Alexa For Dummies, 2nd Edition
- Length: 320 pages
- Edition: 2
- Language: English
- Publisher: For Dummies
- Publication Date: 2021-08-31
- ISBN-10: 1119822084
- ISBN-13: 9781119822080
- Sales Rank: #94691 (See Top 100 Books)
Make your every wish Alexa’s command with this in-depth guide to the wildly popular Amazon smart speaker
You might be thinking, “All I have to do is plug in my Echo device and start using it!” And you’d be right. But if you really want to explore what that compact little device can do, then Alexa For Dummies is your go-to resource. This book shows you how to customize your device to respond to your requests and enhance your life.
Alexa For Dummies takes you on a tour of all things Alexa: its capabilities, tools, settings, and skills. Go beyond the basics of playing music, calling friends, reading the news, and checking the weather. You’ll learn how to make Alexa private and secure, connect it to your smart home devices, and even make it sound like Samuel L. Jackson, if you feel like it. You can also extend its capabilities by adding new skills.
- Customize your device to respond to your voice
- Troubleshoot when a light is signaling something’s wrong
- Add skills to play music and audiobooks
- Create routines to turn on lights, adjust the thermostat, set your security alarm, and lock your doors
- Sync your smart devices throughout your home
- Use Alexa to connect to a Zoom meeting or phone call with your friends or family
No matter which device you have—Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show, Echo Studio, Echo Flex, Echo Loop, Echo Buds, or Echo Frames—Alexa For Dummies is the perfect companion. Ready to get started? Say “Hey, Alexa, order Alexa For Dummies!”
Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here Part 1: Getting Started with Alexa Chapter 1: Getting to Know Alexa What Is This Alexa That Everyone’s Talking About (or, Really, To)? Where Do You Get Alexa? Figuring Out Which Alexa Device You Need Learning What Alexa Can Do Chapter 2: Setting Up Alexa and Your Devices Installing the Alexa App Alexa Feng Shui: Positioning Your Alexa Device Adding Your Alexa Device Personalizing Your Alexa Device Connecting External Speakers to Your Alexa Device Chapter 3: Learning Alexa Basics Getting to Know Your Echo Getting to Know Alexa Some Useful Alexa Commands Part 2: Having Fun with Alexa Chapter 4: Playing Media Listening to Music on Alexa Listening to Other Audio Sources on Alexa Streaming Mobile Device Audio through Alexa Watching Video on Alexa Watching TV with Alexa Taking Photos with Alexa Chapter 5: Communicating with Alexa Managing Your Alexa Contacts List Exchanging Text Messages Making Voice or Video Calls Dropping In on Other Alexa Users Using Your Alexa Device as an Intercom Asking Alexa to Translate Words and Phrases Chapter 6: Using Alexa at Home A Quick Word about Household Profiles Enabling Your Shopping Habit Forging To-Dos and Other Lists Getting the Information You Need Setting Up Alexa Care Hub Chapter 7: Being More Productive Letting Alexa Manage Your Calendar Setting Alexa Alerts Putting Alexa in Do Not Disturb Mode Connecting to Someone Else's Echo Device Part 3: Getting More out of Your Relationship with Alexa Chapter 8: Asking Alexa Questions Searching for Nearby Places Asking for Financial Info Getting Symptoms and Other Medical Facts Asking Alexa to Do the Math Converting Units Getting Science Answers Quizzing Alexa about the Culture Bugging Alexa about Books Asking Linguistic Questions Asking Questions about Companies Asking about Dates and Times For Everything Else: Querying Wikipedia Chapter 9: Adding Skills to Alexa Understanding What a Skill Is Checking Out Amazon’s Alexa Skills Store Enabling a Skill Working with Skills Thirty Cool Alexa Skills to Try Building Your Own Skill Chapter 10: Making Alexa Accessible Controlling Alexa If You Have a Speech Impairment Checking Out Alexa’s Features for the Hearing Impaired Enabling Alexa’s Features for the Vision Impaired Part 4: Controlling Your Smart Home Chapter 11: Setting Up Your Smart Home What’s So Smart about a Smart Home? Setting Up Your Smart-Home Devices Managing Smart-Home Devices Working with Smart-Home Devices Chapter 12: Uncovering Some Smarter Smart-Home Techniques Creating Device Rooms and Groups Alexa in Stereo: Working with Speaker Sets Streaming Music to Multiple Rooms Home Sweet Home Theater: Combining Alexa with Fire TV Automating Alexa with Routines Getting to Know Alexa Guard Working with IFTTT Applets Part 5: The Part of Tens Chapter 13: Ten (Times Ten) Ridiculously Fun Alexa Tricks Ten Ways to Ask Alexa to Tell a Joke Ten Alexa Wordplay Tricks Ten Ways to Get Alexa to Sing Ten Oddball Things to Ask Alexa to Do Ten Funny Questions to Ask Alexa Ten Ways to Get Alexa to Tell a Story Ten Ways to Get Personal with Alexa Ten Movie Easter Eggs Ten TV Easter Eggs Ten Music Easter Eggs Chapter 14: Ten Things That Can Go Wrong (and How to Fix Them) Troubleshooting 101 Alexa or Your Echo Device Is Unresponsive Your Echo Device Isn’t Using the Latest Software You Can’t Connect to Your Wi-Fi Network You’re Having Trouble Streaming Media You’re Having Trouble Connecting a Bluetooth Device You Ordered Something Accidentally Alexa Doesn’t Understand Your Commands You’re Having Trouble Making Calls You Changed Your Wi-Fi Network Password A Smart-Home Device Doesn’t Work Properly Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Beef Up Security and Privacy Make Sure Your Wi-Fi Network Is Locked Up Tight Delete Your Saved Wi-Fi Passwords Change Alexa’s Wake Word Stop Alexa from Listening (and Watching) Trash Sensitive Alexa Recordings Configure Alexa Not to Use Your Personal Data Shut Down Alexa’s Communications Secure Your Amazon Account Revoke a Skill’s Permissions Deregister Your Alexa Device Index About the Author Advertisement Page Connect with Dummies End User License Agreement
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