HOW TO USE THE HOME BREW VERSION OF AMAZON ECHO?

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HOW TO USE THE HOME BREW VERSION OF AMAZON ECHO?

• Support For Echo
• Call (Toll-Free) 1800-414-2180
• Visit ur Website www.thedevicesupport.com

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• Amazon Echo is available in a whole new Avatar,
  and this time around, the device is going to have
  better features, better functionality and most
  importantly, a better price.

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• Amazon Echo is a very neat and clever device
  developed by Amazon. Amazon envisioned a home
  assistant capable of support for every small and
  big task and echo was supposed to be one step in
  that direction. Developers and early users got so
  interested in it that they started to reverse
  engineer it and develop their own skills for
  the echo.

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• The result? Echo can now integrate with home
  switches, electricity, water supply, thermostat
  settings, and your e-mail and commute services.
  It can automatically switch on the air
  conditioner, geyser, induction gas and microwave,
  set your alarm, tell you news, power up the
  washing machine and call you a cab.

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• Echo and Alexa have automated homes like never
  before. Amazon didnt anticipate this kind of
  reaction and community support for Amazon Alexa
  setup. Further Amazon went a step ahead and
  released peripherals for it.

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• Amazon Echo Dot is a mini router to catch and
  respond verbal commands given by users if they
  are in a different room. It is small and always
  on device. It works on external power. It
  amplifies the range of Echo.

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• Echo Tap is a hybrid of a Bluetooth speaker and
  Echo. It is a wireless device and has its own
  battery. It acts as an intermediate between echo
  and user and works wirelessly. It is not an
  always-on device and is enabled by a tap action
  on it. It also acts as a Bluetooth speaker and a
  standalone device.

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• Amazon Echo Help also rolls out latest firmware
  especially focused on the ease of community
  developers to build skills for Alexa as well as
  some minor bug fixes and additional features
  needed if any.

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The issue unavailability of Echo

• Echo right now is not available the US. Early
  users are craving to get their hands on it but
  seem like Amazon has targeted only US audience.
  As www Amazon com echosetup says, it is not even
  scheduled to launch now outside American
  continent.

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The solution Self Creation of device

• Users have started creating a homebrew version of
  Echo. A group of developers has used a circuitry
  board and peripherals to mimic and replicate
  hardware and software functions of Echo.
• Nova Spirit Tech, a Europe based group of
  developers have used Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 to
  build their own Echo. This version of echo is
  definitely not in commercial sales, but a video
  tutorial is available on GitHub about how they
  made it and what kind of peripherals they used.

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• As ARM V6 does not run on Raspberry Pi 0 and 1,
  those cannot be used. Latest Pi3 and 2 can only
  be used.
• For those who are not tech savvy, Raspberry Pi is
  an integrated blank hardware provided to users
  and developers for adding their own software into
  it. From basic calculator to a commercial PC,
  everything can be built from a single raspberry
  pi board.

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Tips and tricks added bonus over Amazon Echo

• As we all know Echo is an always-on device. For
  many users, it is a thing to boast about and
  like. How they say the wake word and Alexa
  responds. However, most of the users are
  concerned about their privacy and that is why Tap
  came into play for the first time. If Alexa is
  not working properly, then log onto www.alexa.com
  alexasetup.

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• This model of Echo is a fool proof private
  device. It is not an always-on device instead
  users need to press a button on the remote they
  can build. Definitely, it is more work for their
  index finger but it maintains privacy.
• It is definitely a good device at a price which
  would not be even half the price of an echo if
  users built it themselves.

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