RE: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo
Deirdre, On the Alexa app, go to more, Alarms and Timers. Note that the only place you can set the sound is on the alarms tab, those are used also for the timers. There should be a setting button, then a default sound that says link I think. Double tap on that and you will find a variety of sounds. There are what it calls Custom sounds, which I think are paid sounds, or at least some of them are, but you cannot use your own sounds, you can just pick from the available sounds. HTH, Richard Ralph's Observation: It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to realize that you are in a hurry. My web site, www.turner42.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidreandlou...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:11 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo Karen I am talking about the sound coming from my Echo not my phone. The phone sound is great, I just don't like the one on the Echo. Picky, picky, picky. I guess that should be my middle name. I do not have a clock display on the Echo though it certainly can tell time! I'm smiling. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Karen Poulakos Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 9:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo Deirdre, You can change the timer sounds in the Clock ap. I discovered it when looking for a way to stop music after 1 hour at bedtime. Among the sound options I discovered a "stop playing" setting, which works really well. However it also presents a problem when you want to use a timer, because you would have to go in and change it. I solved that by asking Siri to set an alarm when I need to time cooking, etc. You can ask Siri to set an alarm for a specific time, or for as many minutes as you need. Karen P -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Oh, Joshua, that s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen cooking and needing to pause the playing for whatever reason without having to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it s definitely superior to that of my phone if it s not hooked up to my stereo. My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn t figure out what it was about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It s a noise I never would ve associated with a timer since it s not any kind of noise I ve ever heard on my iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and didn t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad s recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility capacity since it s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! I ll try again. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt wrote: > > ?As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have > found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work. I still have to > manually stop it on my phone. > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Echo > > You have to understand the way these devices work. > The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on > your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also > allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or > give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. > As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on > your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just > like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the > whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is > a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book > is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or > back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing > the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your > phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in > your BARD app. > Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very > seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into > your sp
RE: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo
Karen I am talking about the sound coming from my Echo not my phone. The phone sound is great, I just don't like the one on the Echo. Picky, picky, picky. I guess that should be my middle name. I do not have a clock display on the Echo though it certainly can tell time! I'm smiling. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Karen Poulakos Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 9:24 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Timer sounds -RE: New Echo Deirdre, You can change the timer sounds in the Clock ap. I discovered it when looking for a way to stop music after 1 hour at bedtime. Among the sound options I discovered a "stop playing" setting, which works really well. However it also presents a problem when you want to use a timer, because you would have to go in and change it. I solved that by asking Siri to set an alarm when I need to time cooking, etc. You can ask Siri to set an alarm for a specific time, or for as many minutes as you need. Karen P -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Oh, Joshua, that s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen cooking and needing to pause the playing for whatever reason without having to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it s definitely superior to that of my phone if it s not hooked up to my stereo. My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn t figure out what it was about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It s a noise I never would ve associated with a timer since it s not any kind of noise I ve ever heard on my iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and didn t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad s recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility capacity since it s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! I ll try again. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt wrote: > > ?As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have > found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work. I still have to > manually stop it on my phone. > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Echo > > You have to understand the way these devices work. > The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on > your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also > allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or > give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. > As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on > your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just > like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the > whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is > a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book > is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or > back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing > the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your > phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in > your BARD app. > Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very > seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into > your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa > assistant has access to your Audible library. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > deidre muccio > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New Echo > > Joshua, > Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing > something that should ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I might > ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn t sure exactly what it would be > doing, but if you say it can do it I m sure it can do it.Admitte admittedly I > was confused about why I could run the echo even without Bluetooth since I > thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. I don t have > Bluetooth on. But I g
Timer sounds -RE: New Echo
Deirdre, You can change the timer sounds in the Clock ap. I discovered it when looking for a way to stop music after 1 hour at bedtime. Among the sound options I discovered a "stop playing" setting, which works really well. However it also presents a problem when you want to use a timer, because you would have to go in and change it. I solved that by asking Siri to set an alarm when I need to time cooking, etc. You can ask Siri to set an alarm for a specific time, or for as many minutes as you need. Karen P -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2021 7:53 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Echo Oh, Joshua, that�s too bad. Kind of defeats the purpose of being in the kitchen cooking and needing to pause the playing for whatever reason without having to touchthe phone with messy fingers! Sound coming from the speaker though it�s definitely superior to that of my phone if it�s not hooked up to my stereo. My echo just started making a funny noise and I couldn�t figure out what it was about. Then I remembered I said a timer. It�s a noise I never would�ve associated with a timer since it�s not any kind of noise I�ve ever heard on my iPhone. I wonder if I can reset the sound to something else. These are the questions I have. I looked in Settings a few days ago at the sounds heading and didn�t see any way to set anything specific. Have I missed something? I guess I could address this to the other list which I subscribe to by Brad�s recommendation. I think I associate these questions with the accessibility capacity since it�s an app on my phone which is why I continue to ask questions here. Plus I never got a response to my first post to the other list! I�ll try again. Deirdre Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2021, at 8:42 AM, Johna Gravitt wrote: > > ?As for Bard books, I do play them on my Alexa through my phone but I have > found that when I say pause or stop it doesn't work. I still have to > manually stop it on my phone. > > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 12:12 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: New Echo > > You have to understand the way these devices work. > The Alexa app on your phone is primarily an interface to adjust settings on > your Echo speaker, add skills and so on. Yes, it is to some extend also > allowing you to use your iPhone like an Alexa speaker, e.g. ask questions or > give commands just as you would to your Echo speaker. > As far as playing books on your Echo speaker which in fact are playing on > your phone like BARD, in this case you basically use yur Echo speaker just > like you would any Bluetooth speaker, e.g. you pair it to your phone and the > whatever you play on your phone plays via your Echo. But because the Echo is > a smartspeaker you can obviously take it one step further, i.e. once a book > is playing you can ask your speaker to pause or resume or skip forward or > back, on a regular Bluetooth speaker you would do these things by pressing > the appropriate button. But I don't think you can pair your Echo to your > phone and then tell it to play a BARD book unless you first start the book in > your BARD app. > Audible is a different matter because Amazon owns Audible hence it's very > seamlessly integrated into Echo speakers and as long as you are signed into > your speaker with the same Amazon account you use for Audible the Alexa > assistant has access to your Audible library. > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of deidre > muccio > Sent: Saturday, March 6, 2021 8:46 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New Echo > > Joshua, > Wow this just opened up a new door for me! Thank you. I knew I was missing > something that should�ve been doable. Pairing it, Bluetooth, got it. I > might�ve seen that somewhere in settings and wasn�t sure exactly what it > would be doing, but if you say it can do it I�m sure it can do it.Admitte > admittedly I was confused about why I could run the echo even without > Bluetooth since I thought it was indeed linked to my phone via the Alexa app. > I don�t have Bluetooth on. But I guess I�ll turn it on if I wanna do > something like have it read me a Bard book. Thank you again. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 6, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson wrote: >> >> ?I can use my google home to easily access bard mobile on my iPhone if >> I wish. I'm sure the echo is the same. What you do, is first tell >> your echo to connect. It will then say searching, then should connect >> to your iPhone. Note, you must first make sure that you have paired >> your echo to your iPhone in order for this to work. Next, open bard >> mobile app on your iPhone. Hit your play button of your bard mobile >> app and
