Hi richard, Your experience is very interesting. I freely admit that I often get not very helpful responses from Siri. But if anything, Alexa is worse. I have an echo device, and it’s so bad at giving me general answers to questions I ask that I’ve pretty much given up using it except for weather forecast, some news, timers, etc. Google assistant wins hands-down in the USful answers department, at least for me.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 26, 2019, at 9:35 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I can see I need to qualify my statement. > It works quite well without any kind of Google Speaker and for skills, I > haven't gone looking for them as I simply use it when Siri is useless, which > happens more than it used to. > I can ask the same question of Alexa as Siri and get a very useful answer > from Alexa and either nothing, or useless information from Siri. > Not all the time mind you, but enough that it is nice to have both available. > > 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: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2019 9:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Alexa accessibility and our new connected range - was: Alexa app for > iPhone > > 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: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Richard Turner > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2019 8:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Alexa app for iPhone > > Yes, the Amazon Alexa app works quite well on the iPhone. > Richard > > > Check out my web site at: > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.turner42.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C6251a0989c084275d84f08d6e1f6cce6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636944847441574630&sdata=SGkwCAsCtwo11SHHW8YqL%2F8W62ZsjuVGDEWZFI7i79Y%3D&reserved=0 > “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: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jen . > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2019 8:37 AM > To: [email protected] > 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. 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