Alexa For Dummies, 1 by McFedries, Paul -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover 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 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

Chapter 6: Using Alexa at Home

A Quick Word about Household Profiles Shopping with Alexa Creating Lists Getting the Information You Need Letting Alexa Manage Your Calendar Setting Alexa Alerts Putting Alexa in Do Not Disturb Mode

Part 3: Getting More out of Your Relationship with Alexa

Chapter 7: 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 8: Adding Skills to Alexa

Understanding What a Skill Is Checking Out Amazon’s Alexa Skills Department Enabling a Skill Working with Skills Thirty Cool Alexa Skills to Try Building Your Own Skill

Chapter 9: Making Alexa Accessible

Part 4: Controlling Your Smart Home

Chapter 10: 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 11: Uncovering Some Smarter Smart-Home Techniques

Creating Device Groups Alexa in Stereo: Working with Speaker Sets Streaming Music to Multiple Rooms Automating Alexa with Routines Working with IFTTT Applets

Part 5: The Part of Tens

Chapter 12: 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 13: Ten Things That Can Go Wrong with Alexa (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 14: Ten Ways to Beef Up Alexa Security and Privacy

Make Sure Your Wi-Fi Network Is Locked Up Tight 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 Delete Your Saved Wi-Fi Passwords Revoke a Skill’s Permissions Deregister Your Alexa Device

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