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Re: Amulet Voice Remote
« Reply #60 on: December 06, 2010, 02:19:40 PM »
and it's -10 degrees Celsius out there!

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Actually I conducted the test when I first got the remote...   >:D

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« Reply #61 on: December 06, 2010, 02:59:59 PM »
Hi folks,

A little bit of Amulet news to share: effective today (6 December), we have reduced the RRP of the Amulet remote from $259 to $199, just in time for Christmas.

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« Reply #62 on: December 06, 2010, 03:38:46 PM »
Well Eddy, that did it for me, I will be placing the order in time for Santa.

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« Reply #63 on: December 06, 2010, 05:01:14 PM »
Hi folks,

A little bit of Amulet news to share: effective today (6 December), we have reduced the RRP of the Amulet remote from $259 to $199, just in time for Christmas.

Eddy

Yeah a Christmas special  ;D

Hi Eddy,

perfect, that was the pain threshold for order.
Where can I order, with you or on the official site?

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« Reply #64 on: December 06, 2010, 05:47:49 PM »
Thanks guys. Easiest way to order is through our website: http://www.amuletdevices.com/index.php/Buy-Now.html gets you straight to the online shop.

Eddy

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« Reply #65 on: December 06, 2010, 05:55:29 PM »
Yes, I think $200 is closer to the mark.  What's my cut?

 ;) kidding...

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« Reply #66 on: December 06, 2010, 06:00:42 PM »
Thanks guys. Easiest way to order is through our website: http://www.amuletdevices.com/index.php/Buy-Now.html gets you straight to the online shop.

Eddy

ok, I have an Appointed  ;D

My wife killing me  :bonk

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Re: Amulet Voice Remote
« Reply #67 on: December 15, 2010, 01:23:00 PM »
I just received notiification that the amulet remote is going for $179.  If only I had waited a week. :bonk

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Re: Amulet Voice Remote
« Reply #68 on: December 15, 2010, 01:45:12 PM »
Yes, this is the nature of modern life... what can you do?

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« Reply #69 on: December 15, 2010, 01:58:40 PM »
I just received notiification that the amulet remote is going for $179.  If only I had waited a week. :bonk

Since I got lucky, get my this week  ;D

From Amulet-Homepage: Shipping Only to US, Australia and New Zealand

At present we are only shipping to the US, Australia and New Zealand.

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« Reply #70 on: December 17, 2010, 11:20:17 AM »
Yeah,
my amulet is received. Works great  ;D

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« Reply #71 on: December 17, 2010, 12:03:55 PM »
cool.  So I guess there are 4 of us now, that have this remote, and are using VoxCommando.

Note that in VC Options, on the "System" tab, you can set how much you want to reduce the system volume when the remote is on.  Also on the system tab are "shortcut" buttons that take you to the speech settings, where you can set the amulet as the device to use for recognition, (in case you want to use some other microphone for something like skype).

In a future version, I plan to make an option to either reduce the system volume, or instead reduce the volume of another program like xbmc or mediamonkey, so that TTS responses will be full volume even when the Amulet microphone is active.

Actually, I am trying to think about the concept of an "event" in VC more and more.  So you could simply have the Amulet trigger an "event" when it is turned on, and have VC do whatever you want.

This is currently possible using EventGhost, and is also sort of possible using the VC.TellVox command, but it is not ideal because VC.TellVox has to:
- Switch recognition off (forced)
- Simluate recognition
- Turn recognition back on, and this can sometimes lead to problems, especially if VC is trying to process speech when it happens (i.e. forced off).

The idea of an event is also appealing when you think about a program gaining focus as an event, that could switch all voice commands on for that program.  In other words, for example, when XBMC gains focus, all your XBMC command groups become active...

There will always be more work to do!

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« Reply #72 on: December 17, 2010, 12:44:50 PM »
cool.  So I guess there are 4 of us now, that have this remote, and are using VoxCommando.

Note that in VC Options, on the "System" tab, you can set how much you want to reduce the system volume when the remote is on.  Also on the system tab are "shortcut" buttons that take you to the speech settings, where you can set the amulet as the device to use for recognition, (in case you want to use some other microphone for something like skype).

In a future version, I plan to make an option to either reduce the system volume, or instead reduce the volume of another program like xbmc or mediamonkey, so that TTS responses will be full volume even when the Amulet microphone is active.

Actually, I am trying to think about the concept of an "event" in VC more and more.  So you could simply have the Amulet trigger an "event" when it is turned on, and have VC do whatever you want.

This is currently possible using EventGhost, and is also sort of possible using the VC.TellVox command, but it is not ideal because VC.TellVox has to:
- Switch recognition off (forced)
- Simluate recognition
- Turn recognition back on, and this can sometimes lead to problems, especially if VC is trying to process speech when it happens (i.e. forced off).

The idea of an event is also appealing when you think about a program gaining focus as an event, that could switch all voice commands on for that program.  In other words, for example, when XBMC gains focus, all your XBMC command groups become active...

There will always be more work to do!

Hi James,

thanks for the tips, I will test the amulet and something we'll see what she has on it (range and occupancy of the buttons)

Greetings Kalle

PS: The remote control with customs and delivery now costs 254 U.S. $  ;D
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Re: Amulet Voice Remote
« Reply #73 on: December 17, 2010, 01:36:12 PM »
I have the remote but my wife says I have to wait until Christmas.  :'(  I feel nine years old again.

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Re: Amulet Voice Remote
« Reply #74 on: December 17, 2010, 05:39:45 PM »
welcome to the club...  ;D