Other ways of listening eg Alexa

If you have an Internet connection (wi-fi):

There are many ways for you to listen online, and it may take a little experimentation, perhaps with the help of friends or family, to find which works best for you.

Alexa

Alexa is a service enabled by Amazon that enables you to have a dialogue with a ‘virtual helper’ called Alexa. There are many ways to access Alexa. The simplest is to use a special device called a ‘smart speaker’. This is a speaker that responds to your spoken voice commands. You can use it for lots of different things, including listening to Chatterbox.

Enabling Chatterbox material the first time you use Alexa:

"Alexa, enable talking newspapers skill"

After doing this enabling once, you can always say:

“Alexa, open Chatterbox”

“Alexa, open Chatterbox Just Talk”

“Alexa, open Chatterbox EDP Norfolk magazine”

“Alexa, open Chataround magazine”

N.B. If when you say Alexa enable talking newspapers Alexa responds with a different message from above, perhaps saying that the service is no longer available, try saying the following:

Alexa, disable my talking newspaper

If Alexa responds negatively to that command, try saying:

Alexa, disable talking newspapers
When Alexa says that the talking newspapers skill has been disabled, start again from the top i.e. say Alexa enable talking newspapers which should now work.

We can supply you with a smart speaker at no charge and set it up for you if you wish. Please call us on 01603 765365 for information.

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