I hate the app as well, it just locks up vo and I use the pc instead.
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hated it and returned my Echo because of it. I agree it’s fine once you
get the skills to work, but it was so sluggish to achieve that.
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*Subject:* [access-uk] Re: amazon Echo, Again!
Hi Pete.
I read on a review that it is not possible to use the dot to stream
radio because of its small size. Amazon would rather you connect your
bluetooth speakers or speakers to the audio out jack. Is this true?
Cheers,
Mo.
On 26/10/2016 12:10, Steve Nutt wrote:
Hi Pete,
I don’t believe the Amazon Echo is a Bluetooth speaker. I certainly
can’t connect my phone to it.
I think the Dot and Tap are though.
All the best
Steve
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hi alistair,
the dot is available from amazon in the UK.
i have both the echo and the dot and apart from their size and
speaker volume they are both capable of doing the same things as to
regard of how you control them and the skills you can install.
the main differences are that the echo is around 9 inches tall while
the dot is only 1.3 inches, the echo has 2 buttons on the top the
wake button and a microphone mute button but the dot has 2 more
buttons on the top volume up and down.
the dot also has a 3.5 audio out jack on the back which the echo
does not.
they both have bluetooth, which i haven't used yet, but i think the
difference is that the echo's bluetooth is for connecting to smart
phones and such like so you can transmit the sound from the phone
via the echo's speaker while the blutooth in the dot is just for
transmitting from the dot to a bluetooth speaker.
i'm sure your grandson would enjoy either as there are hundreds of
skills that you can install allowing you to do varying things just
by speaking to them.
you can ask it anything you would normally look up in an
encyclopedia, ask it to solve a mathmatical problem, ask about the
weather or ask about places in the world and much much more.
i have been quite supprised by just how loud the speaker in the
little dot goes and i haven't bothered connecting any external
speaker to it either wired or by bluetooth.
obviously the speaker in the echo is much louder but unless you
want to use it as a replacement for a hi-fi the dot is more than
adequate for asking questions, using as a timer/alarm clock or even
as a bedside radio/music player.
pete.
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:43:46 +0100
"alistair" <alistair.kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:alistair.kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I’m aware there has been considerable discussion about this
product on list and I note that the echo has a baby brother, I
think it is “the dot”? As I have a blue tooth speaker already
would there be any difference in performance between the dot and
the actual Echo? I have searched Amazon but can’t see it listed
as a product, is it available in the UK? Also, and lastly, lol!
Would there be any educational value for young folks? My
grandson is 8 extremely bright, (don’t know where he gets it
from) and is very tech savvy and has a enquiring mind!
thanks
alistair
