Daily top tips and skill demos for Alexa and the Amazon Echo
Can you help your nation to the top of the trivia charts? Covered over 700 episodes ago this one's well worth a revisit.
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Found in the skill store as 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail Quotes', this superb skill simply gives you a different Holy Grail recorded quote each time.
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It's getting easier and easier to find out what you can do with your Echo. I initially said "…with the A-lady" but that didn't sound quite right.
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Covered over 300 episodes ago, Shaun serves up a seriously good demo of this brilliant word-play skill and doesn't even get *that* sweaty in the process 🎾😅
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Is today's skill truly tip-top or a bit of a flop? I'll let you decide - and don't forget we're talking about the skill here and not the demo 😱
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It was a dark and stormy night on old man MacDonald's farm. Actually, it wasn't. It was a bright and chipper morning. Covered over 1000 episodes ago, this porcine private eye will prevail whatever th…
Oooh, this is so not my thing. If you like stat-heavy turn-based scrapping with some special powers thrown in, then maybe you'll take a listen.
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After a generous surprise delivery from the amazing guys at Amazon, I'm in a position to demo the new, thoroughly rotund Echoes and take them for a spin. This is the rock 'n' roll lifestyle for sure!
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Shaun's back bringing us a brilliant demo of a smart vacuum skill from iRobot. Keep all small dogs, children and large denomination bank notes off the floor before giving this one a test drive - just…
With some startling sound-effects and swift, slightly gory action, this dungeon-based adventure isn't for the faint-hearted (in more ways than one).
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Fill your home with the resounding sounds of Westminster Chimes or the mellow hoot of a cuckoo. Got a spare Echo? Bring it back into service by setting up an audible clock and muting the microphone. …
Wow! This is a really powerful skill to help you drift off to, er, to…
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Covered over 700 episodes ago, the lovely Shaun Preece (my co-host on The Echo Show) is here to bring us a fantastic demo of one of the A-lady's top word games.
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Tiffany Horn nae Black (@1modernmonster on the Twitters) brings us two great knitting-related skills today. I'm glad she didn't drop one…
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Mentioned in a recent list of the top 60 A-lady skills, we covered this one over 1300 episodes ago. If you're into valiant quests and good sound-effects, then you've come to the right skill.
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Are you feeling artsy? In other words, are you interested in art, artists, art exhibitions and art-related podcasts? You are??!! Wow, what a coincidence! Have I got a skill for you…
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Today's skill is for everyone who thinks serious gambling's a seriously good idea 😱 - and we then finish off with a second shameless plug for a new podcast called 'The Echo Show'. Search for it in yo…
Not got that crucial ingredient for the recipe you're already half way through? Fear not. Ingredient Sub is on the bench ready to spring into action.
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If you want up-to-the-minute updates on the scores (and tribulations) in the US presidential election then simply ask the A-lady. Big thanks to Ashley Colburn ([email protected]) for bringi…
Today we have a quick dose of much-needed relaxation courtesy of the 'Relaxing Sounds' skill, and we then follow that up with a shameless plug for a new podcast called 'The Echo Show'. Search for it …