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What is a good microphone for speech recognition? / Hi Everyone, Seen this one ?

« on: January 21, 2014, 09:17:28 PM »

A star trek like communicator for phones, iPhone and android. Uses bluetooth 4.0. It clips to your shirt etc, is both a microphone and speaker. Touch it to speak.
Available for pre order for release this year.

http://www.commbadge.net

Cheers

Phil

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What is a good microphone for speech recognition? / Kinect 360

« on: January 17, 2014, 02:06:44 AM »

Ok, I looked on ebay for second hand 360 kinect. Cheapest I could get was 69.95 plus 9.95 postage (AUD) then I had to buy a power adapter with USB cable which was 20.00 delivered. All up 100.00.
I checked with my local game store and I picked up one with cables and adaptor for 42.00 Bargain !

I downloaded SDK 1.8 installed and tested. Seemed to be hit and miss and I had to stand right in line with it, but for what I paid no problems.
I read through the forum and found a suggestion to train it a few times. Wow ! I can be anywhere in the room and it will pick me up. I am getting between 90-96 % accuracy.
My boundary mic was good, but I was never able to get it to recognise me while media was playing, the kinect can, most of the time.

So, impressed so far.

cheers

Phil

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VoxCommando Basics and Core Features / Unusal problem with listen command

« on: January 14, 2014, 05:07:20 AM »

Hi Guys,

I have installed one of the Ivona trial voices. If I use this in prefix mode it works as intended, no issues. If I uncheck prefix and use the listen command, it will understand the listen command i.e. computer,start listening etc, after that it is all unrecognised by VC. I have added a TTS action to speak " Yes " after listen command and it responds ok. Using 1.183 or 1.1.85 does same thing. If I use the supplied anna voice then there is no issues with both prefix mode or listen command.

Kind regards

Phil

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General Discussion / VC volume setting in windows

« on: January 11, 2014, 01:24:24 AM »

Hi All,

Not sure if this is a windows thing or a setting that can be adjusted in VC. If i restart VC it will set itself to the highest volume that the speakers are set to. If I drag the slider down it will stay at what ever level I set until I restart VC again.
Is there a way to set the volume output of VC ?

kind regards

Phil

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What is a good microphone for speech recognition? / Review Samson UB1 Boundary Mic

« on: January 09, 2014, 06:17:51 PM »

Hi All,

I have been using VC for about a week. In that time I have used 2 mic's. The first an Editors Keys condenser mic I use to record vocals. This worked reasonably well. I wanted to try something different, but still open air.
I thought about a microsoft 360 kinect, still undecided about that one. So, I searched for a boundary mic. It came down to the MXL AC 404 or the Samson UB1. The MXL was an extra $30 so I thought I'd try the Samson.
When it arrived the first shock was size. Its small and round like a hockey puck. Second surprise was the weight, with a heavy metal construction and a very nice felt backing its deceptively heavy. Its usb so plug n play.

This picks up everything ! Its sensitive. I tried on the table, the floor lol. The wall and the ceiling. I now have it mounted on the wall behind the speakers and also behind a curtain. Input level is set at 30% I tried 10% and it didn't register to well.
I had the prefix name set to eva ( think wall-e here ) But during movies and tv its was constantly being set off by words ending in A. So I changed it and we have little to no issues.
I paid $49 AUD for this mic, which in comparison to other sellers was cheap. I am very happy with it so far as an open air mic. Also, it works no problems from about 25-30 ft away.

cheers
Philby