The purpose of asking the device whether it is connected is to have it go through a connection test. Sometimes there are Wi-Fi problems such as a weak or intermittent signal.
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2023 1:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: troubles with Echo Dot Since it is responding to requests and playing stuff it must be connected to Wi-fi; this seems to be more of an issue that he can’t get it to play what he wants. From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2023 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: troubles with Echo Dot If your Dot is older, it may not be pairing well with your Wi-Fi. * Ask the device if it is connected to the network and let it run through its own test. That’s worth trying; it might work. * Find the device name and use that in your instruction. For example, if the device is named Dan’s Second Dot, speak “Dot, play "Exercise for Spirit Radio" on Dan’s Second Dot. By all rights, this shouldn’t be necessary, but I have had similar instructions work. * Check your Alexa app and try to connect again. Do this with fear and trembling. The app is buggy and it doesn’t always work well. Worse, it’s not fully accessible with VoiceOver. * Call the Amazon Disability Support Number at 888-283-1678. Be patient. Unfortunately, Amazon tech support is poor. In my experience their staff had great difficulty in understanding that VoiceOver won’t present the screens on the Amazon Alexa app as they see them. Amazon support is our only option for Alexa, Echo, Dot support. * Expect for this all to take time. This may be very tricky. * Take deep breaths. Smile! Hope this helps. Richard Petty [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Dan Sent: Friday, December 29, 2023 3:23 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: troubles with Echo Dot Well, it starts playing either "Exercise the spirit" or "come holy spirit radio". Not what I am trying for. :) Dan Beaver Dan Beaver (KA4DAN) USA On 12/29/2023 3:52 PM, Richard Turner wrote: What happens if you say, play exercise. Richard, USA “Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.” -- Cedrick Bridgeforth My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ On Dec 29, 2023, at 12:38 PM, Dan <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: I hope this is ok on this list. I have an Echo and an Echo Dot. 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