Smart Homes
How Alexa can help identify products
Show and Tell from Amazon can help! Show and Tell is designed to help people who are blind or have low vision. Show and Tell identifies common grocery items and other products by using your Echo Show’s camera. Hold up a product such as a canned good in front of your Echo Show’s camera and…
Read MoreSmart Home Technology Enhancements for the Visually Impaired
Smart home technology can provide visually impaired homeowners, in many cases, with more convenience and added safety than a smart home can provide to homeowners that aren’t visually impaired. Smart home integrators need to understand the unique needs that visually impaired homeowners have to serve them properly. Professional smart home integrators are very good at…
Read MoreThere’s No Place Like A Smart Home
In the movie, The Wizard Oz, Dorothy recites the famous quote, “there’s no place like home.” I loved the movie, and I agree with her sentiment about being “home.” Home tends to be the place where we are most comfortable and a place we often long for after being away on a vacation, business trip,…
Read More4 Amazon Echo settings that make Alexa easier to talk to
In this post, we will show you some simple settings that can help make your frustration with Alexa vanish. You ask Alexa to perform dozens of tasks throughout the day, from turning on the lights to playing music on your Amazon Echo speaker. But did you know you can change the way Alexa communicates with you, too? We’ll…
Read More6 Amazon Echo settings you won’t regret changing
Whether you’ve had your Amazon Echo for days, months or years, you’ll want to update these settings right now. When I unboxed my Amazon Echo for the first time last year, I was excited to see how music sounded on the speaker, control my Ecobee thermostat hands-free and turn on the TV without a remote. However, it wasn’t until…
Read More4 top Amazon Echo features to perfect and improve now
Customize these key features to make Alexa work harder and smarter for you. You didn’t just buy an Amazon Echo speaker to ask about the weather or play games all day. You bought it to help make your life easier — and there’s no better way to do that than to make sure you’ve customized its features to better…
Read More5 surprising music hacks for your Amazon Echo you need to try
If you haven’t been using these Amazon Music features, you need to now. You’ve been using your Amazon Echo to play your favorite songs and playlists. But there are so many more music requests you can give to Alexa when listening to Amazon Music on your smart speaker. For example, you can ask Alexa to…
Read More4 ways to fix Alexa’s problem communications skills on your Amazon Echo
In this article, we show you some simple settings that can help make your frustration with Alexa vanish. You ask Alexa to perform many tasks throughout the day, from turning on the lights to playing music on your Amazon Echo speaker. But did you know you can change the way Alexa communicates with you, too?…
Read More12 Pieces Of Tech Every Smart Home Will Have Within The Next Decade
Technology has revolutionized households in the last 10 years, from the proliferation of smartphones and voice assistants to the introduction of smart appliances. As more and more people discover the convenience of this technology, it’s likely that smart devices are going to become fixtures within homes. So what’s the next revolution on its way to…
Read MoreMarch Madness 2020 Sale – Extended until May 31, 2020
New England Low Vision and Blindness is having a March Final Four sale! Take advantage of these savings today, our March Sale has been extended until May 31, 2020. To help get you started, please consider these incredible ideas: Technology Buy one, get the 2nd system for equal or lesser value for 15% off! Portables…
Read MoreI’m Scared to Live Alone with Macular Degeneration
“I live alone and worry about what’s going to happen to me.” This is not only a concern for those who have macular degeneration but for many people with perfect vision, especially those of a ‘certain’ age, ie. seniors. Living alone and being alone People live alone by choice or by circumstances. Decisions made when…
Read MoreComcast Dives Deeper Into Smart Home With Voice-Activated Smart Lock Partnership
Comcast has been using its Xfinity brand to penetrate the smart home market using a smart voice-driven TV experience as the hub. Now it’s adding partnerships with home security companies for smart locks. In other words, couch potatoes can tell their TVs to lock the front door without getting up. Xfinity’s smart home solution now…
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