Amazon has just added new functionality for their Echo streaming media center that will have bookworms celebrating. You can now have your entire e-Book collection read aloud using Alexa's default voice, which is handy if you want to breeze through a few chapters while puttering around the house. Not all Kindle e-Books are compatible with the Echo read aloud feature, but most … [Read more...] about Amazon Echo Will Now Read eBooks Aloud To You
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Audible Audiobooks Now Play on Amazon Echo
If you can't get enough of audiobooks and have been relying on your smartphone or tablet, there is yet another viable option. Amazon has announced that Echo now has the capability to play audiobooks from Audible. It will pick up where you left off on another device and play it while you putter around the house, running errands. Echo also supports Whispersync for Voice, … [Read more...] about Audible Audiobooks Now Play on Amazon Echo
Amazon Echo Speaker Listens and Responds to Voice Commands
Amazon describes their new Echo device as a speaker, but fans of Iron Man will understand when I describe it to be a lot more like J.A.R.V.I.S.! Designed around the sound of your voice, the Echo is always on and ready to respond to your every command --beginning with the wake-word 'Alexa'. Sure it also plays music (from local radio stations, NPR, and ESPN from TuneIn), but all … [Read more...] about Amazon Echo Speaker Listens and Responds to Voice Commands