Dot to Dot - the daily 5min Alexa demo show

With great visuals for Echos with a screen, today's skill is out of this world (even if the sound effects aren't).---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

By those fab guys at Labworks.io, today's spot the fake story skill has now been pizzazzed-up a bit with some groovy music.---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

Are you a quiz champion. Shaun's certainly a champ to bring us today's delicious demo 🥇Are you a quiz champion. Shaun's certainly a champ to bring us today's delicious demo 🥇---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

If you like kittens (and who doesn't - except maybe birds, mice, neighbours with gardens and perhaps dogs????) then you'll love today's skill last covered over 1200 episodes ago. ---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

Only listen to today's demo if you A) Need to boil an egg and B) Don't mind terrible jokes 🐔🥚🤦---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

Last covered over 500 episodes ago, this skill serves up bitesize bits of self-improving audio from the experts every single day - with many more if you go premium.---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

Today Shaun's back with a brilliant skill all about animals and a magic jinn's ability to pluck them out of the air ✨---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

Last covered over 500 episodes ago and now with added background sounds, would you rather listen to today's demo or be slowly and very painfully nibbled to death by a million ravening ants 🐜🐜🐜?---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

Covered nearly 900 episodes ago 😪 - how anyone could solve this one's a conundrum for sure 😕---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

I thought I'd made up this game myself, but obviously someone else did too. ---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

Friend and co-host on The Echo Show Shaun Preece is back to revisit a fatally flawed spaceflight last covered over 400 episodes ago.---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

This is your classic roeboat, wolf, rabbit, hay puzle with a distinct lack of sound effects - especially when you get it wrong. Booo!---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

Fab friend of the show, Thomas Domville ([email protected]) teaches us Wookie today. All I can say is, "Grrr arrrh rrrggrrrrr."---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

Covered exactly 900 episodes ago, this one's a must for any aspiring amateur or positively professional puzzle fan.---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

Covered nearly 400 episodes ago, today Shaun revisits a place that, quite frankly, is best left well alone 😱---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

Even though we checked out this skill last year, I think it's well worth a revisit as we potentially transition into a hybrid working world.---- Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at https://glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟 ---- Why not check out our sister show where @TheBlurredNerd and I (@USA2DAY) talk about all things Echo each week? 🤷 That's The Echo Show at https://theechoshow.pinecast.co 👍

Covered nearly 1400 episodes ago, today we revisit the ability the A-lady has to serve up cooking suggestions fit for a king (or queen).Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

What's that giant pulsating purple plant behind the secret lab on the edge of town?? Covered nearly 500 episodes ago, this simple but compelling choose-your-own-adventure game by Electronic Arts is well worth a dabble.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Covered over 200 episodes ago, Today Shaun's back with a groovy word game with sweet sound-effects, brought to us by those guys at Zynga - famous for the mobile game; Words with Friends.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Let's hope these life-saving tips never need to be put into practice 🚒🏊‍♀️Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Flagged in a recent weekly Amazon A-lady mailing, this one's frankly amazing.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Track your packages, easily return them and turn your Echo into a delivery detective with today's handy dandy Hermes skill.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Shaun Preece, my amazing co-host on The Echo Show, vertuosoes a very viable skill indeed. Definitely tenable.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Boy this one's an epic. Now with added sounds, sit back and embark on the journey of a lifetime (it'll probably take that long) in this compelling medieval adventure game.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Become the manager of a curious, out of the way bed and breakfast in My Loft – a voice-first, casual game exclusive to Alexa by Amazon. From the skill description: My Loft plays out entirely in real-time. Every day you play, you’ll experience a new quirky guest, playful events, and new ways to upgrade and customize your loft. As your loft improves, you’ll attract more influential and demanding guests. From the charming farmer next door to the world’s greatest rock star, you’ll enjoy chatting with them, laughing with them, and learning their dreams and fears. Features - Voice-first game design lets you talk to your guests, befriend them, learn their secrets, and help them achieve their goals. Real-time gameplay lets friends and family get involved in your loft. Guests arrive in the morning and leave the next day. The more everybody interacts with them, the happier they’ll be when they leave. 28 playful guests to entertain, ranging from championship dog breeders and novelists to famous influencers and celebrity chefs. Each guest features hundreds of lines of dialogue, voiced by professional actors. Over 250 decorative objects to customize your loft with. Make your place more comfortable with deluxe beds and chairs, cooler with guitars and posters, or weirder with donut statues and rhino-shaped couches. High fidelity 3D graphics and animation bring the characters and world of My Loft to life. For customers with the new Echo Show 10, My Loft includes gameplay that follows you as you play and also delightful, motion choreographed screen animation. My Loft is free-to-play. You may purchase additional, themed decoration packs to supplement the decorating experience. HOW TO PLAY Once you’ve checked a guest into your loft, chat with them often to keep them happy: Try, “Alexa, talk to my guest” Guests check out the next day. The more stars you’ve earned, the more they’ll pay you. You can spend your hard-earned coins in the store to buy new decorations, props, and wallpapers: Try, “Alexa, what’s for sale?” All items in the game rated for Comfort, Coolness, and Weirdness. The higher each of these ratings get, the more new guests you’ll unlock. At any point, you can check your Guest List to see who’s in town, and invite back your favorite people: Try, “Alexa, open my guest list” You can tap on an item to move it, sell it, or transfer it into Storage, where you can access it later. You can rearrange the furniture in your loft at any time: Try, “Alexa, design mode” To move through your loft, you can try, “Alexa, go to the living room,” “Alexa, go to the bedroom,” or, if you’ve unlocked it, “Alexa, go to the library” HINTS & TIPS If you get a guest’s happiness to 5 stars, you’ll get a special, unique gift. Try to collect them all! To access your storage, try, “Alexa, open my storage” If you’ve purchased in-skill purchases, they’ll always be available from storage. Try, “Alexa, open my storage” Didn’t hear what a guest said? Try, “repeat that?” Items in the store refresh every hour or so – check back often for those rare items! Sometimes guests get tired of chatting. Give them an hour or so to rest up, and they’ll be ready to talk again soon. Tired of an annoying guest? Try, “Alexa, kick out my guest” Everybody likes to dance. Try, “Alexa, ask my guest to dance” You can turn off the music, by saying “Alexa, mute music” or “Alexa, turn music on” Be sure to check in on Fridays when Dewey drops by to paint your room, and on Saturdays where Uncle Abel sets up a farmer’s market where you can earn some extra coins Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Enjoy the world's best streets right on your Echo Show. Sit back and relax while you walk through a New York thunderstorm.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

