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What do you think of alexa speakers? (self.Blind)
submitted by bradley22
I know this isn't a product for the blind but I know quite a few blind people have them.
i've ordered two alexa speakers in my lifetime and gave the first one to my friend Amin and am probably going to end up selling this one on facebook.
For me; Alexa just isn't my kind of thing. Having to ask it to do this and do that gets tiring. Yes you can turn on that mode where it's meant to listen for multiple commands but I just find that I can do anything I want on my computer a lot faster.
Plus; if I really want it for some raeson; alexa can always be downloaded to my pc.
For those thinking of buying one, I'd test it out first if you can before making the plunge, this speaker cost me £130 I believe.
i've ordered two alexa speakers in my lifetime and gave the first one to my friend Amin and am probably going to end up selling this one on facebook.
For me; Alexa just isn't my kind of thing. Having to ask it to do this and do that gets tiring. Yes you can turn on that mode where it's meant to listen for multiple commands but I just find that I can do anything I want on my computer a lot faster.
Plus; if I really want it for some raeson; alexa can always be downloaded to my pc.
For those thinking of buying one, I'd test it out first if you can before making the plunge, this speaker cost me £130 I believe.
xmachinaxxx 2 points 1y ago
I find it useful. I mostly use it for asking about the time, weather, and to play music or white noise to fall asleep.
bradley22 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Nice :)
oncenightvaler 1 points 1y ago
I love mine, I use it as calendar, alarm clock, audio book reader, podcasting device, and occasionally play games on it.
retrolental_morose 1 points 1y ago
I think the majority of replies to your post seem to indicate they're held in high regard by the blind. You've clearly got some issues to work out given that you've gotten rid of one to get a second, then spent more than you need to in the doing (you seem to already know you can try Alexa for free on an app and the Flex is currently selling for £14.99).
We started with just one, mainly to stream music. The multi-room music abilities, alarms and calendar integration, smart home (lights, thermostats, smart plug access) keep us customers. It's hugely handy to go hands-free to add something to your shopping list when you are using your hands already and plenty more besides. We now have a Flex, 2 Shows, 2 Fire TV sticks, and 4 dots around our relatively small suburban house and find it a reasonable way of having what we want without breaking the bank.
We started with just one, mainly to stream music. The multi-room music abilities, alarms and calendar integration, smart home (lights, thermostats, smart plug access) keep us customers. It's hugely handy to go hands-free to add something to your shopping list when you are using your hands already and plenty more besides. We now have a Flex, 2 Shows, 2 Fire TV sticks, and 4 dots around our relatively small suburban house and find it a reasonable way of having what we want without breaking the bank.
bradley22 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
I have no issues at all, I just bought one a couple years ago and now bought the echo studio as it was the newest but have decided alexa isn't for me, I think it's silly saying someone has issues just because they bought something twice, once with older hardware and again with the latest versions of things, and decided it's not for them, oh and i have no idea what the flex is.
retrolental_morose 1 points 1y ago
issues may have been too strong a term. My parents would perhaps have said too much money or something then, to throw almost £200 after bad. why did you think you'd get better results, was my point? or was your interest the quality of the speakers themselves?
bradley22 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
That’s okay.
It was the quality of the speaker. I heard it could do 3-D stuff, I wasn’t that impressed.
It was the quality of the speaker. I heard it could do 3-D stuff, I wasn’t that impressed.
retrolental_morose 1 points 1y ago
ah, that makes sense. I'm afraid Amazon's hype notwithstanding an expensive speaker will come from the professionals in our house. Our dots suffice for casual listening and a solid set of headphones is probably the closest I can come to precision sound
BenandGracie 1 points 1y ago
I have one built-in to my sound bar, and I never use it. My internet sucks, so it is faster for me to just use my phone to check the time or play music.
bradley22 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Makes sense.
impablomations 1 points 1y ago
I have two. One in the bedroom and one in the sitting room.
I use it to control the lights (handy when you're 100% blind in the dark and can't find the light switch), play music from my media server, weather, time, timer for cooking, internet radio, alarm clock. handy calculator/converter for weights/measurements/temps for cooking if I'm following an American recipe (i'm in UK).
Also when on holiday I could drop in via my phone and see & talk to my cats (echo show)
I use it to control the lights (handy when you're 100% blind in the dark and can't find the light switch), play music from my media server, weather, time, timer for cooking, internet radio, alarm clock. handy calculator/converter for weights/measurements/temps for cooking if I'm following an American recipe (i'm in UK).
Also when on holiday I could drop in via my phone and see & talk to my cats (echo show)
bradley22 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Yeah that's all good uses of the devices and I know peple with them who enjoy using them every day.
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bradley22 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
that's great :)
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