Echo Tips

Discusses how to use your Amazon Echo to lookup local buesiness addresses.

Discusses using your Amazon Echo to lookup local phone numbers for businesses. Other information including addresses and the hours of some businesses are also available.

Learn about using your Echo for math problems. Both simple and complex.

It may seem simple but in this episode will talk about getting a multi-day forcast. Additionally, specific questions you can ask like "is it raining?" and the like.

Wit this episdoe learn about Timers that announce what their for. I often use this for coffee at work. As an example, "Alexa, create a timer for 5 minutes called coffee is done".

Instructor David Ward discusses the use of basic timers on the Amazon Echo.

Repeating Reminders are discussed. A powerful tool for medication reminders or that event you need to be reminded of every Thursday.

Echo Tip on using Basic Reminders.

David discusses using repeating alarms; and how they over come the 24hr limitation on typical alarms.

How to add alarms, check already set alarms, and delete alarms on the Echo. Limitations are also discussed.

Introducing the Amazon Echo Tips Podcast, with David Ward.