Alexa

I gave SIL an Echo Dot for Christmas, (a competition prize),- we don't have Smart tech. He loves it, lights, TV, music etc. The kids haven't yet tired of "Alexa, tell me a joke please".

If you have friends with Alexa say “ Alexa phone *****” Don’t even have to get out of your chair!

She will time your egg for you

Ask Alexa what noise a hamster makes
They are useful for my husband who has impaired memory following a stroke as strike team put their next visits straight on and have set daily reminders for him to take medication
Happy new year to all

Yes supernan, call and message anyone on your contacts list who has an Echo device, and as a bonus it's free.

Question of the day, alarm and timer, shopping list.

Music - it currently plays the Michael Buble new album through for me, or I simply ask for ‘relaxing classical music’. My 7 yr old DGS asks for ‘heavy metal’ one day or jingle bells the next. I love the fact that I can listen to any genre of music. The 3 yr old DGD loves the animal noises and nursery rhymes. The two of them love dancing to the music and we’ve had great fun. I also find it may actually be helping them with their speech (DGS has had speech therapy) as they need to pronounce words clearly for Alexa to understand.

Tell me a joke! News. Weather. Playing audible books. Eatc etc - I really enjoy my Alexa. Happy New Year! ?

6 yr old’s favourite, “Alexa, play Shotgun?”

Then it plays the George Ezra song and sparks off a full scale dance routine!

I’m with you all the way Grandama 70! We will soon lose the ability to converse in the normal way.
My Grandson called me Alexa the other day!! Perhaps he thinks I’m very wise like her!?

We started with one in kitchen, then got one for my room & DD10s room. This Christmas added one to sitting room, & stepson's room for when he stays here.
Use it for alarm, timer, time, weather, shopping list, radio, music, general knowledge, & now we use 'drop in' to talk to each other when in other rooms (gona try this between my bfs house & mine, & also my parents). Latest thing we use is 'anouncenent'...usually to tell kids dinner is ready!

Usually just 'Alexa Shut Up!!!'
DH has a couple of these devices & they drive me potty. I occasionally ask for some Bowie if I am cleaning his study.

I have an Echo Show that I use mostly for timers, weather reports and music (I'm on Prime but don't pay extra for more music). I can recommend Radio Dead, BTW - only plays music where at least one of the band, or the singer is dead. As 60s is my favourite, I love it. I also ask it for football results (set up your teams in the app). I mostly bought it because on QVC they said you could get YouTube on it - sadly, you can't. So (one of) my CMas presents to me was Google Home Hub. Mainly because I want to watch the odd video easily, and also because it will tell me the time of the next bus into town - Alexa can't do that yet.
While I don't care if it listens (I rarely talk out loud to myself) I am suspicious of cameras/webcams so mostly have them covered on my PC, laptop etc.
Best to turn off the shopping or you could inadvertently buy stuff!

We have a couple of dots ,I am a bad sleeper using routine i say goodnight to her and she turns on world service for 60minutes,use reminders for hospital appointments, there's a book on Amazon called Amazon Alexa paper back or on kindle I have it on kindle got physical copy for house so DH can learn. I am dyslexic so also asking for spelling all the time.
All ways remember hearing it's only a machine said to me by a computer teacher. It's only a machine you are in charge

The more I read about it, the less I want one.

I got one too - finding it useful to remind me to do things like take my insulin!! Not exactly sure what else she can do so any tips would be gratefully received!

So .... Just had a go at quiz of the day and word of the day - would prefer it if it was in an English accent other than US - can it be changed? I couldn't even work out what the first word was!

Gave my husband an Alexa ro Christmas.
Alexa - will it rain today
Good morning...
Flash briefing
Question of the day
Word of the day
Play( local radio )
Ask about unnsure facts
Whare places are.
Good for spelling
Telling the time.

I'm really intrigued by the idea, but I don't know anyone who has one.
I would like to see one in action.

So can anyone explain why Alexander (I have just tried to type A l e x a three times on this kindle!) spoke to us without us actually having said her name? please refer to my previous post on page 2. Thanks.

And why does my kindle insist on calling A l e x a Alexander?

Be afraid, be very afraid methinks...

The robots are already taking over and we are sleepwalking into a world where one day we will be their novelty items...

Aunti Flo, Alexa can suggest menus. She can help spell words and with answers to general knowledge questions too. Tell you the temperature outside so you know if the dog needs his coat and tell jokes. Her Christmas ones were good.

Grampie The thought of an 'invisible being' carrying out my commands and in my own home sends shivers down my spine. Thank you but no.

We don't have an Alexa but on a relative's I asked for "Merry Christmas you Suckers!" by Paddy Roberts and got the response "I'd really rather not!". You can Google "Paddy Robets Christmas" to hear offending tune if you care to. Then you'd probably "Rather not!"

My 4 year old Grandson loves to ask Alexa to fart... and she does, very impressively too!

Aleza is timing my roast Lamb oven time for me right now.

Viv, you can turn off the camera on your Echo Show. Go into settings on your Alexa app or on the screen, scroll down until you see Device Options. You can turn off the camera there.
I don't have the camera turned off on my Echo Show, but I have turned it off on my new Spot, as it's in my bedroom.

I must mention that to my GC hopeful, they'll love that!