Hi Sarah, The ring app is quite accessible, we have a Ring Pro video doorbell and a stick-up cam pointing into our backyard, but just wait until you actually get into situations when somebody rings the doorbell, you get a notification on your phone and have to try to act on it. I still don’t know why Ring makes it so difficult and complicated to answer a press of the doorbell, it should be like a phone call, you get the notification and you tap an “Answer” button which immediately connects you to your doorbell, activates the microphone and speaker and you can start talking. Unfortunately it is not that way and more often than not the person at my door has gone away by the time I finally connect.
And then of course don’t get me started on Alexa, Amazon owns Ring so one would think it should be super easy to answer a doorbell button press with Alexa, but once again it is not unless I am missing something. If Alexa plays a notification on my Echo Show why can’t I say “Answer the doorbell” or “Talk to my front door” or “Connect me to my doorbell”, really one would think that just about anything should work, but it is very specific and finnicky. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 5:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: ring, blink, or something altogether different I just got Ring. Have the Floodlight cam. Doorbell is coming. The Ring app is 99% accessible. From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of kheve...@fuse.net<mailto:kheve...@fuse.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 7:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: ring, blink, or something altogether different I am looking for a two way intercom/doorbell system that is wired. I really could care less about the video. Here is what I need it to do. When someone rings my doorbell, Ineed to hear the ring on my phone alexa, indoor speaker or whatever. I then need to be able to talk to the person who rang my bell to find out if I want to let them in. I would like the system to be wired so I don’t have to deal with changing batteries. I thought blink app was my answer. However, I have never been able to hear the doorbell on either my phone or alexa. Spoke with both amazon and blink tech suport and am quite discouraged. 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