ah ok cause i thought and perhaps i read it wrong, but the tap was just a bluetooth speaker. I remember seeing of them, it wasw portable, it was just a little bit smaller than the echol plus.
On 8/19/18, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems the Tap is very hard to find and mighty not be offered at all in > Canada since searching Amazon.ca didn't even bring it up, when I went to > Amazon.com it did come up, but it doesn't seem to feature prominently in the > line-up of Echo devices. It's primarily designed to be a bluetooth speaker > which does have Alexa if connected to WiFi. > Also, the new Echo with screen is called the Echo Spot. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2018 11:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: iphone, and amazon echo, some good uses for it > > Amazon has a number of Echo devices. The tap is one which has a rechargeable > battery so you can bring it wherever you want to have it in your house, but > as the name indicates, you have to Tap it in order for Alexa to listen. I > can't remember the name of the other person who said you can set it up to > always listen, but as he pointed out, it would probably run down the battery > pretty quickly which is why Amazon has not designed it that way to begin > with. > > The other Echo devices are the Dot, the Echo, the Echo Plus and the Echo > Show or whatever it's called now, it has a small screen so if you were to > make a video call for example to another echo show user you could see each > other. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jed Barton > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2018 9:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: iphone, and amazon echo, some good uses for it > > ok, so what is the amazon tap, curious > > On 8/19/18, Tom Rash <[email protected]> wrote: >> The Tap is set up the same way as far as the physical buttons for volume >> up >> and down. Of course, you can always say "wake name. Volume 10". for max >> and any number lower accordingly. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Sieghard Weitzel >> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2018 8:25 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: iphone, and amazon echo, some good uses for it >> >> I don't know about the Echo Tap, but the Dot, Echo and Echo Plus all have >> volume controls. On the Echo Dot you have 4 circular indentations on the >> top, if you think of a clock they are in the 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock >> positions. Furthermore, if you are in front of your Echo Do so that where >> the cable is plugged in is facing away from you (at the 12 o'clock >> position) >> then the indentation right by the cable is volume up, across from it at >> the >> 6 o'clock position is volume down. >> On the Echo and Echo Plus you can turn the entire top of the device, it's >> about the first half inch and it turns very easily. Clockwise is volume >> up >> and counter clockwise is volume down. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Tom >> Rash >> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2018 4:32 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: iphone, and amazon echo, some good uses for it >> >> You may have already tried this. Say "wake word. Volume 10" that will >> give you maximum volume. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Jewel >> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2018 6:30 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: iphone, and amazon echo, some good uses for it >> >> To hear what Alexa is saying, I have to hold the device about 2 inches >> from >> my ear. >> >> Jewel ; >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2018 2:12 AM >> To: <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: iphone, and amazon echo, some good uses for it >> >> Yes, but for me having to walk to the device and having to tap it to >> listen >> seems to take most of the convenience out of being able to just wake it >> up >> with "Alexa" or "Echo" or whatever wake word you set. I recently changed >> the >> wake word from Alexa to Echo at my Echo Dot which I keep at my office >> because one of my employees is called Alex and pretty much every time I >> activated the intercom on our phone system and called "Alex" the Echo >> would >> try to interpret what I was saying next. It definitely seems to have >> problems distinguishing when you say "Alex" instead of "Alexa". >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Tom >> Rash >> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2018 3:46 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: iphone, and amazon echo, some good uses for it >> >> You could also use the Amazon Tap. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Jeff >> Samco >> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 9:12 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: iphone, and amazon echo, some good uses for it >> >> Besides purchasing a second Echo to have downstairs, there are a couple >> other options: >> First, you could purchase a third party battery which makes it as mobile >> as >> your WiFi coverage allows. >> Second, you could use an existing or purchase a bluetooth speaker, >> headphones, etc. and listen anywhere within bluetooth range of your Echo. >> But you can't really interact with your Echo without using something like >> the Echo remote control. >> HTH, >> Jeff >> >> At 09:29 AM 8/17/2018, you wrote: >>>Hey guys, >>> >>>OK, so i got the amazon echo plus. 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