It doesn’t sound like the alarm or the timer. To call someone you say Wake Word call name of person in your Alexa contact list. When you are done you say wake word end call. Merv For all things Echo:

You get an alert when someone is calling you on your amazon Alexa device. I have a dot third Generation or a Show 5 in every room and I get calls routinely. I hear an alert and I say Wake Word answer

On the show 24 hour is in settings. You change that with Voice view enabled by either touching the screen or using a Bluetooth keyboard and touching the screen. I have a show 5 and it is very easy to

I just got a brand new Show 5 today. It came out today and I preordered it. I’m still setting it up and it has Voice View out of the box. It is very elegant and has nice sound for a small five inch de

Amazon has a good variety of devices with Alexa both with and without a screen. The third generation dot has decent sound. The second generation is older but can go portable with a battery/speaker. Mo

The third generation is larger and has better sound quality. The microphone array is designed a little better but that is pretty much it. If I had a Third Generation dot I would not need an external s

Last time I tried reding a Kindle book on my Dot I could not increase the speed. That would be a good feature if they add it. Merv

You do not need Amazon Prime. A free amazon account is needed. Merv ----- For all things Echo: main+subscribe@echoing.groups.io

main+subscribe@echoing.groups.io has about 320 members and has been around a few years. We also have a subgroup just for chatting exclusively for group members. Merv

Hi, A few months ago or perhaps longer, on this list or another tech list, someone mentioned a Panasonic microwave with a braille touch panel. I ordered it and it arrived today. I am at a loss as to s

Hi, I’m not sure if it was this list or another tech list. However, someone mentioned an accessible blue ray DVD player that was available at amazon or Walmart? Could someone please point me to the ma

Hi, I live in Florida. However, someone on one of my groups who lives in Canada would like to know if Amazon has a different support number for Canada than for the United States. Could someone who liv

Hi, I know someone who has one of the new Trek’s that while she was attempting to pair with a Bluetooth device seems to have frozen up. I know there is a way to return it to factory settings which wou

You can edit the zip code in the app. Merv For all things Echo: Main+subscribe@echoing.groups.io

It does talk to you during setup mode. And if you are using the app rather than the computer you will also have added feedback from voiceover. For all things Echo: Main+subscribe@echoing.groups.io

Hi, Microsoft Accessibility 1 800 936 5900 Hope that helps. Merv

Hi, I have seen discussion of several digital recorders over the last year. Some are small such as the Olympus and some are I think larger such as the Zoom. Is there a web site that sells the accessib

If you have the Dots connected to the same account as your Echo the skills are automatically available on every Dot you have in the house. You can see which skills you have enabled by looking in your

Sendspace Pro allows you to use the Wizard which is very accessible with a screen reader. There is a tutorial on the site that you can download that has the keystrokes. But it is also pretty easy to t

Hi, I always said I would never own an Echo. Then I was asked to teach a workshop on how to get the most from an Echo for the blind or visually impaired. Now I have an Echo and a dot. And I have a Vau