Amazon Echo Club - Page 37

tubemonkey · 04-23-2016, 07:26 PM

New Feature

Add calendar events with your voice

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You can now ask Alexa to add events directly to your Google Calendar, making it even easier to manage your schedule. Go to Settings in your Alexa app and tap Calendar. Once you’re set up, just ask:

"Alexa, add an event to my calendar."
"Alexa, add 'brunch with Mom' to my calendar."

WT Sharpe · 04-23-2016, 08:17 PM

Wonder if there a way to link her to Outlook. I have her linked to my Google account & calendar, but I see no way to I see no way to link her to my MS calendar.

wodin · 04-24-2016, 03:17 PM

I'm sure it'll be a cold day when M$ embraces either Google or Amazon.

shalym · 04-26-2016, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

New Feature

Add calendar events with your voice

I keep waiting for Alexa to be able to remind me of things on my Calendar. I know that I can ask her to tell me what's on the agenda for today, but I want her to be able to look at my reminder settings and tell me about them. It could be "Reminder: Appointment with Doctor Smith in 2 hours" or something like that.

Shari

copyrite · 04-26-2016, 11:00 AM

Yep... I would have to be able to have an option when I set an event to have an audible reminder on the Echo. Not all of them, because it would drive the retired better half nuts!

tubemonkey · 05-01-2016, 11:50 PM

Syfy & Alexa: Imagining Greater Together

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Want to know more about your favorite Syfy shows? Just ask Alexa!

Syfy is now officially the first entertainment network to launch an Alexa skill for the voice-enabled Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Amazon Tap and Amazon Fire TV, allowing users to interact with Alexa about all things Syfy.

For those unfamiliar with Alexa, she's basically the 'Siri' of such devices as the Amazon Echo -- and, since she lives in the Cloud, she's always getting smarter. The more you interact with Alexa, the more she adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary and personal preferences ... such as which Syfy shows you like the best!

Alexa has the answers to questions like:

* "Alexa, ask Syfy what happened on this week's 12 Monkeys?" – Alexa gives a recap from the most recent episode.
* "Alexa, ask Syfy what happens on the next episode of Hunters?" – Alexa provides a sneak peek of the upcoming program.
* "Alexa, ask Syfy when is the next episode of Wynonna Earp?" – Alexa supplies the date.

You can delve even deeper with answers to 'Easter Egg' questions such as:

* "Alexa, ask Syfy, What does the Army of the 12 Monkeys really want?"
* "Alexa, ask Syfy, What is the Protomolecule?"
* "Alexa, ask Syfy, What do vegetarian zombies eat?"

Click here to learn more about Syfy for Amazon Alexa.

Cinisajoy · 05-02-2016, 12:03 AM

Can you ask Alexa when Face Off will be back on?

tubemonkey · 05-02-2016, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Can you ask Alexa when Face Off will be back on?

What's Face Off?

CWatkinsNash · 05-02-2016, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Can you ask Alexa when Face Off will be back on?

Alexa doesn't seem to know, but SyFy is saying that it returns in 2017, so I'm guessing that they are skipping a "summer season" this year and will run Season 11 starting January of next year.

Monkey - it's a reality competition for special effects makeup artists.

tubemonkey · 05-02-2016, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

Monkey - it's a reality competition for special effects makeup artists.

Thanks

I hate those reality shows! They've ruined good channels; but hey, they pay the bills to keep them afloat. Science Channel used to be good, History Channel used to be good, Discovery Channel used to be good; but no more.

tubemonkey · 05-04-2016, 11:48 AM

Starbucks is sponsoring a free 3-month trial to Spotify Premium until 15 May. The Echo only has the premium version, so now is a great time to try it out.

For details, see this post.

Tarana · 05-06-2016, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Thanks

I hate those reality shows! They've ruined good channels; but hey, they pay the bills to keep them afloat. Science Channel used to be good, History Channel used to be good, Discovery Channel used to be good; but no more.

Yeah, none of us feel bad that we abandoned satellite and switched to Netflix and reading.

Cinisajoy · 05-06-2016, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Thanks

I hate those reality shows! They've ruined good channels; but hey, they pay the bills to keep them afloat. Science Channel used to be good, History Channel used to be good, Discovery Channel used to be good; but no more.

Let's not forget that TLC used to be the learning channel. Now it is the "love" channel. Well it seems like every other show is let's show how many times we got pregnant.

ApK · 05-06-2016, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Let's not forget that TLC used to be the learning channel. Now it is the "love" channel. Well it seems like every other show is let's show how many times we got pregnant.

Hehe. How about "Tubal Ligation Channel."

wodin · 05-12-2016, 08:30 PM

Battery Base for Echo (Make your Echo portable)

I'm not sure I'm willing to drop a half a C note on this, but I'd prolly prefer this to a Tap.

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04-23-2016, 08:17 PM	#542
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Wonder if there a way to link her to Outlook. I have her linked to my Google account & calendar, but I see no way to I see no way to link her to my MS calendar.

04-24-2016, 03:17 PM	#543
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	I'm sure it'll be a cold day when M$ embraces either Google or Amazon.

04-26-2016, 11:00 AM	#545
copyrite Wizard Posts: 1,841 Karma: 4985051 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Maryland Device: Kindle	Yep... I would have to be able to have an option when I set an event to have an audible reminder on the Echo. Not all of them, because it would drive the retired better half nuts!

05-02-2016, 12:03 AM	#547
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	Can you ask Alexa when Face Off will be back on?

05-04-2016, 11:48 AM	#551
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,771 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	Starbucks is sponsoring a free 3-month trial to Spotify Premium until 15 May. The Echo only has the premium version, so now is a great time to try it out. For details, see this post.

05-12-2016, 08:30 PM	#555
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	Battery Base for Echo (Make your Echo portable) I'm not sure I'm willing to drop a half a C note on this, but I'd prolly prefer this to a Tap.