Re: Need an opinion on home automation and speech recognition

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

IBM ported Via Voice to Linux in 2000 but I think they withdrew it a year or
so after that. There are other ASR packages available. Google on "linux
speech recognition".

Check out Neil Cherry's site for Linux and Home Automation.

     http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/index.html

"Nath" <ndg26@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'd like to automate certain simple tasks at home (for example turning
>on lights) using voice commands.
>
>I already have a few X10 devices communicating with a linux box.
>
>I'd be very please to hear about your opinion on the subject. Success
>stories... Hardware requirements? Is it hard to set up? What to buy?
>Good books on the subject?
>
>Thanks a lot,
>Nathalie.