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another thing is not to train your voice system with a headset then
plug
a in wall or different microphone into it and expect to get good results,
you
need to train it with the mic you want to command it from as different mics
have
way different frequency ranges. (ive been using voice recognition since I
found
out about homeseer about a year ago, with some excellent results. I
got it
going originally to impress my mates and now use it for about 20 commands
daily)
the
limiter etc is to stop other noises like the television etc getting into
the
system and triggering stuff by mistake or constantly taxing the processor
trying to decode junk, basically it sets up a couple of filters that don't
let
anything pass through except the frequency range that you voice is in. the
biggest problem I've had getting the voice recg. working has been
background
noises.
I imagine that it's the fact that the mic is
of
a decent quality that makes it expensive, not the fact that it's ceiling
mounted. In fact, I suppose you can probably mount it wherever you want -
though high-up is probably better.
I find myself in a similar position. It's a
lot
of money to spend just to "try out" something which you may or may not
decide to expand further. That said, I'm not sure how important the
limiter/gates actually are in a set-up - and cutting them out would
probably
cut a zero off here or there from the price.... Presumably if you've only
got a few mics (or even just one for testing) you wouldn't require a
limiter
at all. Even so, if a minimum set-up is the beautiful 8-channel RM81 from
LetsAutomate + a ceiling microphone you're still talking about £220 just to
see what kind of results you're going to get.
Personally, I'm planning to buy a couple of
Maplin condenser mics and a cheap (£20 or so) passive mixer to put together
a simple little set-up and see what kind of results I can get. Then, if I'm
feeling lucky, I can expand it later with a decent mixer and the ceiling
mics with phantom power.
Am I making any sense here? Hmmm. Probably no
less than usual, anyway.
Oliver.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 8:36
PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d]
Microphones
Its a lot of money to waste if it does not work, I know
the mike on the PC
is not very good. Any ideas why the ceiling mikes
are so expensive?
Alancc
----- Original Message
-----
From: "Eamon O'Gorman" <eamonogorman@xxxxxxx>
To:
<ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent:
Sunday, February 18, 2001 8:01 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d]
Microphones
> I'm seriously considering this option also,
but haven't taken the plunge
> yet. I reckon I'm going to do it
anyway, but it would be nice to hear of
> other people who have
tried it also. I posted a similar query some time
> ago, and by the
looks of it, no one else seems to be using it!!!
>
>
Eamon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan
Cockerton [SMTP:alancc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, February 18,
2001 6:42 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ukha_d]
Microphones
>
> << File: ATT00003.htm >>
Those of you who have played with voice control,
> what microphones
have you used, has anyone tried the posh ceiling mounted
> ones and
the limiter/gate unit?
>
>
Alancc
>
>
>
>
>
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