Echo Tips

With new folks getting access to A-Lady Plus every day, we thought it would be good to dust of our A-Lady Plus Omnibus episode, as a primer for those getting their feet wet with the all-new A-Lady. Enjoy! For full show notes and attributions see episode 369.

In this episode we talk about the death and deprecation of the Assistive Reader as a feature of Alexa devices. We talk about the changes and how the feature lives on in the Kindle App.

In this episode we take a look at Alexa Plus, an how it can really, I'm not kidding here, help you buy stuff! Yes, my mind was blown. And, for guys like InnoSearch, I'd watch out.

In this episode we take a look at accessibility features aimed at hearing and speech. These features could aid anyone, from those totally deaf to those with a case of laryngitis.

RESOURCES:

Hearing Aids and FireTV OS

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/amazon-fire-tv-accessibility-asha-dual-audio

https://www.hearingtracker.com/news/new-accessibility-features-for-fire-tv

In this episode we review the powerful features and reasons why several disability communities love their Alexa Devices.

In this episode we take a look at Amazon's announcements, specifically there two new Amazon Echo Shows! We also briefly talk about the Google announcements, concerning Gemini and their competing Nest Speakers.

Amazon's September Event, is full of goodies. Take a trip with us as we look at the four new Amazon Echo devices and hear news about Alexa Plus!

ATTRIBUTION

1. Daily Tech News Show Episode 5115

https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2025/09/30/amazons-avalanche-of-new-hardware-announcements-dtns-5115/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.2. Chatterbox TTS

With the Amazon Event coming up on September 30th, we discuss what we might see; both in hardware and Alexa Plus!

Attributions:

Chatterbox TTS for Some TTS Creation

https://huggingface.co/spaces/ResembleAI/Chatterbox

Over the past 12 episodes we've plumbed the depth of Alexa Plus, now nearing the end of September the Amazon Event looms in the future! So, its time to review what we've learned via a giant Omnibus episode, where we pull nuggets in from all these various episodes. Enjoy!

In this episode we explorer the ability of A-Lady Plus to help us organize a trip; to various locations and generate a itinerary.

ATTRIBUTION

Chatterbox TTS

https://huggingface.co/spaces/ResembleAI/Chatterbox