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10 January 2019, 01:55 PM

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Good result though

Not convinced it hasn't got a fault of sorts, but we'll see.

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11 January 2019, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Pross

I think you can listen to what it has recorded via the companion app .. probably what they were doing, afaik there is no way to stream live audio.

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Originally Posted by CharlySkunkWeed

This was just random conversation (not recorded) but it was on radio so may just be for entertainment purposes

It kind of scares me to be honest - the fact that it's gathering so much audio data...but I don't think that would put me off buying one.

https://www.komando.com/columns/3972...ded-you-saying

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...d-conversation

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12 January 2019, 05:32 AM

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Grrr. Technology.

Daddy why is Alexa not working, I want to play my frozen music

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14 January 2019, 09:22 AM

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Daddy why is Alexa not working, I want to play my frozen music

Yep, pretty much on the nose there.

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14 January 2019, 10:29 AM

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I was recently given an Alexa Dot which I managed to setup no problem.

I do not have Amazon music or spotify or anything but I do have my NAS with music on it on the same network as the Dot, can I tell the Dot to stream mp3s from my NAS?
Also my bluray player is on the same network and I can stream MP3s, pics and vids from my NAS to my TV, is there anyway to get the Dot to do this for me?

I am really struggling to find a use for the Dot out of the box.

Any ideas welcomed

You can stop looking I found it.
https://ifttt.com/applets/EFe7xf3t-t...my-qnap-device

Last edited by Wurzel; 14 January 2019 at 11:24 AM.