Amazon Echo

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Have any of you heard about Amazon Echo? It sounds amazing!

Can you imagine how useful this would be for disabled people? You can tell it to arrange for a taxi, so probably an ambulance as well. Tell it to turn on or off lights or the TV or play music...

Obviously, your lights/TV/whatever would have to be connected or able to receive a signal but talk about helpful.

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That sounds amazing--if we could get one for my mom, it would take a load off my dad! Her new motorized wheelchair is already a big help, but this would be incredible.

I hope you're able to get one!!!

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It does sound good, doesn't it? I hope it works for your mom.

[amedia.livejournal.com]

Well, I sent an email to all my siblings with a link to the U.S. version of the doodad and a brief explanation of what it can do besides play music--it's funny how Amazon touts it primarily as a remote-control speaker when that's probably the least impressive thing it does! So far I've heard back from a couple of them who think it's a cool idea. If we all pitch in (there are four of us), it should be affordable to get the gizmo and some of the special switches for lamps and things. And my brother-in-law, who runs the IT department where he works, should be able to set it up and troubleshoot it. (Mom's very computer-savvy, but she doesn't have good use of her hands.) *hopefulhopeful*

And, as I said to my sibs, it's a good thing she wouldn't be able to use it for the thermostat, because if Mom could change the temperature back up or down every time Dad futzed with it, we'd have World War III on our hands! ;-)