Oh, of course that makes sense. Maybe I should ask Alexa if she can find me any MP3 audio discreet was described movies or maybe I should just get her a specific web address to find them from. Maybe that’ll work. I’ll give it a try.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 3, 2021, at 9:49 PM, Daniel MacDonald > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Helli, > > The dot to dot podcast is a great one to listen to. It[s demos of various > echo skills. Also for more in-depth demos, the echo show podcast is good. It > would help us if we new what kind of Echo you have. As far as enabling video > skills, that is limited to echos with screens, the echo show and it’s > variants, and the echo spot. The echo show comes in five, eight, and ten inch > sizes. The only echo you can watch Amazon is the echo show. To enable some > skills, go to the amazon Alexa app to more. You’ll find an area called skills > and games. You can also enable skills by voice if you know the skill name. > >> On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:15 PM, <[email protected]> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> Someone gave me a gift of a new Echo. Some basic set up has been done today. >> I've read some helpful info from emails Amazon keeps sending me and I've >> been on the Amazon site which gives a list of things to look into. Some of >> what I am told to do isn't fool proof, perhaps due to human error. >> I cant seem to get at the place having to do with enabling >> video such as Prime Video or Netflix. I've got both Apps on the phone and >> naively thought I could use Alexa to activate those apps. It doesn't seem to >> work that way! I followed instructions from a hard file as well as where >> Alexa tole me to look, that were supposed to get me to TV and Movies under >> Skills and Games, I think, but I never got there. >> Under the section in settings for Communication, I did check off various >> music services and podcasts and Tune In stations I listen to and Alexa was >> able to find those. I can't however find the place to do that with video, TV >> and/or movies I am subscribed to. >> I really did imagine that I could tell Alexa to do things like open Bard and >> continue reading what I was reading last. I assumed the Echo device was >> totally privy to everything on my phone, as if it had a mirror image of it. >> Hmmmm, I'm smiling. Still I did manage to do a "drop in" message to my >> brother's own Echo and he was indeed notified he had a message and when he >> asked Alexa to play it, there I was on a live recording which is what I >> chose to use as the medium. >> I look forward to learning to do as much as I can with the >> Echo "hands off. >> Any tips anyone can provide about which sources are most >> reliable and easy to follow would be greatly appreciated. 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