Sinopsis
These short top tips and skills for the Amazon Echo are for everyone whos simply dotty about Alexa.
Episodios
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DTD1431: Star Commander (revisited)
28/12/2020 Duración: 04minCovered over 700 episodes ago, the fabulous Shaun Preece (@TheBlurredNerd on Twittr) revisits another @LabworksIO skill that's out of this world. Joke: What do you do if you see a spaceman? Park in it, man! (That works better when it's not written down.)Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1430: Linkee
27/12/2020 Duración: 05minYet another one by @VocalaCo, this is the super-simple, shout-out-the-link trivia game. Alexa gives you four questions (plus a clue if you need it) and you have to work out what links them all together. Really good fun.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1429: Obama Llama
26/12/2020 Duración: 04minIt's beginning to look a lot like Santa Banter - but now with less snow and more celebs. Brought to us by the great guys @VocalaCo, It's the ridiculous rhyming game with the weird name … and the answer is something like; ‘Tom Cruise has a bruise!’Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1428: The Holiday Party (revisited)
25/12/2020 Duración: 06minDuring this wonderful festive season, have you ever been tempted to bump off those gathered around you one by one. Covered over 700 episodes ago, my co-host on The Echo Show @The BlurredNerd brings us a choose your own adventure skill that serves up that very scenario - but with a secret agent twist. Merry Christmas everybody!!Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1427: Santa Banter
24/12/2020 Duración: 04minBy those brilliant guys @VocalaCo, can you guess the answers that all contain thoroughly festive rhyming words? Play 10 questions for free then choose to unlock the Santa Banter Question Stocking to get 50 extra questions.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1426: Voice of the Day (revisited)
23/12/2020 Duración: 02minFirst covered over 500 episodes ago, good friend of the show and co-host on that other Echo podcast you all know @TheBlurredNerd, brings us a skill that brings us one voice to guess each day. Bring it on.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1425: Where Can I Stream and asking the A-lady what's on TV
22/12/2020 Duración: 05minFirst we look at a skill to tell you which streaming services have the film or TV series you'd like to watch, and then we ask the A-lady, what's on TV, what's on BBC1 now, what movies are on TV tonight, what comedies are on Dave tomorrow? You get the picture.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1424: Escape the Holiday Party (revisited)
21/12/2020 Duración: 05minFirst covered over 600 episodes ago, Shaun Preece (@TheBlurredNerd on the Twitters) and good friend in podcasting crime, shows us just how easy it is to get into a real pickle after the work Christmas party.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1423: Camera Clicks
20/12/2020 Duración: 03minFrom Voice Skills Inc (@VoiceSkillsInc on the Twitters), this straightforward skill simply gives you a nice, full-screen image each day that gradually fades away…Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1422: Guess My Name (revisited)
19/12/2020 Duración: 04minCoverd nearly 500 episodes ago, the A-lady recommended this one so I gave it another spin and, by gum, this game's a good one (actually, several games in one).Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1421: Sleep Sounds: Tibetan Bowls
18/12/2020 Duración: 03minWe've covered a skill called 'Tibetan Singing Bowls' over 900 episodes ago, but today we continue the meditation theme with a similar skill that'll leave a ringing in your ears for years and years. I strangely enjoyed recording this one…Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1420: Puzzler (revisited)
17/12/2020 Duración: 05minBoy do I love this skill - and the guy doing it too. It's my co-host on The Echo Show @TheBlurredNerd and he's puzzling out what's probably the best word quiz around. Nice.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1419: Meditation Sounds
16/12/2020 Duración: 04minThis is a simple skill that seems to be the last thing you'd want to listen to when trying to meditate, but maybe that's just me. One thing's for sure, it's 'in tents'
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DTD1418: the fake news game (revisited)
15/12/2020 Duración: 04minBy those fab guys at Labworks.io (@LabworksIO on the Twitters) and first covered over 500 episodes ago, today's skill is a fun way to finesse your fake news detect-ometer.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1417: Seeking Santa (revisited)
14/12/2020 Duración: 04minCovered nearly 400 episodes ago, today's skill will almost certainly help save Christmas as we know it - so long as we all make sure we play it every day for the next twelve days without fail. Are you ready to help save Christmas?Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1416: Family Notes
13/12/2020 Duración: 04minShaun's back! @TheBlurredNerd brings us a brilliant demo of a so-so skill to save notes for all the family. Oh how we wish we had the Notes feature that's already built into the A-lady for you lucky guys over the pond…Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1415: A-lady, what are your accessibility features?
12/12/2020 Duración: 03minIn case you weren't aware of just how much accessibility Amazon has packed into their devices, today we talk about the new A-lady Accessibility Hub: 'Make more possible with Alexa. Alexa’s accessibility features are helping people be more connected, more entertained, and more independent.' The new Amazon Accessibility Hub: http://amazon.co.uk/alexaaccessibilityHere's a video of lil' old me Amazon used to promote the Accessibility Hub: https://twitter.com/AmazonUK/status/1336341701749690368Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1414: Kid Chef (revisited)
11/12/2020 Duración: 04minCovered over 600 episodes ago, today's fab offering falls somewhere between a cooking and a workout skill. Strange but true.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1413: A-lady, show me gifts for X
10/12/2020 Duración: 02minGet your Echo to suggest gifts for teens, foodies, fitness freaks, nerds - or whomever are the particular/peculiar persons in your life.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com
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DTD1412: Monster Hunter (revisited)
09/12/2020 Duración: 05minFirst covered over 500 episodes ago, friend of the show and my co-host on 'The Echo Show', Shaun Preece (@TheBlurredNerd on the Twitters) goes hunting for monsters. Ooer!