Echo Tips

In this episode learn about the new paid-for and free custom alarm tones you can set on your Amazon Echo. When this feature debuted Amazon highlighted a Jurassic World, SpogeBob, and Minions alarm tones as options.

In this episode we discuss the all new Care Hub feature. This feature allows caregivers and those needing assistance to connect through the Amazon Alexa accounts. Want to know when mom gets going in the morning? This feature could help you with that. Want to be able to call her on her Echo or have you designated as an emergency contact; this feature could help. All the while, Amazon has been very attentive to privacy with the design of this feature. Learn more, have a listen, and please subscribe in your podcast player of choice.

We're diving into our archives to bring out this gem. This episode had roughly 4 times the number of listeners than our average episode; so I know it was popular. So we've knocked off a bit of the dust and brought it back. Learn about searching your connected cloud calendar using nothing but your voice. 

This episode is pulled from our archives and will be a good lead into the barcode scanning feature we'll discuss in a future episode. The Show and Tell feature is designed for the visually impaired, to help identify pantry items.

In this episode we rollback to a goodie from late 2019, that may aid you in finding podcats you've never heard of, based simply on the category of the podcast.

For many years you could add items to a shopping list or a to do list. Now you can create your own personal lists. Learn how it all works in this episode, along with the basics of deleting and clearing items from a list.

In this episode we'll highlight newsletter resources, blogs, and a new podcast that all teach you new and exciting things about your Amazon Echo. In particular we'll play a sample from the new Echo Show Podcast, with co-hosts Shaun Preece and Robin Christopherson.

Have Alexa drop some topical limericks on you. We have her tell us a dog and Star Trek limerick in this episode.

Learn about the new Alexa Live Translate feature. This feature is presently only available in the USA.

On this episode learn about how to check your availability on your linked Cloud Calendar on your Amazon Echo. We'll also tackle how to change an appointment that's already been scheduled. 

In this episode we'll discuss a quick way to toggle Follow-Up Mode on and off.

In this short episode learn how you Amazon Echo can help you find your cellphone. 

In this episode learn about how your Echo can be setup to contact a family member in an emergency situation.

In times past you had to use the Alexa App to change the alarm volume. In this episode, you'll learn how to modify the alarm volume verbally.

Learn about some of the new features in the newly released Echo products from Amazon. We'll discuss the new Amazon Echo Show 10 Motion which has person tracking built in.

In this episode learn how to enable severe weather alert notifications on your Amazon Echo.

In this weeks episode we'll dive back into the accessibility features of the Amazon Echo Show. We'll be looking at a feature that allows you to create on-screen buttons that invoke what would otherwise be a verbal command. This may be especially useful for those with disabilities or illnesses that affect their ability to give verbal commands.

In this episode learn about two different captioning features for those wit hearing impairments. This is part 4 of our continuing series about accessibility features on the Amazon Echo Show line of devices.

In this episode we'll discuss the Color Inversion and Color Correction options on the Amazon Echo Show.

This is our second part of a two part series on accessibility features on the Amazon Echo Show. In this episode will discuss the VoiceView accessibility feature for those with visual impairments.