Alexa, tell me a Christmas joke.
What do you call a cross between a snowman and a vampire?
Frostbite.
Who is Santa’s favorite singer?
Elfis Presley.
How was Santa’s helper able to stop eating cookies?
He used elf control.
@Barney She KNOWS. Whether or not she’ll tell is another thing entirely. I’m having a lot of fun trying the Easter eggs.
Alexa, use the Force!
"Can I borrow a lightsaber?"
Alexa, how much is that doggie in the window?
"That one’s not for sale, but the one with the fluffy tail is really nice, too."
Alexa, what is your favorite color?
“Infrared is super pretty.”
@Kirgen Best Buy has them, as well as the Dot and the Tap. You probably also want a Fire tablet to manually input and modify the skills and settings. The Dot can do everything the Echo does, except its speaker isn’t as good.
@OldCatLady I have an original fire and a brand spanking new fire. I have been thinking of actually getting one of the echo devices but. . . would I really use it?
@Kirgen You can d/l the Alexa app for the Fire; it’s free, and will give you an idea of what it can do.
I use my Echo and Dot all the time. Music, news briefings, podcasts, weather forecasts, jokes, stock quotes, recipes, and adding more skills every day. I don’t have any smart devices, so can’t speak to that. https://www.cnet.com/pictures/what-can-amazon-echo-and-alexa-do-pictures/
@OldCatLady I use mine all the time too. She also does timers and alarms, plays Audible books, and does a recap of the Daily Show. And now the government can listen to every word I say (and they would be incredibly bored). I have a Dot hooked up to the BEM speaker with the charging dock I got here.
I liked this part: “For the privacy-conscious, the Echo has a physical mute button that turns the microphone off, so maybe turn that on if you’re considering murder. But really, don’t murder people.”
The value of pie - $30-40, for a really good one.
http://emporiumpies.com/
Alexa, play some ocean sounds.
Ha - just tried it - "When my wi-fi-left me . . . "
LMAO
Not a bad little tune.
Alexa, sing me a rap song.
… a birthday song.
… tell me a Haiku.
… name Santa’s reindeer.
Alexa, how old is Santa Claus?
Alexa, tell me a story.
…is my wife’s name. I have friends that I can’t visit, because simply talking about my wife sets that damn thing off.
@caver2130 Ask them to set the wake word to Amazon or Echo.
Alexa, should I buy today’s Meh item?
. . . I don’t know the answer to that question.
Alexa, tell me a Christmas joke.
What do you call a cross between a snowman and a vampire?
Frostbite.
Who is Santa’s favorite singer?
Elfis Presley.
How was Santa’s helper able to stop eating cookies?
He used elf control.
Alexa, open the pod bay doors.
@Barney, stop gaslighting me! Alexa has no opinion about purple.
@OldCatLady I kinda figured that Alexa wouldn’t know squat about purple. That’s why I deleted my question. Sorry.
@Barney She KNOWS. Whether or not she’ll tell is another thing entirely. I’m having a lot of fun trying the Easter eggs.
Alexa, use the Force!
"Can I borrow a lightsaber?"
Alexa, how much is that doggie in the window?
"That one’s not for sale, but the one with the fluffy tail is really nice, too."
Alexa, what is your favorite color?
“Infrared is super pretty.”
@OldCatLady That’s on my list of things to buy someday.
Alexa please find a place that you can buy the amazon echo speakers since Amazon is sold out.
@Kirgen Best Buy has them, as well as the Dot and the Tap. You probably also want a Fire tablet to manually input and modify the skills and settings. The Dot can do everything the Echo does, except its speaker isn’t as good.
@OldCatLady I have an original fire and a brand spanking new fire. I have been thinking of actually getting one of the echo devices but. . . would I really use it?
@Kirgen You can d/l the Alexa app for the Fire; it’s free, and will give you an idea of what it can do.
I use my Echo and Dot all the time. Music, news briefings, podcasts, weather forecasts, jokes, stock quotes, recipes, and adding more skills every day. I don’t have any smart devices, so can’t speak to that. https://www.cnet.com/pictures/what-can-amazon-echo-and-alexa-do-pictures/
@OldCatLady I use mine all the time too. She also does timers and alarms, plays Audible books, and does a recap of the Daily Show. And now the government can listen to every word I say (and they would be incredibly bored). I have a Dot hooked up to the BEM speaker with the charging dock I got here.
@Kirgen I just got mine and so far I’m loving it.
Alexa play the Beatles
Alexa, make my Fire Phone worth what I paid for it.
@fuzzmanmatt
If you paid $50 for it, then Alexa did itself proud!
@f00l i wish it was only that much! $200 down the drain.
@fuzzmanmatt
That thing will read kindle books aloud and do a decent job of it. Keep it for that quality alone.
@fuzzmanmatt
I know someone who put Google Play Services on it.
Decent-ish phone now.
@fuzzmanmatt i only paid $90 for mine. you can put google apps on it now and also if you are geeky you can put a semi functional cyanogen mod on it
Alexa buy whatever meh deal there is today.
@bigj8705 Can she really do that?
@mehbee She can tell you what Meh is selling- someone set up a skill. “Alexa ask meh voice what the deal is.”
@sammydog01 That’s awesome. I’m going to get a dot and that way I can just ask Alexa at midnight and only get on the site if I want to buy!
@mehbee
There are ways to do that for free.
You could get text messages from WeAreMeh (no Twitter account required).
If you use IF(TTT) you could get texts/emails/whatever.
mine goes off every time there’s a commercial for it on tv or radio…
Still waiting for Amazon to offer a male voice system. Would definitely buy an Idris model.
I just set up “Alexa, turn on the Christmas tree” this week. It’s pretty sweet.
Alexa is the cake a lie?
Alexa, Are you sky net?
Alexa, tell me a Christmas joke.
‘Why are Christmas trees bad at sewing?’
‘They always drop their needles.’
Alexa, can you be used as a witness against me in court?
I liked this part:
“For the privacy-conscious, the Echo has a physical mute button that turns the microphone off, so maybe turn that on if you’re considering murder. But really, don’t murder people.”
Alexa, play Digger Digger.