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General Category => Amazon Echo Discussion => Topic started by: brazil_nur54 on November 04, 2018, 10:34:01 am

Title: Bible Reading Skill
Post by: brazil_nur54 on November 04, 2018, 10:34:01 am
Is there an Echo Skill that reads the Bible? I have found a few audible books but none that do what I need. I would like to be able to say: "Alexa, read John 3:16" or "Alexa, read John chapter 3" or "Alexa, continue reading the Bible from the point you last stopped". My mother-in-law is old and almost totally blind. Such a skill would be great for her. Thanks.
Title: Re: Bible Reading Skill
Post by: AlanH on November 04, 2018, 02:53:06 pm
There doesn’t appear to be an skill that allows you to access a particular chapter of the Bible. Might be worth looking at the “Read the Old Testament This Year” skill.
Title: Re: Bible Reading Skill
Post by: renegade600 on November 05, 2018, 02:59:34 pm
I just asked alexa to read a couple of passages from the bible and they were read.  for example, I asked alexa to read John 3:16. and it was read from the kjv.    maybe give that a try.  No skill needed. 
Title: Re: Bible Reading Skill
Post by: brazil_nur54 on November 05, 2018, 07:58:57 pm
I just asked alexa to read a couple of passages from the bible and they were read.  for example, I asked alexa to read John 3:16. and it was read from the kjv.    maybe give that a try.  No skill needed.

It did not work. It looks up books in Audibles. I have listened to James Earl Jones version and it restarts it from the point I stopped it.
Title: Re: Bible Reading Skill
Post by: fstbusa on November 06, 2018, 08:37:41 am
The bible app by LifeChurch will do it.  You can't specifically get it to read a range of verses but it will read Mark 3 or Mark 3 verse 3 but cannot read Mark 3 verses 1 to 3.

I use it quite often.