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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 730932" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>We have three echo dots and I love them. I use them to tell me the weather, the time (particularly in the middle of the night when I don't want to have to reach to get my phone to see the time), play white noise and other sounds to help me sleep, set a timer and reminders, and add things to a shopping list. The shopping list is my favorite. When I look in the fridge and realize I need something, I just tell Alexa to add it to my shopping list and it is on my phone the next time I go to the grocery store. My husband uses the one in his office to play music.</p><p></p><p>I am not really sure how the echo dot works but I thought it saved things to the cloud . . . not the actual device so I don't think there would be memory/storage space issues. But I may be completely wrong.</p><p></p><p>One of the students I tutor said his dad wouldn't let them get one because of privacy issues since it is always listening to hear the trigger word. I asked him if they had I-phones and he said yes so I asked him how it was any different than Siri. The I-phone is always listening for you to say Siri. But I did understand the privacy concerns . . . especially with all of the stuff we are finding out about the misuse of social media.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 730932, member: 1967"] We have three echo dots and I love them. I use them to tell me the weather, the time (particularly in the middle of the night when I don't want to have to reach to get my phone to see the time), play white noise and other sounds to help me sleep, set a timer and reminders, and add things to a shopping list. The shopping list is my favorite. When I look in the fridge and realize I need something, I just tell Alexa to add it to my shopping list and it is on my phone the next time I go to the grocery store. My husband uses the one in his office to play music. I am not really sure how the echo dot works but I thought it saved things to the cloud . . . not the actual device so I don't think there would be memory/storage space issues. But I may be completely wrong. One of the students I tutor said his dad wouldn't let them get one because of privacy issues since it is always listening to hear the trigger word. I asked him if they had I-phones and he said yes so I asked him how it was any different than Siri. The I-phone is always listening for you to say Siri. But I did understand the privacy concerns . . . especially with all of the stuff we are finding out about the misuse of social media. [/QUOTE]
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