At the beginning of Feb this year 2018, the Amazon Echo Smart Speaker range became available in Australia. Stephen and I interview Robin Christopherson from the UK about the Amazon Echo as he is well known for his podcast series Dot To Dot - all about skills for the Amazon echo.

For those of us in Australia, here is the link to the Amazon Alexa app in both the Google and iOs stores

iOS link to the AmazonAlexa App

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/amazon-alexa/id944011620?mt=8

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.dee.app&hl=en

The New Voice for the Amazon Echo - Sounds Quite Good for the English Australia voice for getting quick info.  However, for listening to Kindle books, the voice is slow and pauses significantly between paragraphs.

A demo of what the English Australia voice sounds like for the echo

http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/e/demo-of-the-new-english-australia-voice-for-the-amazon-echo/

Demo of setting up the Amazon Echo in Australia via the Amazon Alexa app

http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/e/demo-of-setting-up-the-amazon-echo-dot-with-the-ios-amazon-alexa-app-now-that-the-echo-is-officially-supported-in-australia/