Re: Ring Door Bell
Re: Ring Door Bell Hello everyone, Thank you so much to Cristoble, Holly, and robin for offering their knowledge regarding the ring doorbell and how it works. I really appreciate it. I have read all the responses from others who had some questions as well. I didn't respond right away, because my boyfriend and I were getting settled in to our new place. It's certainly been an adventure. We talked with our landlord and he doesn't have an issue at all with us getting a ring. I was concerned about this, due to us renting. But he even said he would be glad to install it for us. So I am very grateful. I plan to purchase the ring 2, sense I can get the rechargeable battery. Also, while I will use the ring with my iPhone, I am very happy to know that I can use it with my echo dot as well. I was willing to purchase an echo show if I needed to do so. But glad this isn't the case. Thanks again for all the help, and thoughts. It's very appreciated. Terri On 2/25/2020 7:53 PM, Cristóbal Muñoz wrote: block quote It's gotten better and is pretty much completely accessible at this point. It's connected to your home WIFI. This is where having a good solid connection matters. The Ring doorbell Pro I got I bought back in 2017. It started to give me problems after a year. Buffering, dropping etc. I just chalked it up to the Ring being a crappy product. I have an Eero mesh system and am on a 200 MB plan so I knew it couldn’t be my WIFI. It finally ended up dying on me last year (beyond the warranty). TO my surprise, when I reached out to Ring, they replaced it after confirming that the device died. I guess I must have gotten a new model internals wise because with this replacement, live streaming and everything else has worked perfectly fine. You can talk to whoever is at your door via the app and review your history of alerts. Something you may want to consider and if I had to do it over again, I'd probably opt for the Nest Doorbell is that with the Nest, I believe there's facial recognition. I know there's a big uproar with privacy issues and big brother and all, but being blind, being able to tag people I think would be super useful. Right now with the ring, it's just the motion sensor alert. In my case, my wife is sighted so it's not really an issue, but if you're by yourself or don't have a pare of working eyeballs always available, this might be something to give serious consideration to. Cristóbal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:54 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Ring Door Bell Hello everyone, Who here uses the ring door bell App? How accessible is it with an iPhone? What are some things you like about it? And what are some things you dislike about it? Are you able to speak to the person at your door, without having to actually open the door? Also, is this system wired in to your home? I am possibly considering getting this. But I want to learn more about it first. Thank you, Terri -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR04MB43629F914CE3653464F081F7A8EA0%40DM6PR04MB4362.namprd04.prod.outlook.com. block quote end On 2/25/2020 7:53 PM, Cristóbal Muñoz wrote: It's gotten better and is pretty much completely accessible at this point. It's connected to your home WIFI. This is where having a good solid connection matters. The Ring doorbell Pro I got I bought back in 2017. It started to give me problems after a year. Buffering, dropping etc. I just chalked it up to the Ring being a crappy product. I have an Eero mesh system and am on a 200 MB plan so I knew it couldn’t be my WIFI. It finally ended up dying on me last year (beyond the warranty). TO my surprise, when I reached out to Ring, they replaced it after confirming that the device died. I guess I must have gotten a new model internals wise because with this replacement, live streaming and everything else has worked perfectly fine. You can talk to whoever is at your door via the app and review your history of alerts. Something you may want to consider and if I had to do it over
Re: Ring Door Bell
Thank you so much Robin for letting us know. I got my dot answering all my cameras now. For those just starting, be sure you let your devices be discoverable through the skill, not through devices. On 2/27/20, Robin Frost wrote: > Hi, > > I believe they rolled this out around November. It worked with my 2nd gen > dot before I upgraded. Like I said sometimes I've found more times than not > lately that if a skill is acting funny disabling and re-enabling it might > cause things to link up so if it doesn't work with your dot try that before > surrendering. I hope it works. > > Robin > > > On 2/27/2020 8:46 PM, Holly wrote: >> >> Robin: >> >> This is good news for many. I hadn’t heard this, and my ring doorbell is >> over a year old, so, at that time, I wasn’t able to use the dot for two >> way communication. >> >> I wonder if it will work with older dots. >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >> list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/14CA7D4AFDEA4903A745C5F202A63312%40HollyPC. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR12MB340339F383271940FF83A602CBE80%40DM6PR12MB3403.namprd12.prod.outlook.com. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAFce1c1EoMnX3MM21Q%2BT%3DbynQbwP%2Bo1ryfF6bXUA1bg9ACLNHw%40mail.gmail.com.
