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Post by highlandannie on Nov 27, 2017 2:54:12 GMT -5
What is Alexa?
We just got the big one last week - hubby's idea. Love it!
We've got a couple of the special lightbulbs that Alexa can control. We tell 'her' to turn the light on - to make it 100% or 50% or lower. We tell 'her' to play a certain artist and she'll do a shuffle of all their music, or we can ask for a certain song. We tell her volume 1 to 10. We can ask her to tell us a joke, or look something up on Google. Fun to play with. Hubby asked her for a kiss and she said 'I like you, as a friend'.
In the morning we tell her to turn on the bedside light, living room desk light, and turn on BBC Radio 4. She can also sing you a lullaby to sleep.
Hubby took her with him to visit grandson over the weekend. He was thinking about getting them one for xmas, but after the 5 year old's behaviour with it they said 'no thanks'.
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Post by rebecca2013 on Nov 27, 2017 5:54:08 GMT -5
my kids would love it....
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Post by TheSource on Nov 27, 2017 14:09:19 GMT -5
In a word...”no”.
Thats all I’m going to say about it.
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Post by terry123 on Nov 28, 2017 5:49:17 GMT -5
No thanks. I can do by myself. Don't see the need for one.
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Post by highlandannie on Nov 28, 2017 6:31:05 GMT -5
I'm finding it really good for music as when a song or artist comes into my head I can just tell it to play without having to stop and find the music somewhere. Really good sound system.
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Post by highlandannie on Nov 28, 2017 6:38:27 GMT -5
I have a FB friend who asks Alexa for the morning traffic report on her route, the weather and the news, all while she is getting ready for work.
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Post by highlandannie on Nov 28, 2017 6:39:46 GMT -5
No thanks. I can do by myself. Don't see the need for one. I can do it myself as well, but not as easily. I had no idea what it was when it arrived in the post as hubby had ordered it and didn't mention it to me. Now I love it! |
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Post by chinadoll1981 on Nov 28, 2017 16:44:20 GMT -5
If there is a Mandarin version I would buy today!! I am afraid with my accent and sometime broken English I ask for music and lights go out!!! 
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Post by highlandannie on Nov 28, 2017 17:45:46 GMT -5
If there is a Mandarin version I would buy today!! I am afraid with my accent and sometime broken English I ask for music and lights go out!!! My husband has had to speak more slowly with his Scottish accent. |
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Post by sundown on Nov 28, 2017 20:08:45 GMT -5
We have the small one, the Echo Dot. It works the same way except that the Echo Dot does not have a built-in speaker system. It connects to your stereo or even the television speakers, or just about any other kind of sound system. Other than the lack of a speaker, I think that the function is about the same.
I have the Alexa remote on my iphone also, and you can use that instead of speaking if you want to.
Since we have Pandora, that is what I usually choose, and I can just say “Alexa, play my pandora “ and name a playlist if I want or just leave it up to her and then she plays whatever station I was playing last.
I like that you can ask her to play songs by a certain artist, or even a special style of music. My friend uses Alexa to read books to her at night, and she really likes that option.
There was a story on the radio about some people who let Alexa “entertain” their daughter, and she asked Alexa for cookies and a dollhouse. Since you can order from Amazon using Alexa, several cases of cookies, and a huge dollhouse soon showed up at the front door, to the surprise of the parents.
That was not the end of the story either.
When they told it on the radio and quoted the words, then people who had their Echo turned on had to cancel orders of cookies and dollhouses. So, it is important to be careful what you ask Alexa to do !
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Post by highlandannie on Nov 29, 2017 2:12:27 GMT -5
We have the small one, the Echo Dot. It works the same way except that the Echo Dot does not have a built-in speaker system. It connects to your stereo or even the television speakers, or just about any other kind of sound system. Other than the lack of a speaker, I think that the function is about the same. I have the Alexa remote on my iphone also, and you can use that instead of speaking if you want to. Since we have Pandora, that is what I usually choose, and I can just say “Alexa, play my pandora “ and name a playlist if I want or just leave it up to her and then she plays whatever station I was playing last. I like that you can ask her to play songs by a certain artist, or even a special style of music. My friend uses Alexa to read books to her at night, and she really likes that option. There was a story on the radio about some people who let Alexa “entertain” their daughter, and she asked Alexa for cookies and a dollhouse. Since you can order from Amazon using Alexa, several cases of cookies, and a huge dollhouse soon showed up at the front door, to the surprise of the parents. That was not the end of the story either. When they told it on the radio and quoted the words, then people who had their Echo turned on had to cancel orders of cookies and dollhouses. So, it is important to be careful what you ask Alexa to do ! Yes, I forgot that you can order on Amazon with it. We'll have to be careful when grandson visits. |
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Post by rebecca2013 on Nov 29, 2017 5:27:09 GMT -5
ohhhh wow!! on second thought.....  |
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Post by chinadoll1981 on Nov 29, 2017 18:41:01 GMT -5
If true rebecca2013 .... the FedEx truck would be at your house with Amazon goodies everyday knowing Maria!!! ha!!
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Post by rebecca2013 on Nov 30, 2017 8:29:00 GMT -5
If true rebecca2013 .... the FedEx truck would be at your house with Amazon goodies everyday knowing Maria!!! ha!! |
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Post by chinadoll1981 on Nov 30, 2017 11:10:28 GMT -5
If true rebecca2013 .... the FedEx truck would be at your house with Amazon goodies everyday knowing Maria!!! ha!!  |
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