Amazon’s Send to Alexa Plus makes the Kindle Scribe feel like a productivity device

Amazon is rolling out the new “Send to Alexa Plus” feature to the latest Kindle Writer and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft Owners starting February 12th. This feature allows you to send your notes or documents to Amazon’s AI-powered device Alexa Plus The assistant, who can then summarize them, turn them into to-do lists, calendar events, or reminders, as well as help brainstorm ideas and provide project guidance.

I spent about a day testing it primarily to help with caregiving tasks, and it was mostly helpful despite some limitations. It works best when you’re asked to turn information into something actionable. It summarized my handwritten notes and PDF documents accurately, even across different templates or hard-to-read text colors, and worked well for logistics, like turning my notes about my next mom’s appointment into calendar events and reminders with helpful context.

I also experienced how well it answered questions about my notes and documents, provided guidance, and handled brainstorming. In one test, while I was on hold with Medi-Cal for three hours, my Echo Show 8 read out basic information from a dispute letter I had written earlier. I also sent a PDF of an email and asked him to add a list of fees, which were calculated correctly. She was also good at pulling out specific details. In one case, I wrote “Blue Shield” in a messy font without classifying it as an insurance company, yet I identified it from context.

In another test, I wrote notes to someone who was taking my mother to an appointment and intentionally left out details like the address. After I clicked “Share” and “Send to Alexa,” I asked what might be missing from the note. Alexa received the note and suggested adding the address, doctor’s name, list of medications, and questions to ask. It also created a good draft when I asked for help brainstorming a phone text to argue with the insurance company, though unfortunately Alexa wasn’t able to actually apply those changes to the original Scribe note. I wasn’t able to send the full version to my email address either, unfortunately; However, I can view the draft in the Chat History section of the Alexa app.

Where I struggled was depth and accuracy. I wanted to test how useful it was, for example, for testing yourself on a piece, so I sent myself a copy of My old review of Kindle Scribe And another article. It took four or five tries to create an outline, and sometimes I missed small but meaningful nuances, like interpreting “AI-powered summary feature” as just “AI-powered feature.” This was a problem because it marked answers as correct when they were only partially correct.

Send to Alexa Plus isn’t perfect, but overall it’s really useful and gives Amazon an advantage over competitors like the Kobo Elipsa 2E, which lacks voice assistant integration. ELISA 2E Still my favourite Because it covers the basics better — especially since it’s much easier to annotate eBooks — but it’s easier to recommend Scribe if you’re in the Amazon ecosystem.