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Robin: I have my echo spot in the kitchen, where I spend most of my time, but it would be nice to have my little dot, in the living room, also have two way communication with the doorbell. I will work with it tomorrow. Thanks for the help. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/EBAF83CAA9D94C2EAE9FF6A1DEA607EC%40HollyPC.
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Hi Mike, I don't even think the two apps have to be on the same device you just have to know the log in for the ring account to link it when the princess skill takes you to where it wants to go for account linking to enter it. But you can also be added as a user to the ring app and then you too could have it on your device as well. I hope that helps. Take good care. Robin On 2/27/2020 9:25 PM, Mike B. wrote: Hi Robin, I have the Amazon A Lady app on my iPhone and my wife, who's sighted, has the Ring Doorbell on her iPhone. If I put the A Lady app on my wife's iPhone and pair the Ring Doorbell to the skill, do you know if I can then remove the A Lady app from my wife's iPhone after the connection has been made? Thanks much. Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. - Original Message - From: Robin Frost To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 5:43 PM Subject: Re: Ring Door Bell Hi, This is not true. It was announced a few months ago that it will work with any echo device. I just answered and ended a call to my Ring doorbell 2 with an echo dot third generation. Perhaps those who already have the skill enabled but can't get it to work might need to disable the skill, re-enable it and re-discover the doorbells. It is working here and there are no echo devices with screens in my possession. Robin (more below my signature) Please see this support documentation for more information: https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017596112-Two-Way-Communication-Through-Amazon-Echo-DevicesRobin Quoting: "Which Ring and Amazon products support two-way communication? Two-way communication is supported on all Echo Smart Speakers (like Echo Dot) and Smart Displays (like Echo Show) and compatible Fire TV devices. Any Ring doorbell or security camera can be configured for two-way communication." On 2/27/2020 4:02 PM, Holly wrote: The two way communication to the doorbell will only work if you have a screened device, like an echo show or the small echo spot. I got the echo spot to be able to talk to the doorbell. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR12MB34032237F6A976B949D0CCB5CBE80%40DM6PR12MB3403.namprd12.prod.outlook.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/003101d5edde%245b1a71c0%240801a8c0%40MikeArcadia7. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is
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Hi, I believe they rolled this out around November. It worked with my 2nd gen dot before I upgraded. Like I said sometimes I've found more times than not lately that if a skill is acting funny disabling and re-enabling it might cause things to link up so if it doesn't work with your dot try that before surrendering. I hope it works. Robin On 2/27/2020 8:46 PM, Holly wrote: Robin: This is good news for many. I hadn’t heard this, and my ring doorbell is over a year old, so, at that time, I wasn’t able to use the dot for two way communication. I wonder if it will work with older dots. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/14CA7D4AFDEA4903A745C5F202A63312%40HollyPC. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR12MB340339F383271940FF83A602CBE80%40DM6PR12MB3403.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.
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Hi Robin, I have the Amazon A Lady app on my iPhone and my wife, who's sighted, has the Ring Doorbell on her iPhone. If I put the A Lady app on my wife's iPhone and pair the Ring Doorbell to the skill, do you know if I can then remove the A Lady app from my wife's iPhone after the connection has been made? Thanks much. Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. - Original Message - From: Robin Frost To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 5:43 PM Subject: Re: Ring Door Bell Hi, This is not true. It was announced a few months ago that it will work with any echo device. I just answered and ended a call to my Ring doorbell 2 with an echo dot third generation. Perhaps those who already have the skill enabled but can't get it to work might need to disable the skill, re-enable it and re-discover the doorbells. It is working here and there are no echo devices with screens in my possession. Robin (more below my signature) Please see this support documentation for more information: https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017596112-Two-Way-Communication-Through-Amazon-Echo-DevicesRobin Quoting: "Which Ring and Amazon products support two-way communication? Two-way communication is supported on all Echo Smart Speakers (like Echo Dot) and Smart Displays (like Echo Show) and compatible Fire TV devices. Any Ring doorbell or security camera can be configured for two-way communication." On 2/27/2020 4:02 PM, Holly wrote: The two way communication to the doorbell will only work if you have a screened device, like an echo show or the small echo spot. I got the echo spot to be able to talk to the doorbell. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR12MB34032237F6A976B949D0CCB5CBE80%40DM6PR12MB3403.namprd12.prod.outlook.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/003101d5edde%245b1a71c0%240801a8c0%40MikeArcadia7.
