Very nice review by you. I'll definitely keep
this email for future reference if I do decide to buy this item.
At 03:03 PM 5/11/2017, you wrote:
Here are my First impressions of the new Alexa
calling feature using the IOS Alexa app!
The setup was pretty straight forward.
You are asked to sign into the app and enter
your credentials and proceed to the setup. you
will need to supply the phone number you will be
using to receive and make calls on your mobile
phone whether it be android or IOS.
When you continue you are sent a verification
code to your mobile phone. once you are
verified, you will here a chime on your Alexa
device, and you are taken to a screen where you
import your contacts, allow Alexa to use the microphone and so on.
Once this is all done, you are given a brief
explanation of how to insert contacts to make
calls and send messages, and so forth.
Making calls from the Alexa devices is quite
easy to do. You say, Elexa call so and so. As
long as the person in your contacts has the
Alexa app on there phone, Alexa will make the
call for you. Anyone can download the app and
enable the calling feature. I would think they
had better have an Amazon account though!
Making calls from the Alexa app itself is
another matter. You search for a contact in your
address book and tap it to make your call. If
the person doesnât answer,you donât hear
anything at all. You canât power down the
phone or anything. you donât have voiceover
to end the call. The only way I got voiceover
back was to call myself with one of my Alexa
devices. The phone vibrated and eventually I
heard the Amazon ringtone and I could answer or
decline my call. I think I will stick to using the Elexa devices to make calls.
When I called my self, the audio was quite
clear. I then told my device at hand to hang up.
it did and my phone when back to normal. I guess
the other party you are talking to will have to
end the calls, because there is no way to find
the end call icon if you are totally blind because you have no voiceover.
I think the Alexa calling and message feature
has potential, and I am waiting for some blind
individual to buy the Echo show when it comes
out and let all of us know how accessible it is.
If you call yourself for testing purposes, make
sure the volume on the device is turned down
low, or you will have ear splitting feedback.
The calls donât show up in your IOS calls either.
