These short top tips and skills for the Amazon Echo are for everyone who’s simply dotty about Alexa. Your host is Robin Christopherson - with frequent appearances by Shaun Preece and other friends.
…
continue reading
Wondering what wonderful things you can do with your Echo? Well, wander no more as you've stumbled across the perfect place to find out. Why not join Shaun Preece and Robin Christopherson as they select, demo and rate several Alexa skills every single week 👍
…
continue reading
Shaun's back to bring us a super quiz - honest! (It says it on the tin.) Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and becom…
…
continue reading
Today's top tip is one to try at your peril. You'll discover unmissable bargains you never knew you needed. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot -…
…
continue reading
1
DTD2701: Delta Wave and stopping unwanted shopping suggestions
3:35
3:35
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
3:35
We start with a soothing soundscape that should sort out your delta waves once and for all. Also, Amazon recently started having your Echo suggest products you might like—and things she thinks you might need a refill on soon. To turn this off, in the A-lady app, tap More (bottom right) > Settings > Notifications > Amazon Shopping and turn off the t…
…
continue reading
With great visuals for Echos with a screen, today's skill is out of this world (even if the sound effects aren't). Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dot…
…
continue reading
By those fab guys at Labworks.io, today's spot the fake story skill has now been pizzazzed-up a bit with some groovy music. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://gl…
…
continue reading
Are you a quiz champion. Shaun's certainly a champ to bring us today's delicious demo 🥇 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doi…
…
continue reading
If you like kittens (and who doesn't - except maybe birds, mice, neighbours with gardens and perhaps dogs????) then you'll love today's skill last covered over 1200 episodes Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou …
…
continue reading
Only listen to today's demo if you A) Need to boil an egg and B) Don't mind terrible jokes 🐔🥚🤦 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consi…
…
continue reading
Today Shaun's back with a brilliant skill all about animals and a magic jinn's ability to pluck them out of the air ✨ Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/…
…
continue reading
Last covered over 500 episodes ago and now with added background sounds, would you rather listen to today's demo or be slowly and very painfully nibbled to death by a million ravening ants 🐜🐜🐜? Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twit…
…
continue reading
Fab dude Shaun Preece is back to revisit a fatally flawed spaceflight last covered over 400 episodes ago. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - p…
…
continue reading
This is your classic roeboat, wolf, rabbit, hay puzle with a distinct lack of sound effects - especially when you get it wrong. Booo! Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at …
…
continue reading
Fab friend of the show, Thomas Domville (thomas@themickeyhouse.com) teaches us Wookie today. All I can say is, "Grrr arrrh rrrggrrrrr." Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap a…
…
continue reading
Covered exactly 900 episodes ago, this one's a must for any aspiring amateur or positively professional puzzle fan. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/do…
…
continue reading
Covered nearly 400 episodes ago, today Shaun revisits a place that, quite frankly, is best left well alone 😱 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot …
…
continue reading
What's that giant pulsating purple plant behind the secret lab on the edge of town?? This simple but compelling choose-your-own-adventure game by Electronic Arts is well worth a dabble. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with…
…
continue reading
Today Shaun's back with a groovy word game with sweet sound-effects, brought to us by those guys at Zynga - famous for the mobile game; Words with Friends. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support t…
…
continue reading
1
DTD2686: Fire Escape Tips and Riptide Escape
4:16
4:16
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
4:16
Let's hope these life-saving tips never need to be put into practice 🚒🏊 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become…
…
continue reading
Track your packages, easily return them and turn your Echo into a delivery detective with today's handy dandy Hermes skill. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://gl…
…
continue reading
Rock out with the A-lady and her amazing singing skills 🎸 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official D…
…
continue reading
The amazing Shaun Preece vertuosoes a very viable skill indeed. Definitely tenable. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing s…
…
continue reading
Boy this one's an epic. Now with added sounds, sit back and embark on the journey of a lifetime (it'll probably take that long) in this compelling medieval adventure game. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou ca…
…
continue reading
A bizarre escape the office skill today, with instant death around every corner - and we're not talking paper cuts here… Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.…
…
continue reading
Watch (or listen) to videos of the fascinating mission to the red planet unfolding in front of our eyes some 301.2m km away from Earth today - according to the A-lady. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can al…
…
continue reading
There are probably more than 5 reasons why I'm not very good at this game but I can't put them into words… Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - …
…
continue reading
Today, Ashley Colburn (ashleycolburn2018@gmail.com) brings us the last word on what's keto and what's not. You can forget popcorn for a start 😱 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with…
…
continue reading
You're a farming tycoon with some difficult decisions to make. Grow your empire and avoid making enemies along the way and you'll be raking it in. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show w…