A bizarre escape the office skill today, with instant death around every corner - and we're not talking paper cuts here…Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Watch (or listen) to videos of the fascinating mission to the red planet unfolding in front of our eyes some 301.2m km away from Earth today - according to the A-lady.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Shaun's back to bash an ogre, rescue a cooking pot and find a villager in his stew.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Happy pi day (3/14) everyone! Let's celebrate with a rap and some training to attempt to try and acquire the perfect pitch 👂Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Today's skill may well help someone who stutters or stammers to make them a smooth talker for sure.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

There are probably more than 5 reasons why I'm not very good at this game but I can't put them into words…Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Today, Ashley Colburn ([email protected]) brings us the last word on what's keto and what's not. You can forget popcorn for a start 😱Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

You're a farming tycoon with some difficult decisions to make. Grow your empire and avoid making enemies along the way and you'll be raking it in.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Today we revisit the fact that you can get a free audio book (or few) each month, mention that saying "Go to video home" on your Echo Show will show you all your video services and finally finish off with a quick tip about tips for The Echo Show podcast (https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/theechoshow).Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

First covered over 600 episodes ago and by those lovely guys at Vocala.co, today's offering is the good old higher/lower card game with sweet sound effects. Shaun shows us how it works.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Happy episode 1500!! It's a funny one today guys. First a plug to help support the show (by telling your friends and splashing it all over social media using the #DTDPod hashtag), then a shameless request for donations to help support the show, and finally we look at making playing the podcast on your Echo a bit more reliable.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Today's skill promises to be a real corker. Can you escape the school room using your wits alone? OK - you'll need to use your voice too 🤦Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Can you help the toy, lost in his factory, to escape to freedom and almost certain adoption by the first child that spots his little plastic face?Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Covered nearly 800 episodes ago, our intrepid Shaun Preece demos this brilliant 4/5 🌟s intergalactic delivery service skill by @DrewCosgrove that, quite frankly, puts Deliveroo in the shade 🚀Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

This fab skill allows you to play your music and other audio files direct from Dropbox. It creates a folder called Apps > Sound Stream where you can create folders and drop files. The free account is limited to 10 playlists with 10 tracks per playlist. You can resume longer files like audio books, but beware that playing any other file in-between will make you lose your place. Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Another recommendation by the enigmatic Tony today. Pop Time is all about TV so, if you do the TV thing, then give it a go.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Listener Tony (I suspect Archer) asked about Archers-related skills on the A-lady. Unfortunately there aren't any, but you can still get lots of Archers-goodness nevertheless.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Shaun the space cadet has been trapped in cryogenic stasis ever since we covered this one over 800 episodes ago. No wonder he doesn't look a day over 80… Hang on, that's not how it works! 😱Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

First covered over 500 episodes ago, prepare to get weird with today's groovy skill. Act, dance and sing along to each game as instructed and be grateful that the A-lady usually resides in the privacy of your own home. If you're weird already, then just think of this skill as a tool for self expression…Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Mentioned in a recent VoiceBrew newsletter, today's skill is so full of fabulous record-breaking facts, you may actually need to say "Huh!" sometimes.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

If you ask the A-lady what new features she has or things she can do you'll currently get the same response - and when I say "same" I mean over and over again. So let's hope this changes from time to time and is helpful to boot.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

Brought to us by the amazing Shaun Preece, brace yourself for a somewhat strange immersive audio skill with strong language and themes but great sound effects.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

An ew feature for the A-lady is to ask when an event like a sports fixture is coming up and she'll offer to remind you when it's on. Nice. We also revisit how to check email because… why not?Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟

covered over 1300 episodes ago, co-host on The Echo Show Shaun Preece is in no actual jeopardy here guys - just wanted to reassure you.Feedback, comments, demos pleas to ✉️ [email protected] 👍 You can also support the show with a tap at www.glow.fm/dottodot - please consider doing so and become an official Dot to Dot 🌟