301 episódios
Echo Tips New Vision
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- Educação
Brief educational episodes highlighting and demonstrating features of the Amazon Echo. Commands for Alarms, Timers, Phone Calling, reading books, and much more are all laid out by New Vision's technical instructor David Ward. These episodes are especially helpful for new ones to the platform and seniors who are learning how to use their new device.
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Episode 300 Controlling My Air Conditioner By Voice and More!
In this episode you'll learn how I used a Broadlink RM4 Mini IR Blaster to control my HVAC unit via voice commands with Alexa. This particular IR blaster could likely be used for a variety of applications, likely remote controlling a wide variety of IR devices.
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Episode 299 Reminders the Basics
In this episode, New Vision’s technical instructor, David Ward, dives into the intricacies of setting up and managing reminders on your Amazon Echo device. Whether you’re new to the platform or a seasoned user, understanding how to effectively use reminders can enhance your daily life.
David covers the following key points:
Creating Reminders: Learn how to set up reminders using voice commands. David walks you through the process step by step, ensuring you can easily create reminders for tasks, appointments, and important events.
Customizing Reminders: Discover how to customize your reminders. You’ll find out how to specify the date, time, and frequency of reminders. Whether it’s a one-time reminder or a recurring event. -
Episode 298: Omnibus Alarms Tutorial, Everything There is to Know!
In this omnibus episode, we tackle all the various features and configurations available for the Alarms feature, on your favorite Alexa device. We talk setting them, deleting them, creating repeating alarms, alarms that launch routines, alarms that turn on your lights, and who knows, likely a few other things will be covered as well.
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Episode 297 Alexa AI Omnibus, Catch Up on All You Missed!
In this episode we catch you up on all the Alexa AI Beta news from several episodes, going all the way back to our first experience in episode 278. We discuss the basics of launching the Beta, the types of information you can solicit, hallucinations, Conversation Mode, new hardware, and child safety features. Check out this omnibus episode to catch up on all the AI goodness!
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Episode 296 [From Our Archives] Waking Up to Music
In this episode we revisit an episode from our archives. Its a classic and historically very popular episode, that deals with how to set your Alexa alarm to wake you up to music, radio stations, and a whole lot more!
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Episode 295 The Many Accents of Alexa!
In this episode we play with some features in the Alexa AI Beta, which seem to suggest a capacity for various English accents. That right, have your Alexa talk like a southern from deep in Alabama, too a pirate on the high seas, and much more.