Hi chris
Have many thanks for your suggestion. I've never heard about the amazon echo
show, had to look it up. I admit, I got a bit behind these years because I
had my focus on other things.
So, from what I understand this device has a touchscreen? Not exactly what I
was hoping for, because I'd like to use as bedside thing. But maybe this is
a sacrifize I'd had to make. It's for sure a new world to me and I'll gladly
check it out. There seem to be accessability options like a screen reader?
So hope, an echo show can be setup without sighted help.
Thanks again
Ben
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Hi Ben,
What about an amazon Echo Show?, there are skills for listening to internet
radio, podcasts, and lots of other audio content including audible, you can
link Netflix, amazon Prime, Spotify and Amazon music, so plenty of media
options.
It is configurable through the Alexa app, is voice controlled, has a front
camera which also has a show and tell feature, there is also voice view the
built in screen reader.
I get that many are not Amazon fans, but out of the box and at a very
inexpensive price, it's an option that could be a consideration.
I confess I have many alexa devices around the home and they have
transformed my life for the better.
Chris
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Subject: [freelists-midimag] OT Recommendation for bedside radio or media
center please
Hi all
I have an orion webbox which was decent and even great about ten years ago.
Today most of its functions have been stripped off and have to be paid for.
So I'd like to get something new which gives me back the ability to
subscribe and listen to podcasts, internet radio, maybe even video content
if possible. I don't want to be forced to pay for a plan just for doing
things others can have for free.
But it should be a device which can operate over wired LAN and doesn't need
WLAN regularly because I have turned it off over night. It should be
accessible, at least when configuring over the computer or iphone app. But I
hope there is something out there which doesn't need to be operated by an
iphone all the time. I prefer real physical buttons over touch screen. I
really don't want to have my mobile phone in my bedroom for listening music
because I get a headache when I'm too close to it. Maybe some optional
speech assistant would be nice so I could ask what the title of a current
playing song is. Is there a product which could do all these things?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Ben
