Hi Mary. Yes, I received my Amazon Echo a few days ago. The Echo app for the most part is accessible. The only issue I'm seeing is that it's a little funky about updating the screen. It's one of those deals where you might tap on settings for example, but those options don't show up right away and you sometimes have to poke around the screen to find them. Having said that however, I was able to get the Echo up and running with no sighted ehlp.
Basically, you find a good spot for the Echo, plug it in, turn it on, and wait a minute or so where the echo will announce it's ready to be setup. You run the app, and follow the directions. Not bad at all. My impressions so far: The voice is very pleasant. Not sure if it might be a high quality version of Heather. The actual sound of the device is a lot better than I thought it would be. It's somewhat bass heavy but not bad considering it's size. I wouldn't want to use it for critical music listening by any means, but it's just fine for what it is and having music playing in the background or listening to podcasts. The build quality is outstanding, very nice looking device. It comes with a very nice remote. Along with the remote, you get a magnetic platform for the remote that you can stick to any metallic surface and the remote in turn sticks very securely to this little platform. You can also mount the platform for the remote with the included strip of double sided tape. The remote does have a mic on it with a talk button which can be used if you are too far away from the Echo or just don't feel like having to say Alexa. What's very unique about the Echo is that it really can understand you from very far away which is pretty cool. The one big complaint I would have about the Echo is that it's still very young and has a lot of learning to do. It's very limited when compared to Siri or Ok Google but this is something that I'm sure will get better and better as it is updated by Amazon. The updates just happen in the background I believe. It's a cool device to play with for $99 if you are a Prime member but I don't think I would ever pay the suggested retail price of $199. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 12:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Amazon echo iOS app I am curious if anyone on the list has the Amazon echo, which has a companion app that runs on your iPhone. How is the app in terms of excess ability? Mary Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
