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Amazon’s Echo Show 15K is recognized as the biggest and best of the Alexa devices. With a large screen for more information, and the ability to handle a lot of daily tasks, the Echo Show 15 is meant to be a family home center. One of the things Eco Show 15 lets you do is set up Visual ID, which is Amazon’s face recognition service. By viewing and identifying your face using the built-in camera, Show 15 can personalize results and feedback just for you – or family members. If you need a quick primer, read how to set up Visual ID here.
One of the personalization options of Echo Show 15 is the ability to send a note to a family member. There are two options to mention here: sending a note and sending a sticky one. Here’s what to look for and tactics to help ease the way
Notes and Sticks: What’s the Difference?
The notes are wrapped in small digital envelopes and are a clever communication tool. They’re not terribly active, so you just have to look at them on the screen or ask if you have them. There are no verbal warnings from Alexa that let you know that you have received the mail. The note notification appears to appear arbitrarily from the screen and disappears.
Sticky notes just like they sound; They stick to the screen in the widget gallery and look like a digital post-it note on the screen.
How to get Alexa to send a note
To write a note, just say, “Alexa, send a note to Erin.” Alexa will take dictation through your voice and deliver it to the person the next time they pass by the screen and the camera recognizes them.
To send a note to a specific person, both the sender and the recipient must have a visual ID and voice ID enabled. If your recipient doesn’t have these features set up, you can still leave something for them – you’ll do it as a sticky instead.
How to get Alexa to send a sticky
Step 1: If your person is not part of Visual ID, you can simply say, “Alexa, write a sticky one.”
Step 2: You will indicate the content of the note by voice, or you can type it.
Step 3: The note will stick to the screen as part of the widget grid until you tap and hold it to move it or ask Alexa to delete it.
Notes and stickies make it easy to send messages to family or family members on the go, whether they use Visual ID or not.
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