Re: Voice control

["Alan Cockerton" <alancc@xxxxxxx>]

What software are you using?

Alancc
----- Original Message -----
From: <rj@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 8:05 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Voice control


> the whole house mic setups are damm expensive, basically you need mics
for
> each room, a multi channel amp to power them and a compressor/limiter
to
> stop unwanted background noises etc from getting into the system,
> I have been playing with this for about a year now, have had some good
luck
> with using standard (nothing flash) mics through a mic preamp then
into
> compressor/limiter. another way I tried this was I made a wall plate
up
with
> a mic and a button in it, pressing the button enabled the mic,
eliminating
> the need for the C/L.
>
> regards.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eamon O'Gorman [mailto:eamonogorman@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, 11 November 2000 1:25
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> 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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