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Robin: This is good news for many. I hadn’t heard this, and my ring doorbell is over a year old, so, at that time, I wasn’t able to use the dot for two way communication. I wonder if it will work with older dots. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/14CA7D4AFDEA4903A745C5F202A63312%40HollyPC.
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Hi, This is not true. It was announced a few months ago that it will work with any echo device. I just answered and ended a call to my Ring doorbell 2 with an echo dot third generation. Perhaps those who already have the skill enabled but can't get it to work might need to disable the skill, re-enable it and re-discover the doorbells. It is working here and there are no echo devices with screens in my possession. Robin (more below my signature) Please see this support documentation for more information: https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017596112-Two-Way-Communication-Through-Amazon-Echo-DevicesRobin Quoting: "Which Ring and Amazon products support two-way communication? Two-way communication is supported on all Echo Smart Speakers (like Echo Dot) and Smart Displays (like Echo Show) and compatible Fire TV devices. Any Ring doorbell or security camera can be configured for two-way communication." On 2/27/2020 4:02 PM, Holly wrote: The two way communication to the doorbell will only work if you have a screened device, like an echo show or the small echo spot. I got the echo spot to be able to talk to the doorbell. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR12MB34032237F6A976B949D0CCB5CBE80%40DM6PR12MB3403.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.
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Cool, thank you very much. I hadn't heard that there's a Ring Doorbell skill. Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. - Original Message - From: Yolanda Thompson To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 12:56 PM Subject: Re: Ring Door Bell Through your amazon alexa app on your iphone. Go to devices you will see it. On 2/27/20, Mike B. wrote: > How to you pair the Ring to the Echo devices please? Thanks much. > > Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. > > - Original Message - > From: Robin Frost > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 12:29 PM > Subject: Re: Ring Door Bell > > > Hi, > > I just wanted to chime in and say that you can use any Amazon Echo now it > need not have a screen and it is a great way to answer the bell quickly. > > Take good care. > > Robin > > > > > On 2/25/2020 9:33 PM, Holly wrote: > > Terry: > > The ring doorbell can be hard wired or used with a rechargeable battery. > > The app is fairly accessible, although the 'call' and end call' buttons > are not labeled, but when you practice for awhile, they will be easy to > find. Voice over will announce the buttons when you hit them with your > finger. They are located just below the left top edge of the screen and > these buttons let you talk to the person at the door from wherever you > are. > > Also, if you have an echo device with a screen, you can set that up to > talk to the person at the door also. This is sometimes a bit faster than > opening the app and finding the talk button. When it is set up with the > echo, you can just say the wake word and say 'talk to the front door' or > whatever you name the door. > > It will alert you whenever there is motion or a different sound when > someone presses the doorbell. I love the fact that, if I am expecting a > UPS > > shipment, I can hear if they come up the drive and ring the bell. If I am > anywhere in the house I will know the UPS guy has probably come and get my > packages before the porch pirates. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if > > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners > or > > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR12MB3403E35C8D81C5614546A0F9CBEB0%40DM6PR12MB3403.namprd12.prod.outlook.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners > or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/00de01d5edaf%2479d3c8c0%240801a8c0%40MikeArcadia7. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone&quo
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The two way communication to the doorbell will only work if you have a screened device, like an echo show or the small echo spot. I got the echo spot to be able to talk to the doorbell. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/B1450D29183441429D133E0C39A384DF%40HollyPC.
