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- DTD950 Get Weird
Prepare to get weird with today's groovy skill. Act, dance and sing along to each game as instructed and be grateful that the A-lady usually resides in the privacy of your own home. If you're weird already, then just think of this skill as a tool for self expression…
5 min - DTD949 Finish the Phrase
Today, Tiffany Black (@1modernmonster) furnishes us with a fresh skill all about finishing phrases. Fab. Want to help out with a demo of your own? Please do by dropping me a line to [email protected] or to @USA2DAY on the Twitters.
4 min - DTD948 Stress Relief and Fish Aquarium
Our first skill is just some nice, relaxing music - that's it. Listen to a bit or a lot. Also, if you have an Echo Show or Spot, then try out this nice but rather fishy screensaver. Want to send me a demo of that subaquatic screensaver skill? Please do to [email protected].
6 min - DTD947 Working with A-lady lists and HP Printer
Today we look at how to work with lists on your Echos, plus the great HP skill (great if you have a wi-fi HP printer, that is) which enables you to say, "Alexa, ask My Printer to…":
• print my shopping list• print my to-do list• print my (A list that you've created) list• print a Crayola colouring page• print a colouring page for kids• print art therapy• Print a colouring page from Just Add Color• print today's comics• print today's crossword• print a number puzzle game• get a word search game• print bingo cards• print a checklist• print lined paper• print metric graph paper• print a calendar for next monthWow, that's a lot of printing!8 min - DTD946 The BBC (revisited) and BBC podcasts
Now with updated fast forward and rewind features, the BBC skill is better than ever. Oh, and all of the BBC's considerable audio output is now available in podcast form regardless of whether their superb skill is available where you are. Enjoy.
9 min - DTD945 Musicals Trivia
Tiffany Black (@1modernmonster on the Twitters) sure knows her musicals - and that's no trivial talent.
4 min - DTD944 Natterbot
A series of audio adventures that start with a warm fire, a comfy armchair and a mysterious sign… Alas no sound effects, but then we had more than enough of those a couple of days ago to last us until the middle of next week.
6 min - DTD943 Alexa Guard (revisited)
Today David Ward ([email protected]) brings us a reprise of the amazing Alexa Guard feature that, alas, is only available in the US. Actually I'm not sure about Canada, but those Canadians are so polite and well-mannered that I'm sure this feature isn't needed there. It would still be nice to have it - even if it's just for those times we inadvertently leave the house with a burner still, er, burning.
6 min - DTD942 Sound FX and Sound Machine
Two totally trivial sound generating skills today. The first; Sound FX, has the following complement of sounds: Rimshot, quack, bark, honk, lazer, gun shot, explosion, another explosion, burp, fart, another fart and game over. The second; Sound Machine, can deliver: Applause, booing, buzzer, crickets, crying, drum roll, flush, laughter, kissing, rim shot, scream, sigh, snore, and yawn.
6 min - DTD941 Silly Stories and (inadvertently) Superburp
Today we start with a silly story and end up with some spectacular-sounding burps. Having said that, I think I could do better.
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About Dot to Dot - the daily 5min Alexa demo show
From the publisher's feed
These short top tips and skills for the Amazon Echo are for everyone who’s simply dotty about Alexa. Your host is Robin Christopherson - with frequent appearances by Shaun Preece and other friends.