Daily Log File Explorer v2.11
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Command Complete Reference
Here is a complete list of voice commands that you can speak to Alexa when using our Daily Log skill, and an explanation of what they do. Please note that these phrases are interpreted by Daily Log as commands, so you cannot speak these phrases at the beginning of a log line.
Help
Hear quick reference information, and have this Command Reference sent to the home screen of the Alexa App
Help with something
Help about something
Help with reading: Hear details about reading features.
Help with commands: Hear details about command phrases.
Help with linking: Hear details about account linking.
Help with account linking: Hear details about account linking.
Find something
Find logs containing something
Read logs that contain the text "something"
Read date
Read logs on date
Read logs for date
Read logs for the specified date.
date can be 'yesterday,' 'last Wednesday,' or a specific date such as 'January 10.' Please note that a date in the past must include the year: for example, 'January 10, twenty-seventeen'
Read X-number logs
Read last X-number
Read last X-number logs
Read the X-number most recent logs, where X-number is a number.
For example: "Read last 3 logs"
Read all
Read everything
Read all logs, starting with the most recent.
Access 4-digit-code
Access code 4-digit-code
Begin using access code 4-digit-code.
Using access codes can allow for separate individuals to use the same Echo device, or offer some privacy. Access codes can also be used to group logs, like 'folders' on a computer.
The default access code is '0000' (four zeros).
Usage Example
Here is an example session of how we use the Daily Log skill regularly. Information in italic will be different for each user, and is provided for example only.
Alexa, open daily log and access 1234
• (Daily Log says, "Access 1234, Log recording ...[etc.]")
I went to breakfast with John this morning and he reminded me to monitor the computer temperature
• (Daily Log says, "Go on", but we interrupt ...)
Read last log
Read all
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FAQ Articles
A word in my log text is wrong. Why?
Daily Log uses Amazon's Alexa voice-to-text for dictation. This technology is not perfect. Also, although other voice-to-text technologies translate punctuation words into punctuation characters, Alexa does not.
The Daily Log skill simply saves whatever text Alexa sends, and we have no control over the voice-to-text technology itself.
Account Linking: Why It's Important
When you enable an Alexa skill, Amazon generates a random user id code. If you do not link an account, this random user id is used by Daily Log to save your log entries. Unfortunately, if you disable Daily Log and re-enable it, a new random user id code will be generated, and there will be no way to obtain the previous user id. So your previous log entries will be lost.
If you create a free account on this website, you can link that account to the Daily Log skill. This will cause your logs will be stored under your linked account instead of the random user id. So if you disable and re-enable the Daily Log skill, you can reconnect your previous logs by simply re-linking to your account.
Do you read or analyze my log data?
No, absolutely not. There are absolutely no data mining, data analysis, or any form of reporting being produced on the Daily Log contents. In short, the logs are never read by any human or program. Furthermore, we at EKlecticCore are not only the developers of the skill, we are also users. And we deeply value our own, as well as our users' privacy.
Tips and shortcuts
Some of Daily Log's features can be accessed when you launch it. Here are some of our favorite shortcuts.
Alexa, open Daily Log and access 1234
We love this shortcut's ability to access our private logs from the get-go!
Alexa, ask Daily Log for help with something
Daily Log contains a lot of built-in help information accessible with this command. If Daily Log understands the something you're looking for, help info will be played. Some of the current help includes reading, linking, and commands.