has a new update that allows you to set your wake word to "Hey, Samuel" learn how to enable this new feature in this episode of the Echo Tips Podcast.

Learn about podcasts that can aid you in exploring the full capability of your Amazon Echo, in this popular episode from our archives.

Want to find out what's on TV? Check out this extremely popular episode from our archives.

Here's another episode for Activity Directors in senior living environments. In this episode you'll learn about things you can do to prevent the theft or abuse of the Echo. Wall Mounts, desk mounts, plexiglass, restriction plates, and a whole lot more are discussed in this episode.

In this episode we'll talk about locking down the Amazon Echo for Parents. If you'd like to prevent abuse or adult content from coming up on your Amazon Echo this is the episode for you. Or if you want to prevent little Johnny from buying an Xbox using the family Echo, this too, is the episode for you.

Would you like to restrict purchasing, phone calls, explicit videos, or explicit songs from being utilized by just anyone who walks up to your Amazon Echo. Learn how in this episode. This episode is especially designed with Activity Directors in mind who coordinate programs and services for seniors an may want to use the Echo as a public kiosk tool.

In this episode you'll learn about a feature developed by Amazon in conjunction with the CDC (Centers for Disease Control). This allows you to triage symptoms and circumstances to give you a better idea if you're at a high ricks of having contracted COVID-19. In different regions of the world Amazon has drawn on other public health resources. Learn more about this feature in this episode.

Did you know your Echo can give you cleaning and sanitizing tips? Well it can. In this episode you'll learn how to surface those tips and become a cleaning ninja!

In this episode we geek out a bit with some Science Fiction features on your Amazon Echo.