In this Blind Vet Tech Quick Guides and Tutorials podcast, we demonstrate five Alexa commands Echo users should know. Listening to music and streaming radio, catching up with the news, setting timers and alarms, playing games, and checking your calendar ranks amongst the most common tasks blind individuals access through an Echo. Bookmark our podcasts on Amazon Echo to learn how to utilize the Echo to its fullest capabilities.

The commands we use include:

* Alexa play WBBM Radio (or other radio station)

* Alexa play songs by Pearl Jam (or other artists, song titles, and genres)

* Alexa stop

* Alexa next or previous track

* Alexa play the News

* Alexa play my flash briefing

* Alexa next article

* Alexa set a timer for 1 minute (or other time interval)

* Alexa how much time is left on the timer

* Alexa set alarm for 0600 tomorrow

* Alexa play Jeopardy or Geography Trivia

* Alexa what is on my calendar for tomorrow

Thank you for listening to this Blind Vet Tech tutorial on five common commands for Amazon Echo’s Alexa.

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