Hello All, I thought that some of you may find the following article useful as many, if not all, of the following voice commands work with the Kindle app.
Mark How to use Kindle with Alexa In this article, you will learn how to use various voice commands to read your Kindle books with the help of your Alexa assistant. As Kindle is an Amazon service, it is already connected to Alexa under the same Amazon account. You don't have to add it to the Alexa application. If your Kindle book supports Text-to-Speech technology, it will be read with Alexa's voice. Even though reading with a synthetic voice is not (yet) as good as being read by a real person (like in Audible audiobooks), the result is still of good quality and appreciated if you have difficulty reading. If your book is written in another supported language, Alexa will use her corresponding international voice to read it to you. For example, if your book is written in Spanish, Alexa will read it in Spanish. Kindle Library Alexa can tell you which are your latest purchased Kindle books, but for a complete list, you can visit the Alexa app. Alexa, what are my Kindle books? Alexa, what is in my Kindle library? You There are [number] books in your Kindle library, including [title1, title2 and title3]. For a complete list, go to the Play section in your Alexa app. Alexa Listen to a Kindle book with Alexa Read one of your Kindle books Alexa, read [title] Alexa, read the book [title] Alexa, read my Kindle book Alexa, read my Kindle book [title] You Resuming your most recent book: [title] Alexa Pause reading Alexa pause | stop You Continue the last Kindle book where you left it Alexa, read Alexa, continue my book You Resuming your most recent book: [title] Alexa Adjust reading speed Alexa lets you control your Kindle book reading speed. The setting will apply only to the current book you are listening to. There are 7 preset speeds: . slowest speed (0.5x) . very slow speed (0.75x) . slow speed (0.9x) . normal speed (1x) . fast speed (1.25x) . very fast speed (1.5x) . fastest speed (2x) Decrease the reading speed Read your book one step slower to the minimum speed of 0.5x. Alexa, read slower You Reading at 90% speed Alexa Increase the reading speed Read your book one step faster to the maximum speed of 2x. Alexa, read faster You Reading at 1 1/4 speed Alexa Reset the reading speed Read your book at the normal speed of 1x. Alexa, read at normal speed You Reading at normal speed Alexa Schedule shutdown (sleep timer) You can ask Alexa to stop reading after a specific period of time. Alexa, set a sleep timer You If you want to stop reading in 5 minutes, just say: Alexa, set a sleep timer You Timer for how long? Alexa 5 minutes You Sleep timer for 5 minutes, starting now! Alexa You can also specify a time to stop reading in your command. Alexa, stop reading in [time] You Sleep timer for 5 minutes, starting now! Alexa Navigate in the book Alexa allows you to move the playback position backwards or forwards. By default, the jump is 30 seconds. But you can specify a different duration at the end of your instruction. Go forward 30 seconds Alexa, go further Alexa, skip ahead You Go forward another duration Alexa, forward [duration] Alexa forward [1 hour] You Go back 30 seconds Alexa, go back You Go back another duration Alexa, go back [duration] Alexa, go back [10 minutes] You Change the chapter Go to the next chapter Alexa, next chapter You Go back one chapter Alexa, previous chapter You Information about the book title and author If you are unsure about the book Alexa is reading to you, you can ask her to remind you of its title and author. Alexa, what is this book? You This is [title] by [author] Alexa Original Article at: https://domorex.com/alexa-commands/how-to-use-kindle-with-alexa/#schedule-sh utdown-sleep-timer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/000901d849e4%247d754c40%24785fe4c0%24%40ucla.edu.
