{"id":3520,"date":"2018-05-04T20:09:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T01:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3520"},"modified":"2018-05-05T12:42:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T17:42:32","slug":"the-blind-abilities-skill-is-launched-enable-blind-abilities-on-your-amazon-device-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3520","title":{"rendered":"The Blind Abilities Skill is Launched in the U.S.!  Enable Blind Abilities On Your Amazon Device Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4826\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3520-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPromoF.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPromoF.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPromoF.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>The Blind Abilities Team is excited to share the news that the Blind Abilities Skill is launched in the U.S. and you can  enable the Blind Abilities Skill on your Amazon devices. Just say, \u201cAlexa, enable Blind Abilities.\u201d Alexa will welcome you to the new Blind Abilities Podcast and ask if you want to listen to the latest episode. You can say, \u201cYes\u201d or ask say a few other commands such as:<br \/>\nAlexa, Tell Blind Abilities to skip -backward 10 episodes, tell Blind Abilities to skip forward 1 episode, tell Blind Abilities to skip forward 8 minutes, and so on.<br \/>\nYou can also say, \u201cAsk Blind Abilities to play most recent.\u201d The main thing here is to use the command, Tell Blind Abilities.<br \/>\nYou can pause the podcast by saying, \u201cAlexa, pause.\u201d You can also resume where you left off by saying, \u201cAlexa, resume.\u201d One more thing, you can ask Blind Abilities to play episode 375 or any of the over 380 podcasts available in the Blind Abilities network.<br \/>\nWe will keep you posted when the Blind Abilities Skill will be made available in other countries.<br \/>\nLet us know how you like the new Blind Abilities Skill by sending us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a> and\/or on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nThe Blind Abilities Podcasts can be found on iTunes, iHartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio and in any Podcatcher of your choice, Downcast, Overcast, iCatcher just by searching for Blind Abilities, that\u2019s 2 words, Blind Abilities.<br \/>\nWe also just released the Android version of Blind Abilities on the Google Play Store. Bare with us as we are still getting out a few kinks as the first release just hit the Google Play Store.<br \/>\nYou can always find the Blind Abilities podcasts on the web at www.BlindAbilities.com<br \/>\nThank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&#038;hl=en_US\">Free blind Abilities App on the Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4828\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3520-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPromoF.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPromoF.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPromoF.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPromoF.mp3The Blind Abilities Team is excited to share the news that the Blind Abilities Skill is launched in the U.S. and you can enable the Blind Abilities Skill on your Amazon devices. Just say, \u201cAlexa, enable Blind Abilities.\u201d Alexa will welcome you to the new Blind Abilities Podcast and ask if you want to listen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,310,467,512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-independentliving","category-technology","category-tvitoolbox"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-UM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4036,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4036","url_meta":{"origin":3520,"position":0},"title":"There is nothing stopping you from accessing blind abilities! 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