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I was trying to get Alexa to go to chapter 5 of a book I was reading and she went to chapter 4. Thinking she'd misunderstood me, I said again, "Alexa, go to chapter 5." She said, "This IS chapter 5. Would you like to rewind to the beginning of the chapter?" Then, realizing she was probably counting the book's rather lengthy introduction as the first chapter, I said, "Alexa, go to chapter 6," at which point the reading began with, "Chapter 5...."
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I love using my Echo to play OTR (old time radio) shows. I'm currently listening to 20th Century Radio via TuneIn Radio.
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I just got an email from Amazon saying that my Dot has shipped and will be delivered tomorrow.
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Cool, let us know about the sound volume and quality from its built-in speaker. I'm curious to see if it can be used as an audiobook player without adding a speaker to it.
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The speakers arrived a few days ago so when the Dot arrives tomorrow I'll be ready to replace the living room Echo with a more robust system freeing the Echo for a more intimate location (man cave?). I'll do a cursory check of the built in speaker and let you know though. |
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Books are brain food.
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You may be able to get a rough idea of sound volume and quality from this side-by-side Echo vs. Dot comparison video:
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USB power. Neat.
That guy in the vid has a table and chair just like mine. But I'm almost certain that it's not me. |
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It was easy to set up to our home theater. Just has a 3.5MM headphone jack. I replaced it with a 3.5MM to RCA cord I had (actually, it was a video cord, but I just used the red and white outputs). I plan to use it for working out-I have all my playlists in the Amazon Cloud, and they even have some Prime workout playlists. I can blast it!!
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I am torn about the Tap. I put it in the kitchen, as I hated the cord of the original. But of course, the sound isn't as rich as the original Echo. But I really like the cordless look.
For now the original is in the bedroom. I have 30 days to decide about the Tap. Last edited by Sydney's Mom; 04-01-2016 at 10:56 AM. |
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Best thing about the Echo-shopping lists. Mine has one item on the shopping list--Cubs winning the World Series. And Alexa says it every time I ask her.
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