Ann: "Alexa, enable the My Notebook skill" to take notes in Evernote

[damian 51]

I've just published an Amazon Echo skill which lets you create Evernote notes.

To enable it, say "Alexa, enable the My Notebook skill".  You'll need to link to your Evernote account in the Alexa app (it just asks for permission to write notes).

Then you can say "Alexa, tell My Notebook I've hidden the kids ipads under the sofa".

It will respond with "I've added I've hidden the kids ipads under the sofa to Evernote",.

Now you'll never have the embarrassing situation where you confiscate your kids' screens and then forget where you put them.  Or is that just me?

[phils 220]

Very cool, Damien!

For folks to know: notes created by this service will go into your default Personal notebook.

(I did have it misinterpret my speech a few times in creating note text, but that's Alexa's fault, not yours!)

 

[damian 51]

18 hours ago, phils said:

Very cool, Damien!

For folks to know: notes created by this service will go into your default Personal notebook.

(I did have it misinterpret my speech a few times in creating note text, but that's Alexa's fault, not yours!)

 

Thanks Phil!

[bsborden 1]

Damien- any way to turn on date/time stamps? I'd like to use this to log ideas, events, etc.

Can you append items to one notebook please!

Wonderful skill. Thanks

[Shadowmist 0]

That's a great idea. I don't yet have Alexa and I am looking into whether or not it would be useful for my house. Specifically I would want it for a skill similar to this. How would you recall the note? For example could you ask "Alexa, where did I hide the kids' ipads?" or would it be something like "Alexa, pull up the note on where I hid the ipads", and she would read back the whole note? It would be an amazing tool for Alzheimer's patients and others with memory issues to have a tool that could "remember" things for them. Ex: my grandfather was unable to remember if he had fed the dog in the morning and sometimes ended up feeding him several times. As he was feeding the dog he could tell Alexa that he fed the dog breakfast today and ask her later if he had. I could tell Alexa that I put the extra batteries in the far right hand drawer of the kitchen and when I needed them I could ask her where I put them...

[DarrylGittins 6]

Me: "Alexa, enable the My Notebook skill"

Alexa: "I can't find that skill"

Is it because I'm in Canada?

[jefito 5,589]

20 hours ago, DarrylGittins said:

Me: "Alexa, enable the My Notebook skill"

Alexa: "I can't find that skill"

Is it because I'm in Canada?

I think you need to say "Alexa, enable the My Notebook skill, eh?"

[Sorry, gratuitous cheap joke from someone who lives in a US state bordering Canada with lots of French Canadian influence (Maine). No offense intended towards our friends from the North, and hope that you get your Alexa problem resolved.]

[DarrylGittins 6]

Hah! It took a while for me to get the joke!  Canadians are a little slow on the uptake, eh? 

[jefito 5,589]

39 minutes ago, DarrylGittins said:

Hah! It took a while for me to get the joke!  Canadians are a little slow on the uptake, eh? 

Sure. But you're awfully nice about it.!  

[damian 51]

On 12/26/2017 at 9:18 PM, DarrylGittins said:

Me: "Alexa, enable the My Notebook skill"

Alexa: "I can't find that skill"

Is it because I'm in Canada?

Hi Darryl,

I've just submitted it for certification in Canada.  Unfortunately it isn't just a question of checking an additional checkbox.  Hopefully it will be approved quickly.

Damian

[DarrylGittins 6]

Hey! Cool! Thanks Damian, looking forward to trying it. Remember to include Igloo Mode!

[TK0047 422]

I activated the skill via the app on my phone, can't wait to test it out at home tonight. Thanks for sharing!

[RobertJSawyer 167]

It seems to be working fine in Canada now.  Awesome!  Very impressed, and very happy to have this.  Thank you, Damian!

[dan_Bln 2]

For which other countries is this available? I am in Germany and would be curious to test. 

 

Also just wondering, whether evernote is aiming to provide eventually an official skill!?!

[stevejohn60 0]

How about adding to specific notes, I have a todo note and weekly shopping note plus other notes which I would love to add to via Alexa. I'm in UK

 

[RustyHoge 0]

Being able to search and listen to evernote notes would be very valuable. To keep things more manageable, how about only from your "Alexa" notebook where all Alexa-added notes would reside. Or be able to tell Alexa which notebook to search.

[glaucor3 1]

Em 01/12/2016 at 03:19, damian disse:

To enable it, say "Alexa, enable the My Notebook skill".

Hi @damian

Does it work with Brazilian Portuguese Language ?

I'm new using Alexa and an old Evernote user. But I do not know how to link Alexa with Evernote, cause only thing I did was to link IFTTT with Alexa and it adds items to my shopping list and it works in portuguese too.

[Fozz 0]

I have been using the Alexa to Evernote Skill for the past two years and was wondering if there was a way to automatically have it dump the notes in a specifical setup notebook instead of the unsigned notebook?

[damian 51]

20 hours ago, Fozz said:

I have been using the Alexa to Evernote Skill for the past two years and was wondering if there was a way to automatically have it dump the notes in a specifical setup notebook instead of the unsigned notebook?

No I'm afraid not - I wanted to keep it super-simple, so notes go to your default notebook.

[AlexFSiqueira 0]

Hello Damián! Is this skill available for Brazilians? Thank you :)