I just got a Google Home Mini yesterday. Any games for that? Devin Prater Assistive Technology Instructor certified by World Services for the Blind JAWS certified
> On Dec 21, 2017, at 2:40 PM, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’m afraid Paul I find Itunes to be the spawn of satan since it’s nearly > impossible to get files out of it, plus the hole organisation with artist, > album genre etc is just not the way I like to organise my own music, so for > me it’s all about owining the actual files, still I can download these from > the amazon player even if I buy something through them. > > I am thinking about Prime however, firstly for ordering (since I’ve ordered > several things), secondly because ordering by voice would be rather nice, > and thirdly because I like the idea of streaming videos for tv series I don’t > want to own on dvd, indeed even though prime is 80 quid a year over here > (that’s about 120 dollars), that is still about the same as a Uk tv license. > > So, if you know if there is a way I can see what tv series are available > through prime video and how many I might be interested in that could be good, > plus of course since I just paid four quid postage and packing to order a > present for my brother the free delivery would be handy too, indeed I’m > finding the order service rather useful (I found a Mega man Gameboy game I’ve > been looking for for literally 18 years). > > All the best, > > Dark. > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Paul Lemm > Sent: 21 December 2017 15:58 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Dark's list of Amazon/Alexa audiogames, aka > shameless self promotion > > hi dark, > Yeah, I was pretty impressed to find a swamp trivia game on there, although > since I’ve never made it off the first map I failed at the quiz as soon as it > started asking questions about the later maps. As for music through the echo, > I’ve got the full echo and the sound qualities actually pretty good, I think > you said you’ve got the dot, which although it can play music it definitely > won’t be as good as your headphones or other speakers. I think if you ask > alexa about amazon music unlimited she’ll offer you a free one month trial, > but you’ve then got to remember to go in and cancel it so you don’t get > charged after the trial. Spotify is definitely better though, but like you I > do like owning the actual files myself, but my iPhone storage just isn’t big > enough to store all my music , so since I’m often out with the guide dog and > like to listen to music when I’m out and about Spotify works well for having > all the music I want at my fingertips. > > Paul > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dark > Sent: 21 December 2017 14:37 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Dark's list of Amazon/Alexa audiogames, aka > shameless self promotion > > Lol paul, swamp trivia? That is rather cool. > > I’ve heard Spotify has a semi decent selection of music and can do a better > job than Amazon, though as I said I still prefer to own the actual files > myself and not be tied to a service so I can play them on whatever device I > like, plus my pc, either through surround sound speakers or my sanheisa > momentum headphones is likely better quality than I’d get out of the Echo. > > Still, that’s one reason I wanted to investigate what else I can do with the > thing. > I’ll admit it would’ve wouldn’t have been my first choice of technology, (I > think an Apple watch might have been more useful), but as my brother gave me > the thing | I felt a bit bad at not getting some! Good out of it, which is > why I’ve investigated so many skills and different functions and such, and I > will say Mrs. Dark and I are having fun with the thing, also it’s a nice way > to get the news from the bbc or sky news without having toremember to tune in > to a radio at a specific time since we don’t have a tv. > > All the best, > > Dark. > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Paul Lemm > Sent: 21 December 2017 12:59 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Dark's list of Amazon/Alexa audiogames, aka > shameless self promotion > > Hi Dark, > > Well if you want to try the guess who you’re thinking of thing, just ask > alexa ‘ can you read my mind’, she’ll then ask you to think of a character or > person and she’ll then try to guess who it is. But like you said I think > that’s more of a software feature than an actual game, as although it’s a > little novel to start with its not something you’d really go back to time > and again like a game. Oh, and I don’t think it was on your list, again not > really sure it’s a game but there is a swamp trivia skill on the echo too. > I have to say I actually really like the echo, if nothing else since I’ve > already got a Spotify account it’s a really good speaker, , but even more > impressed with it now after seeing all the games you’ve found on it. > > Paul > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dark > Sent: 21 December 2017 11:51 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Dark's list of Amazon/Alexa audiogames, aka > shameless self promotion > > Hi Paul. > > Glad you like the list, there are some good things in there both for short > and long games. > I did see the option to play 20 questions with Alexa which I’ve not tried > yet, though again I’m not sure if that counts as a game or a software > function, still Mrs. Dark and I will have to try it out, actually the Alexa > is proving good for her since she enjoys trivia and word games. > > All the best, > > Dark. > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Paul Lemm > Sent: 21 December 2017 09:35 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Dark's list of Amazon/Alexa audiogames, aka > shameless self promotion > > Thanks Dark, that’s a serious amount of games you’ve tried out there, I’ve > had my echo for almost a year and only tried one of those games, some sound > really good though so I’ll be giving them a go, thanks for taking the time > to write the list and adding descriptions and reviews. It’s not quite a game > so probably doesn’t belong on your list, but my little boy quite likes the > built in echo function where you think of a person and the echo then asks you > questions to work out and guess who you’re thinking of. It’s actually quite > clever, me and my little boy were trying to give it things it probably > wouldn’t be able to work out, but it managed to even guess the name of some > fairly obscure things, such as utubers , cartoon characters, gods and it > even guessed when we were thinking alexa and siri haha > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of dark > Sent: 20 December 2017 21:18 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [blind-gamers] Dark's list of Amazon/Alexa audiogames, aka shameless > self promotion > > For anyone who hasn’t seen the recent audiogames.net news, I have finally! > Got the Echo dot my brother bought me last Christmas out and am doing > something sort of half way useful with it 😃 > Yes, I admit this is quiteridiculous in terms of time but better very very > verrrrry veeeeery~! Late than never 😃. > > Ihave therefore been having a hunt through Alexa skills (well those available > on in the Uk app store, damn those developers who region lock there’s), and > making short descriptions and notes about them. > > Since most of the skills are short games, this is an easy way to get a list. > Eventually they will probably get db pages, but there are a lot of them, and > just one of me, so I thought this was a nice way to let people know sooner, > especially if, like me your wondering what actual good the Amazon machine > will do if you don’t want to pay amazon 80 quid a year for the privilege of > buying from them and find the idea of renting music (of which they only have > the top 40 crap anyway), a really terrible one 😃. > > The list can be found here: > > http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=342844#p342844 > > It will be updated a as I try more things out, and of course any suggestions > of things to try are most welcome. > > All the best, > > Dark. > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > > >
