<div>hi all</div><div>It's worth pointing out that this is also available as an iOS and android app, which have more features than the Amazon echo skill. They allow you to select the song that you want, and then you can share the recording over messaging apps or social media. The accessibility isn't as good as it could be, but from what I know from my friends that use the app, it can be used with voiceover or talk back. </div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 at 08:11, Jim Hunt <<a href="mailto:jimhunt1976@gmail.com">jimhunt1976@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">LOL!! Aw-some!!!  That is brilliant!  I wanna get a Dot! LOL.  Thank<br class="gmail_msg">
you so much for sharing, Blake!<br class="gmail_msg">
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On 1/28/17, Joshua Kennedy <<a href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">joshknnd1982@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
> oh wow that is really cool!<br class="gmail_msg">
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> On 1/28/2017 3:55 PM, Blake Roberts wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> I put all 5 of my diddies into an MP3 file. It is attached. Each<br class="gmail_msg">
>> diddie is short so the attachment is small.<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> Blake<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> *From:*Dectalk [mailto:<a href="mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com</a>] *On Behalf<br class="gmail_msg">
>> Of *Betsy Sawyers<br class="gmail_msg">
>> *Sent:* Saturday, January 28, 2017 3:38 PM<br class="gmail_msg">
>> *To:* DECtalk<br class="gmail_msg">
>> *Subject:* Re: [DECtalk] a new way to sing<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> Sure I’d like to hear one.<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> I have the Dot too,but haven’t tried that out yet.<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> Betsy<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> *From:*Blake Roberts <mailto:<a href="mailto:beroberts@hughes.net" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">beroberts@hughes.net</a>><br class="gmail_msg">
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>> *Sent:*Saturday, January 28, 2017 3:08 PM<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> *To:*<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>><br class="gmail_msg">
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>> *Subject:*[DECtalk] a new way to sing<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> Hi,<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> I received an Amazon Echo Dot for Christmas. I learned today that my<br class="gmail_msg">
>> Echo now has a new feature called Diddy. If I speak a short message,<br class="gmail_msg">
>> it is converted into a song sung by computerized voices with<br class="gmail_msg">
>> background music. The voices and music are selected at random. I can<br class="gmail_msg">
>> change the song, if I need to, until I find a voice/melody I like. I<br class="gmail_msg">
>> have created a few diddies using the Diddy skill on my Amazon Echo<br class="gmail_msg">
>> Dot. I recorded them onto my computer using a line-in cable. Does<br class="gmail_msg">
>> anyone want to hear my diddies? The voices are not Dectalk. I don't<br class="gmail_msg">
>> know if they are proprietary, created by the Diddy company which made<br class="gmail_msg">
>> the Echo Dot skill available.<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> Blake<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br class="gmail_msg">
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>> _______________________________________________<br class="gmail_msg">
>> Dectalk mailing list<br class="gmail_msg">
>> <a href="mailto:Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br class="gmail_msg">
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>> _______________________________________________<br class="gmail_msg">
>> Dectalk mailing list<br class="gmail_msg">
>> <a href="mailto:Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br class="gmail_msg">
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Dectalk mailing list<br class="gmail_msg">
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