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NurseJackie

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2. A friend of mine's children bought a dialing device that hooks to her Alexa device...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Jan 20, 2019, 03:16 PM

Jan 2019

And as long as she is within voice range of any of the Alexa devices in her house she can say something like "Alexa, call John" and then the Alexa acts like a voice-activated speakerphone.

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Home medical alert systems? [View all] left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 OP

Sounds like a good idea. elleng Jan 2019 #1

A friend of mine's children bought a dialing device that hooks to her Alexa device... NurseJackie Jan 2019 #2

Thanks, but ... left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 #3

You don't even need a device to do this, marybourg Jan 2019 #4

With something like Lifealert, do you need a land line? oldlibdem Jan 2019 #5

Lifealert ... left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 #6

Thank you for the info loc 2012. oldlibdem Jan 2019 #7