The Alexa app is highly frustrating and annoying especially with the bad performance, menu not opening, and other inaccessible elements with VoiceOver. Fortunately, the Google Home is super-accessible and delightful!
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 4:39 PM Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> wrote: > Hey Deb, Yeah I had the same issue with the app quitting when trying to > use the language picker. That is when I uninstalled the app and reinstalled > but no luck. Thanks for the heads up on how you got past it. I ended up > using chrome > > On Oct 20, 2016, at 9:49 PM, Deb Lewis <deblewi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 10/20/16, Deb Lewis <deblewi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I set up my Dot successfully using the Iphone app. I thought it was > >> going to be problematic because when I got to the language picker, it > >> kept closing the app when I would try to pick. And it didn't show a > >> default language. I rebooted my phone becaue I've noticed that this is > >> sometimes necessary in iOS10. It was a little sluggish during the > >> install, but everything worked exactly as it should and I got it up > >> and running. So I'd recommend rebooting the phone if it's problematic. > >> > >> On 10/20/16, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> wrote: > >>> Hey all, > >>> > >>> I am a long time owner of the Amazon Echo and was very excited to have > my > >>> new Dot arrive today. Unfortunately the accessibility of the Alexa app > >>> has > >>> gone backwards. I could not set up my Dot in the app, as I could not > get > >>> the > >>> connect to wifi part to work and VO crashed multiple times when trying > to > >>> do > >>> so. I also deleted the Alexxa app and reinstalled it thinking there > might > >>> have been a bug on my end. No luck. Do not even bother trying to set up > >>> the > >>> Dot on the mac as all wifi networks are read as one continuous list and > >>> you > >>> can't select your wifi network. What finally worked setting the Dot up > >>> was > >>> doing it in Chrome on the mac as the Amazon set up page read all wifi > >>> networks as it should be different items. Anyway just wanted to get > this > >>> out > >>> there as I spent hours trying to get the Dot up and running. 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