Hi Richard, I am surprised you say it works quite well. I would say it works, but some things like for example looking for skills I would say could be way more accessible. We just received our GE Café range which has Wi-Fi connectivity and you can control the ovens (the model we bought has a smaller upper oven and a larger lower oven) via the GE Kitchen app and also via Alexa and Google Home with voice commands. I was trying to find the Alexa skill for this and it seems that Voiceover only reads the skills by virtue of it's image recognition because it kept saying "possible text" and then the name of the skill. In any case, GE has it's own voice control called "Geneva" and when I Googled how to set this up I found instructions about how to set it up for the Google Assistant and it was a breeze, in fact, there was a button on the website where it said I could send it to a device, one of the device groups was iOS and by some sort of magic when I selected this a notification popped up on my iPhone to add it to Google Assistant. When I tapped it the Google Assistant app opened and it was super easy from there. I still haven't figured out how to set it u p in Alexa, if I search for "Geneva" I am told it found no such skill. Anyways, I can now ask our Google Home Mini that I want to "Talk to Geneva Home", then after a second the Geneva voice kicks in and asks me what I want to do. I can ask it, for example, to preheat the upper oven to 350 Fahrenheit and it does so without fuss. The Ge Kitchen app is also accessible although it also could use definite improvements, now that I am getting used to it it's fairly easy, but for one thing it often reads stuff that visually is not at all present on the screen and tapping on these things does nothing so it's good to have some sighted assistance at first until you know what is there and what is not. I certainly plan to write to GE and ask them to make this more accessible, the app itself gets quite poor ratings on the app store although for the most part it seems to do what it advertises. In any case, I can control the oven with either the app or with voice control and that is what is important to me since the only other way is by touch screen, the cooktop has traditional stainless steel knobs and the main challenge here is to figure out where exactly to place your pot or frying pan or whatever since this is an induction cook top which is perfectly smooth and the cooktop itself does not get warm so you can't even turn it on a bit and feel where it's getting warm to line up the pot. The advantage of course is also that it's super efficient, actually amazing how fast it boils a pot with say 2 litres of water which takes about half the time than on a traditional electric range and it's even 30% or 40% faster than a gas range. Also, once you remove a pot with, for example, boiling water, the cooktop is of course hot from having the hot pot sitting on it, but it's actually not so hot where you would burn yourself if you just touched it briefly unlike on a traditional cooktop element or even a smooth top range which when it's hot would burn you instantly. This also means should something boil over it is much less likely to get burned onto the cooktop itself. So far we really love this new investment.
Best regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2019 8:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Alexa app for iPhone Yes, the Amazon Alexa app works quite well on the iPhone. Richard Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com “The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of flying. There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." --Douglas Adams, from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59 -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Jen . Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2019 8:37 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Alexa app for iPhone Hi, As suggested by someone on list they said when looking for games accessible from the smart speakers on an iPhone to use the Amazon Music app which I did and it said to use the Alexa app so I ask is there an Alexa app for the iPhone. Thanks as I really know nothing about this stuff since I have a Google home mini. Jen -- 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. 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