Re: Ring Door Bell
Through your amazon alexa app on your iphone. Go to devices you will see it. On 2/27/20, Mike B. wrote: > How to you pair the Ring to the Echo devices please? Thanks much. > > Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. > > - Original Message - > From: Robin Frost > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 12:29 PM > Subject: Re: Ring Door Bell > > > Hi, > > I just wanted to chime in and say that you can use any Amazon Echo now it > need not have a screen and it is a great way to answer the bell quickly. > > Take good care. > > Robin > > > > > On 2/25/2020 9:33 PM, Holly wrote: > > Terry: > > The ring doorbell can be hard wired or used with a rechargeable battery. > > The app is fairly accessible, although the 'call' and end call' buttons > are not labeled, but when you practice for awhile, they will be easy to > find. Voice over will announce the buttons when you hit them with your > finger. They are located just below the left top edge of the screen and > these buttons let you talk to the person at the door from wherever you are. > > Also, if you have an echo device with a screen, you can set that up to > talk to the person at the door also. This is sometimes a bit faster than > opening the app and finding the talk button. When it is set up with the > echo, you can just say the wake word and say 'talk to the front door' or > whatever you name the door. > > It will alert you whenever there is motion or a different sound when > someone presses the doorbell. I love the fact that, if I am expecting a UPS > > shipment, I can hear if they come up the drive and ring the bell. If I am > anywhere in the house I will know the UPS guy has probably come and get my > packages before the porch pirates. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR12MB3403E35C8D81C5614546A0F9CBEB0%40DM6PR12MB3403.namprd12.prod.outlook.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/00de01d5edaf%2479d3c8c0%240801a8c0%40MikeArcadia7. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAFce1c1%2BZo-_N0h1JzxGxvSCx1wv17of46ZoN7Mfotk0_ys5SA%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: Ring Door Bell
So I just set up the ring.com skill with my dot, and when I say "talk to the front door" alexa says it doesn't support that. Any ideas? I would love to have this skill work. On 2/27/20, Robin Frost wrote: > Hi, > > I just wanted to chime in and say that you can use any Amazon Echo now it > need not have a screen and it is a great way to answer the bell quickly. > > Take good care. > > Robin > > > On 2/25/2020 9:33 PM, Holly wrote: >> >> Terry: >> >> The ring doorbell can be hard wired or used with a rechargeable battery. >> >> The app is fairly accessible, although the 'call' and end call' buttons >> are not labeled, but when you practice for awhile, they will be easy to >> find. Voice over will announce the buttons when you hit them with your >> finger. They are located just below the left top edge of the screen and >> these buttons let you talk to the person at the door from wherever you >> are. >> >> Also, if you have an echo device with a screen, you can set that up to >> talk to the person at the door also. This is sometimes a bit faster than >> opening the app and finding the talk button. When it is set up with the >> echo, you can just say the wake word and say 'talk to the front door' or >> whatever you name the door. >> >> It will alert you whenever there is motion or a different sound when >> someone presses the doorbell. I love the fact that, if I am expecting a >> UPS shipment, I can hear if they come up the drive and ring the bell. If >> I am anywhere in the house I will know the UPS guy has probably come and >> get my packages before the porch pirates. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR12MB3403E35C8D81C5614546A0F9CBEB0%40DM6PR12MB3403.namprd12.prod.outlook.com. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAFce1c0Hj-T2Ffq82HNBoU7cLLhcVp52WRFa9rhp1FYQ000JZQ%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: Ring Door Bell
hi Robin: Is this a recent upgrade to the echo dot? I didn’t think it was possible to talk to the door without an echo show or an echo spot. I know you will get an alert, but don’t think you can have two way communication without a screen device. I got a ring doorbell about a year ago, and had to upgrade to an echo spot to get two way communication to the doorbell. You can talk from dot to dot, but not to the doorbell. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/0E51C8B304844EABBBF3EF5F998DC305%40HollyPC.
Re: Ring Door Bell
How to you pair the Ring to the Echo devices please? Thanks much. Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. - Original Message - From: Robin Frost To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 12:29 PM Subject: Re: Ring Door Bell Hi, I just wanted to chime in and say that you can use any Amazon Echo now it need not have a screen and it is a great way to answer the bell quickly. Take good care. Robin On 2/25/2020 9:33 PM, Holly wrote: Terry: The ring doorbell can be hard wired or used with a rechargeable battery. The app is fairly accessible, although the 'call' and end call' buttons are not labeled, but when you practice for awhile, they will be easy to find. Voice over will announce the buttons when you hit them with your finger. They are located just below the left top edge of the screen and these buttons let you talk to the person at the door from wherever you are. Also, if you have an echo device with a screen, you can set that up to talk to the person at the door also. This is sometimes a bit faster than opening the app and finding the talk button. When it is set up with the echo, you can just say the wake word and say 'talk to the front door' or whatever you name the door. It will alert you whenever there is motion or a different sound when someone presses the doorbell. I love the fact that, if I am expecting a UPS shipment, I can hear if they come up the drive and ring the bell. If I am anywhere in the house I will know the UPS guy has probably come and get my packages before the porch pirates. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR12MB3403E35C8D81C5614546A0F9CBEB0%40DM6PR12MB3403.namprd12.prod.outlook.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/00de01d5edaf%2479d3c8c0%240801a8c0%40MikeArcadia7.
