Hello Mary I must get around to writing to you off list, time for a catch-up I guess. Regarding the Echo, can I suggest that you hold off for a couple of months? My information is that the next generation of Echo, Echo Dot and Echo Tap aren’t far away. I have no information as to whether the hardware design will change radically, but I suspect it might. It has been speculatively mentioned by technical professionals that the next generation of Dot will include a rechargeable battery base, made by a company called Lantree. They already do a base for the existing Echos, and it’s the one I use at the moment. If the speculation is accurate, (and I distance myself from it as I have no factual verification), but if it is, then you may find it a better option to cut your losses and upgrade the entire Echo Dot. Yet another example of Caveat Emptor. ;-)
======================================== My complements and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <[email protected]> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. Contact: • UK Geographic – +44(0) 1642 688095 • UKFree Phone – 0800 8620538 • UK Mobile – +44 (0) 7907 823971 • Australia Geographic – +61 38 82059300 • US Geographic – +1 646 9151493Mobile/S ---------------------------------------- On 2 Jun 2017, at 19:28, Stores, Mary A. <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Gordon, I hadn't thought about getting battery bases. My Dot just plugs into the wall. I will definitely look into that. And thanks for the link. Mary -----Original Message----- From: Gordon Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 02, 2017 2:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: Amazon Echo The Echo can be configured via the web as well Mary. Just go to http://alexa.amazon.com and sign in as usual, I have battery bases for my Echo and Echo Dot. I also use the voice remote a lot. I listened in the garden to some of my favourite books yesterday and after 5 hours of continuous use, the full size Echo on battery was still going strong.
