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Invoking echo from external source

Is there anyway we can invoke echo device from external source from like web, mobiles or databases? R
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jjaquinta answered
I found it's pretty easy to activate the Echo from a recording. Caused me all sorts of pain while editing my videos. :-) I had thought of a basic phone->Echo interface by getting the phone to actually activate it. Figured it might be a good way to demonstrate functionality of the product to someone. [I put in a feature request for the Echo to recognize dialing tones. So that it could communicate, QR-code style, with devices.] But right now, no, there is no way to do that.
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That's great. Hope we'll get this feature soon. Thanks R
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benrady answered
Just confirmed that you can control it with OS X's `say` command. Which is pretty awesome.
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