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Origin Unknown said:
Is there a way in which you can alias a command to Alexa? I listen to a internet radio station called "Release FM" but only once in 20+ times of trying can I get Alexa to correctly understand what I'm asking. Keeps playing a Ukrainian radio station called Lux FM. Using the iPhone app, it reports "Alexa heard "play release f.m." so it's not my accent!
I'm not sure that it will work for radio stations but from what i know of it, Yonomi can have 'routines' set up so that saying 'movie night' will set up the TV, hue lights, Netflix etc. in one go.GetCarter said:
Spooky.
Alexa. Play music by Steve Carter.
Aha, is that your stuff then GC?Alexa. Play music by Steve Carter.
I often say "Alexa play relaxing music" which usually comes back with bl**dy Elton John even though I've told "her" a hundred times I don't like it.
What I'm after is just some pleasant non-intrusive background music...just like yours! Got any other stuff I should know about?
It reminds me of the background music to the game Osmos. Very nice. That's not yours is it?
https://youtu.be/jrzhlTn1_ds?t=37
Anyway, well done.
Northbloke said:
What I'm after is just some pleasant non-intrusive background music...just like yours! Got any other stuff I should know about?
I particularly like Ask the Mountain, for a chill out tune. The rest of the album is also worth a listen. Alexa should be able to find it easily.https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Digital-Music/Collectio...
Northbloke said:
Aha, is that your stuff then GC?
I often say "Alexa play relaxing music" which usually comes back with bl**dy Elton John even though I've told "her" a hundred times I don't like it.
What I'm after is just some pleasant non-intrusive background music...just like yours! Got any other stuff I should know about?
It reminds me of the background music to the game Osmos. Very nice. That's not yours is it?
https://youtu.be/jrzhlTn1_ds?t=37
Anyway, well done.
Osmos not me. I often say "Alexa play relaxing music" which usually comes back with bl**dy Elton John even though I've told "her" a hundred times I don't like it.
What I'm after is just some pleasant non-intrusive background music...just like yours! Got any other stuff I should know about?
It reminds me of the background music to the game Osmos. Very nice. That's not yours is it?
https://youtu.be/jrzhlTn1_ds?t=37
Anyway, well done.
I did a whole bunch of it in the 90's when 'New Age' music was all the fashion. Thats what Alexa seems to be playing, but I don't know where 'she' is getting it!
As for more of same: Mark Isham is the king of this sorta music... he does other stuff too... but a lot of his stuff is about as laid back as you can get >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E2sftmBOf0
Edited by GetCarter on Friday 21st April 16:09
ajprice said:
Origin Unknown said:
Is there a way in which you can alias a command to Alexa? I listen to a internet radio station called "Release FM" but only once in 20+ times of trying can I get Alexa to correctly understand what I'm asking. Keeps playing a Ukrainian radio station called Lux FM. Using the iPhone app, it reports "Alexa heard "play release f.m." so it's not my accent!
I'm not sure that it will work for radio stations but from what i know of it, Yonomi can have 'routines' set up so that saying 'movie night' will set up the TV, hue lights, Netflix etc. in one go.PixelpeepS3 said:
is anyone running these things multi-room ?
what happens if two units pick you up at the same time?
I am, one in the lounge and one in the bathroom in a 2 bed flat, with the same wake word. They use echo location and I've always had the one nearest to me carry out the required action. Well, as well as Alexa ever does; good help me if she starts expecting Valentines cards and flowers on her birthday.what happens if two units pick you up at the same time?
Mine woke me up with an alarm this morning, which is great. However - no matter how many times I repeated myself it absolutely refused to stop the alarm tone. Eventually, it did shut up on its own.
Once I got up, I discovered that my router has died overnight - hence although the alarm still worked, any attempt at voice recognition was doomed to fail!
Once I got up, I discovered that my router has died overnight - hence although the alarm still worked, any attempt at voice recognition was doomed to fail!
I have an echo running in one of my old cars.
The audio system does not have an aux-in or usb, so I have connected it via a bluetooth fm transmitter.
using my phone as a wifi hotspot.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/i19/Wireless-Bluetooth-...
The audio system does not have an aux-in or usb, so I have connected it via a bluetooth fm transmitter.
using my phone as a wifi hotspot.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/i19/Wireless-Bluetooth-...
Edited by sybaseian on Tuesday 25th April 08:56
One of my Echos keeps cutting out when listening to the radio.
The other Echo is fine so I'm pretty sure that it's not my infrastructure.
Amazon's '2 day' response is now into its third week. Their customer support has been disappointing. Every time I chase they tell me that investigations may sometimes take 'slightly' longer than 2 dgreat proays and thank me for my patience and understanding.
Not the end of the world, I can easily move to Google Home and save my 'Prime' subscription. But I thought that it was worth warning everyone that although it's a great product if stuff goes wrong then you're on your own.
The other Echo is fine so I'm pretty sure that it's not my infrastructure.
Amazon's '2 day' response is now into its third week. Their customer support has been disappointing. Every time I chase they tell me that investigations may sometimes take 'slightly' longer than 2 dgreat proays and thank me for my patience and understanding.
Not the end of the world, I can easily move to Google Home and save my 'Prime' subscription. But I thought that it was worth warning everyone that although it's a great product if stuff goes wrong then you're on your own.
nyt said:
One of my Echos keeps cutting out when listening to the radio.
The other Echo is fine so I'm pretty sure that it's not my infrastructure.
Amazon's '2 day' response is now into its third week. Their customer support has been disappointing. Every time I chase they tell me that investigations may sometimes take 'slightly' longer than 2 dgreat proays and thank me for my patience and understanding.
Not the end of the world, I can easily move to Google Home and save my 'Prime' subscription. But I thought that it was worth warning everyone that although it's a great product if stuff goes wrong then you're on your own.
I think I had this issue. I can't remember if the fix was to use Tunein radio or if you are already using that then try your other wifi network if you have 2g/5g ones.The other Echo is fine so I'm pretty sure that it's not my infrastructure.
Amazon's '2 day' response is now into its third week. Their customer support has been disappointing. Every time I chase they tell me that investigations may sometimes take 'slightly' longer than 2 dgreat proays and thank me for my patience and understanding.
Not the end of the world, I can easily move to Google Home and save my 'Prime' subscription. But I thought that it was worth warning everyone that although it's a great product if stuff goes wrong then you're on your own.
MarkRSi said:
OpulentBob said:
Voice control of home heating is cool. I've got a honeywell lyric, directly supported and it's works really really well. Loving my alexa, apart from the telly randomly setting her off.
Anyone got theirs to play nice with the Hive heating system?Ste1987 said:
I got my Hive installed at the weekend and one of the first things I did was set up Alexa to control it. Setting up on the phone app was a ballache, but managed to do it on the PC. So far so good it's working fine, but I've found I can't seem to set Hive to Schedule mode through the Echo.
Well that's weird... it was one of the first things I tried as well, but couldn't get it to work, just tried now (without configuring anything today) and it works! I'll see if it goes back into Schedule mode...IIIRestorerIII said:
nyt said:
One of my Echos keeps cutting out when listening to the radio.
The other Echo is fine so I'm pretty sure that it's not my infrastructure.
Amazon's '2 day' response is now into its third week. Their customer support has been disappointing. Every time I chase they tell me that investigations may sometimes take 'slightly' longer than 2 dgreat proays and thank me for my patience and understanding.
Not the end of the world, I can easily move to Google Home and save my 'Prime' subscription. But I thought that it was worth warning everyone that although it's a great product if stuff goes wrong then you're on your own.
I think I had this issue. I can't remember if the fix was to use Tunein radio or if you are already using that then try your other wifi network if you have 2g/5g ones.The other Echo is fine so I'm pretty sure that it's not my infrastructure.
Amazon's '2 day' response is now into its third week. Their customer support has been disappointing. Every time I chase they tell me that investigations may sometimes take 'slightly' longer than 2 dgreat proays and thank me for my patience and understanding.
Not the end of the world, I can easily move to Google Home and save my 'Prime' subscription. But I thought that it was worth warning everyone that although it's a great product if stuff goes wrong then you're on your own.
They are trying to make Alexa sound more human
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-446...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-446...
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