…
continue reading
Shaun's back to bash an ogre, rescue a cooking pot and find a villager in his stew. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing s…
…
continue reading
First covered over 600 episodes ago and by those lovely guys at Vocala.co, today's offering is the good old higher/lower card game with sweet sound effects. Shaun shows us how it works. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with…
…
continue reading
It's a funny one today guys. First a plug to help support the show (by telling your friends and splashing it all over social media using the #DTDPod hashtag), then a shameless request for donations to help support the show, and finally we look at making playing the podcast on your Echo a bit more reliable. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thed…
…
continue reading
Today's skill promises to be a real corker. Can you escape the school room using your wits alone? OK - you'll need to use your voice too 🤦 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a ta…
…
continue reading
Can you help the toy, lost in his factory, to escape to freedom and almost certain adoption by the first child that spots his little plastic face? Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show w…
…
continue reading
Covered nearly 800 episodes ago, our intrepid Shaun Preece demos this brilliant 4/5 🌟s intergalactic delivery service skill by @DrewCosgrove that, quite frankly, puts Deliveroo in the shade 🚀 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitte…
…
continue reading
This fab skill allows you to play your music and other audio files direct from Dropbox. It creates a folder called Apps > Sound Stream where you can create folders and drop files. The free account is limited to 10 playlists with 10 tracks per playlist. You can resume longer files like audio books, but beware that playing any other file in-between w…
…
continue reading
Shaun the space cadet has been trapped in cryogenic stasis ever since we covered this one over 800 episodes ago. No wonder he doesn't look a day over 80… Hang on, that's not how it works! 😱 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter …
…
continue reading
First covered over 500 episodes ago, prepare to get weird with today's groovy skill. Act, dance and sing along to each game as instructed and be grateful that the A-lady usually resides in the privacy of your own home. If you're weird already, then just think of this skill as a tool for self expression… Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedott…
…
continue reading
Friend of the show, Hao Wen, is back to bring us a fantastic fistful of games from those fab guys at Volley Inc. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dotto…
…
continue reading
Today's skill is so full of fabulous record-breaking facts, you may actually need to say "Huh!" sometimes. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - …
…
continue reading
Brought to us by the amazing Shaun Preece, brace yourself for a somewhat strange immersive audio skill with strong language and themes but great sound effects. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also suppo…
…
continue reading
Friend of the show, Hao Wen, is back to bring us a disturbing dollop of dinosaur danger in today's dramatic demo 😱 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dot…
…
continue reading
covered over 1300 episodes ago, co-host on The Echo Show Shaun Preece is in no actual jeopardy here guys - just wanted to reassure you. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap a…
…
continue reading
Friend of the show, Hao Wen, is back to bring us a fab demo of another AI-based skill. Who knew that Socrates was American. Huh!? Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at http…
…
continue reading
1
DTD2661: Deleting your A-lady speech history and other related tips
3:36
3:36
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
3:36
Delete varying amounts of what you've said to the A-lady like a pro after listening to today's tip-packed demo - plus you can finally find out why she triggered without anyone saying anything at all… 👏🙌 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow u…
…
continue reading
Start new habits and then keep the streak going with this super-simple habit-forming skill. They say that two weeks is what it takes to form a strong habit so get streaking, guys. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDP…
…
continue reading
Covered nearly 700 episodes ago, this lively quiz all about those fabulous Disney hits will really pep up your day. Now I have to go away and watch 'Tangled' and 'Hercules'… Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou …
…
continue reading
1
DTD2658: Fish Feeder and Fish Tank (updated)
5:28
5:28
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
5:28
Our first skill is a must for any forgetful fish owner (desperately needs sound-effects, though) and we then revisit the updated fish tank screensaver skill that also works on Echos without a screen - now with added 'HD with super-long looping' option with an in-skill purchase. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do…
…
continue reading
Covered over 400 episodes ago, Shaun's back and making a real meal of commanding his sub - a meal for the fish, that is 🐟 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow…
…
continue reading
By those fab guys atHugo.fm, today's groovy skill uses that ever-present AI to bring us a friendly alien from his base on the Moon to have a quick chat with. Nice 👽 Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also …
…
continue reading
Today we look at how easy it is to create a panic alarm to (hopefully) scare away intruders of all sizes. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - p…
…
continue reading
Today we revisit the magical and IMHO marvellous world of HP. Hooray! Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ thedottodotpodcast@gmail.com 👍 Do tell your friends, leave us a review on iTunes (ok, 🍏 Podcasts) or follow us on Twitter with #DTDPodYou can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become a…
…
continue reading