IN ATTENDANCE:
CEARBHALL O'MEADHRA: PAUL GRIFFITH:
JOHN ACTON: PADRAIGH McLAUGHLAN:
KEVIN CAVE: MARIAN BRENNAN:
AND BOB CORRAZA:
JOHN ACTON BROUGHT IN HIS AMAZON ALEXA ECCO DOT TO DEMONSTRATE ITS
CAPABILITIES TO THOSE PRESENT TODAY,
HE HAD TO SET IT UP AND CONFIGURE IT IN ITS NEW ENVIROMENT , AND CONNECT TO
HIS LAPTOP.
JOHN WITH GOOD HELP FROM PAUL WHO ALSO HAS AN ALEXA ECCO DOT, SHOWED HOW TO GET
ALEXA TO TELL THE WEATHER, THE TIME,
AND TO PLAY SOME BBC RADIO STATIONS BY SIMPLY ASKING ALEXA TO PLAY THE STATION
BY VOICE ONLY.
THE ALEXA VOICE IS VERY CLEAR, AND JOHN TOLD EVERYBODY ABOUT THE VARIOUS
SKILLS THAT ALEXA HAS, INCLUDING SETTING REMINDERS, CALANDER APPOINTMENTS,
DOING KEEP FIT EXERCISES,
TELLING JOKES, AND READING BOOKS,
ALEXA ECCO DOT COSTS ABOUT 50 ?
AND CAN BE BOUGHT DIRECT FROM AMAZON.
FOR AROUND 4 EUROS, ALEXA WILL PLAY YOU TUNES FROM THE AMAZON RECORD LIBRARY
(40.000 SONGS AVAILABLE)
ITS GREAT VALUE, AND REPLACES THE OUTMODED CD PLAYER,
CEARBHALL HELPED KEVIN CAVE TO SAVE FILES INTO DIFFERENT FOLDERS ON HIS
DROPBOX, THIS IS WORK IN PROGRESS,
PAUL IS HELPING MARIAN TO SEND TWEETS, AND THIS IS ALSO WORK IN PROGRESS,
REGARDS
PAUL
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