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Restricted range of podcasts.

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myshkin-uk

Restricted range of podcasts.
« on: February 18, 2017, 02:14:33 pm »
I am lead to believe that echo is now palled up with Tunein.
If I open my Tunein so on my phone, and type into the search bar "archers omnibus", the correct podcast is the top suggestion.
If I say to alexa "Alexa, play archers omnibus", she comes back with "I can't get this program 'the archers omnibus' from Tunein right now."
So the software has correctly identified what I want. What I want is available on Tunein, but she can't give it to me.Anyone understand what's going on. Embroidering the request with mote details doesn't seem to change much, which is unsurprising since it knew what we wanted.

strayfish

Re: Restricted range of podcasts.
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2017, 06:41:30 pm »
My experience with podcasts is that you use a lot of calories to not get what you're looking for. Best bet is to find the podcast in TuneIn via the app (I do it on my computer screen where there's more search space) then click on the episode and see if it plays. So far, it's been more miss than hit although I can play them through my PC which isn't really the point.