Re: HomeVoice discontinued

[Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:24:15 GMT, nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote in
message  <45e48ebc.600012546@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>GRHSTechnologies@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>(snip)
>>
>>> HomeVoice software has been the topic of discussion in other forums
including
>>> in March 2005 HomeSeer in which HomeSeer founder Grant Tinker gives a bit
of
>>> the history of the various and competing technologies (Dragon Systems,
Joe
>>> Lernout and Paul Hauspie of L&H, Scansoft, and MS).
>>>
>>> http://board.homeseer.com/archive/index.php/t-102231.html
>>>
>>
>>HomeSeer was founded by Rich Helmke, and the post was written by Rick
>>Tinker
>
>Could that be the same Rick Tinker who, when he worked for Home Automated
>Living, said that Hal2000 was the greatest thing since sliced bread while
>HS, HV and other voice recognition apps were toast and who now says that HS
>is the greatest thing since sliced bread while Hal2000, HV and other voice
>recognition apps are toast? I wonder what changed aside from which company
>now provides his butter?
>


HomeVoice *is* no more.

I have both HAL and HomeSeer. Homeseer is so much better for my purposes,
that the comparison isn't even close. Whether Tinker ever used the word
"toast" is unknown to me, but would be appropriate in my case. I don't use
HAL.

Gentle comp.home.automation participants may know that Dave's antipathy to
HomeSeer dates to 1999-2000 when HomeVoice and Hal 2000 were being introduced
and so is the beginning of the period over which Dave wonders "what changed".
The fourth, unmentioned PC-based home automation software application that
Dave doesn't mention any more is the Commander-X HA application that Dave
wrote and promoted endlessly in this newsgroup during beta. As I recall, it
went belly up within a few months of going commercial in ~ early 2000. Thar's
sumthin else what changed ....

... Marc
Marc_F_Hult
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