Re: Ring Door Bell
Hi, I just wanted to chime in and say that you can use any Amazon Echo now it need not have a screen and it is a great way to answer the bell quickly. Take good care. Robin On 2/25/2020 9:33 PM, Holly wrote: Terry: The ring doorbell can be hard wired or used with a rechargeable battery. The app is fairly accessible, although the 'call' and end call' buttons are not labeled, but when you practice for awhile, they will be easy to find. Voice over will announce the buttons when you hit them with your finger. They are located just below the left top edge of the screen and these buttons let you talk to the person at the door from wherever you are. Also, if you have an echo device with a screen, you can set that up to talk to the person at the door also. This is sometimes a bit faster than opening the app and finding the talk button. When it is set up with the echo, you can just say the wake word and say 'talk to the front door' or whatever you name the door. It will alert you whenever there is motion or a different sound when someone presses the doorbell. I love the fact that, if I am expecting a UPS shipment, I can hear if they come up the drive and ring the bell. If I am anywhere in the house I will know the UPS guy has probably come and get my packages before the porch pirates. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR12MB3403E35C8D81C5614546A0F9CBEB0%40DM6PR12MB3403.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.
Re: Ring Door Bell
Terry: The ring doorbell can be hard wired or used with a rechargeable battery. The app is fairly accessible, although the 'call' and end call' buttons are not labeled, but when you practice for awhile, they will be easy to find. Voice over will announce the buttons when you hit them with your finger. They are located just below the left top edge of the screen and these buttons let you talk to the person at the door from wherever you are. Also, if you have an echo device with a screen, you can set that up to talk to the person at the door also. This is sometimes a bit faster than opening the app and finding the talk button. When it is set up with the echo, you can just say the wake word and say 'talk to the front door' or whatever you name the door. It will alert you whenever there is motion or a different sound when someone presses the doorbell. I love the fact that, if I am expecting a UPS shipment, I can hear if they come up the drive and ring the bell. If I am anywhere in the house I will know the UPS guy has probably come and get my packages before the porch pirates. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/719ACF6C22B54AE5ADDFE7571CA80399%40HollyPC.
RE: Ring Door Bell
It's gotten better and is pretty much completely accessible at this point. It's connected to your home WIFI. This is where having a good solid connection matters. The Ring doorbell Pro I got I bought back in 2017. It started to give me problems after a year. Buffering, dropping etc. I just chalked it up to the Ring being a crappy product. I have an Eero mesh system and am on a 200 MB plan so I knew it couldn’t be my WIFI. It finally ended up dying on me last year (beyond the warranty). TO my surprise, when I reached out to Ring, they replaced it after confirming that the device died. I guess I must have gotten a new model internals wise because with this replacement, live streaming and everything else has worked perfectly fine. You can talk to whoever is at your door via the app and review your history of alerts. Something you may want to consider and if I had to do it over again, I'd probably opt for the Nest Doorbell is that with the Nest, I believe there's facial recognition. I know there's a big uproar with privacy issues and big brother and all, but being blind, being able to tag people I think would be super useful. Right now with the ring, it's just the motion sensor alert. In my case, my wife is sighted so it's not really an issue, but if you're by yourself or don't have a pare of working eyeballs always available, this might be something to give serious consideration to. Cristóbal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:54 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Ring Door Bell Hello everyone, Who here uses the ring door bell App? How accessible is it with an iPhone? What are some things you like about it? And what are some things you dislike about it? Are you able to speak to the person at your door, without having to actually open the door? Also, is this system wired in to your home? I am possibly considering getting this. But I want to learn more about it first. Thank you, Terri -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR04MB43629F914CE3653464F081F7A8EA0%40DM6PR04MB4362.namprd04.prod.outlook.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/00f001d5ec47%24802acf20%2480806d60%24%40gmail.com.
Ring Door Bell
Hello everyone, Who here uses the ring door bell App? How accessible is it with an iPhone? What are some things you like about it? And what are some things you dislike about it? Are you able to speak to the person at your door, without having to actually open the door? Also, is this system wired in to your home? I am possibly considering getting this. But I want to learn more about it first. Thank you, Terri -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/DM6PR04MB43629F914CE3653464F081F7A8EA0%40DM6PR04MB4362.namprd04.prod.outlook.com.
