RE: Remote audio for voice recognition?

["Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Welcome!

I played a fair bit with VR around the house several years ago - I have a
Shure automatic mic mixer and installed crown mics. It worked reasonably
well when the house was quiet but as soon as there's any background noise
(TV/music etc) it was pretty unreliable.

If you can get close mics with good noise reduction, it may work well but
for me, other control methods, whilst not so flashy! Work better.

Paul.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of jabberwockpl
> Sent: 12 June 2008 10:14
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Remote audio for voice recognition?
>
> Hello, everyone, I am new to this group... And this is my first
> question:
>
> Here's is (the portion of) the setup I'm planning:
> - HTPC in the living room, running SqueezeCenter along with xPL apps
> - microphone connected through USB on the living-room ceiling for
> voice control of the HTPC (and possible ZWave modules in the future)
> - Chumby located in the bedroom for quick news and as a Squeeze player
>
> The piece of the puzzle I'm missing is: how to voice-control
> SqueezeCenter (and possibly ZWave modules) from the bedroom?
>
> Running VR app on the Chumby is rather incovenient - voice profiles
> and grammars will be on the Win HTPC, so configuring VR for Linux will
> double the effort, besides Chumby may not have enough processing
> power...
>
> On the other hand, it comes equipped with a mic, so it might stream
> audio in some way to the PC, but using it in VR is another matter
> completely (most VR apps, including xPL VR module, allow for selection
> of only one sound input (sound card)).
>
> Another option is to use a wireless microphone, but they are somewhat
> pricey...
>
> Any other solutions I have missed?
>
>
>
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