RE: Voice control

[Eamon O'Gorman <eamonogorman@xxxxxxx>]

Alan,

Yes HAL2000 will still control Homevision. I've only been playing around
with it for a while, so I've still lots to learn before I even begin to
know the full extent of what it can do. Currently, I am only using a mic
which is built into my monitor (which is not likely to be the best
quality), and the recognition is very good. Even when I am standing the
other side of the room (a small room though). You can download Hal2000
trial version from www.cocoonz.com. Took me about an hour and half on my
poor old modem though (been enviously reading al those emails about ADSL,
cant wait till telco's over here get their act together).

Regards,

Eamon

-----Original Message-----
From:	Alan Cockerton [SMTP:alancc@xxxxxxx]
Sent:	Saturday, November 11, 2000 6:39 PM
To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: [ukha_d] Voice control

Thanks for the advice Eamon, will HALL200 still control Home Vision and
where can I get a copy of the demo?
My concern has been the cost of the hardware even the microphones seem
dammed expensive, especially if they don't work. What are you using as an
input device to test your set-up?

Alancc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eamon O'Gorman" <eamonogorman@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 12:25 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Voice control


> I've been dabbling with voice control for a couple of weeks. My virgin
> experience was with Homevoice, which I found was quite good,
especially
the
> way it worked with Homevision. Its got lots of features and you can
voice
> control anything. You can also get homevision to get homevoice to
speak
and
> reply in your own syntax to any event etc. I was happy enough with it
until
> after a month I saw that an upgrade was out and was going to cost me
an
> extra 80 quid or so. I got on to Homevoice and asked if I was entitled
for
> a free upgrade and basically, no. After some dialogue I got the
distinct
> impression they weren't to interested in what I thought and I could
either
> lump it or like it. However the retailer I bought it off put some
pressure
> on them also, and they have agreed to post a limited upgrade (not all
> functions) on the website. That was about 2 months ago and nothing has
> happened yet !!!
>
>     I'm now trying out HAL2000, and to be honest, it leaves Homevoice
> standing. You don't have to train your voice, the commands you issue
are
> simple and make it seem like you are actually conversing with
somebody,
> rather than issuing commands to a screen. My wife thinks its spooky.
The
> voice recognition is in my opinion excellent and the stuff you can do
with
> it is unreal. My wife likes the part where she can tell HAL what she
needs
> for the shopping as the week goes by, and then ask him to repeat or
print
> the weeks reminders before she tots off down to tesco's.  I'm only
using
> the free trial version but, there is supposed to be a new version out
> before Christmas, and the Playstation2 has just been knocked off my
list.
>
> Anyway, what I'm really interested to find out next, as I assume you
are,
> is has anybody used the whole house microphone systems you can get for
this
> type of thing, and are they any good. I posted a query on this on a
couple
> of boards, and email lists and got no replies, so I'm guessing not
many
> people have tried it. I'd be interested in finding out peoples opinion
of
> it cos, the equipment is a bit pricey and I don't want to make sure it
> works well.
>
> Eamon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Cockerton [SMTP:alancc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 8:00 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Voice control
>
>  << File: ATT00000.htm >> Who has had a go at voice
control then,
> does it work and who uses what?
>
> Regards
>
> Alancc
>
>
>
>
>






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