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XML Exchange / Re: My current setup/implementation

« on: January 08, 2016, 05:10:53 PM »

Thanks for the reply!

I thought about google cal, but since my parents are scared that the house will burn down if we leave the router or any computers on over night.. It won't work for me 

Thanks for the tip with BIOS, I have considered it, but it seems like I have to tell Windows to require no password when it wakes up from hibernate. (Idiot solution, don't know why I didn't think of it earlier) but I don't know if it works!

I have thought about using separate PC's, but here comes the issue with both Mom and Dad, and my age.

Since I am fourteen years old I don't make that much money (approx 1,5 USD a month), and I live in Sweden (where electronics are very expensive due to taxes and customs duty). So I can't afford more than one PC.

Thanks for the answer

Oskar

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XML Exchange / Re: My current setup/implementation

« on: January 08, 2016, 01:45:20 PM »

Hi, Oskar. Thanks for posting your command tree.

A lot of new users like to know how to have conversations with VoxCommando, and your "Talk" command group looks like it could be a great starting point for them.

How long have you been using the program? It looks like you've learned a lot.

Your approach to turning VC off when there is a TTS announcement is interesting.

We're curious to know why you have chosen to pause VC for 500 ms before it changes its state, in your "Off when speaking" command. Was there a particular problem that this solved for you?

A few things that you might want to experiment with:

1. Are you familiar with the {status} variable in VC?

It returns the current listening mode of VoxCommando (on, standby, or off).


2. Your morning alarm clock is pretty cool. In that command group, you're currently manually raising the volume in +2 increments in one of the commands.

It might be fun for you to figure out how to write that command so that the computer is doing the addition for you, looping and adding 2 to the volume with each loop.

One thing for all users to keep in mind: the VC.Pause action should be used carefully, because when that action is used, VoxCommando will not just pause that command, it stops doing anything and waits until the pause is over. VoxCommando freezes.

There are several solutions to this, depending on the objective. Let us know if you're interested in knowing more.
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A tip for those who don't know how to open someone else's voicecommands.xml file in your command tree editor without fear of overwriting your own configuration:

Your command tree window is actually a "multiple document interface," which means that you can open a separate command tree in its own window: http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=MDI_editor_interface.

If you then see some commands or groups etc. that you'd like to experiment with, you can copy them over to your own tree in the usual ways.

The reason for why I wait 500 ms is because my VoxCommando froze when not using the delay... I don't remember what else it was good for except to avoid interference when I have my speakers on...

I have been using it for four months now, so I guess that I am a fast learner with school and all

1. No, I was not. Maybe something interesting for the future..

2. It might be, but I have too little time

VC.Pause is dangerous, as you say. I wish that I had some other way to pause, like C#'s wait(1000); (think it is C#, can program in seven languages, witch is difficult to keep apart). Can you give any tips?

@PegLegTV:

That is nice! Do you have a pc that is always on, or what. I tried to have mine in hibernate (it is one meter from my bed), but I almost slept over today because it didn't log in when using windows task scheduler...

Any tips?


@nime5ter:

Any help with the issue above   


Thanks for helping me nime5ter, and PegLegTV: thanks for the alternative solution!

Best regards Oskar Stenberg

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XML Exchange / My current setup/implementation

« on: January 06, 2016, 06:35:21 AM »

Hi! I just thought that I maybe should share my commands xml with all of you, so that someone maybe can get help from it !

I have many functionalities, one of witch is an alarm clock. You tell it to set the alarm to a specific time, in military time, and then it sets an event timer, and a map.

The map is there so that the computer can reboot, and the alarm will still go off, because it checks for any entries in the map when it loads. If there is any (clears when the alarm goes off) it sets a new event timer.

One other ting is my alarm system, I can arm both my room and the hallway outside. I use ir detectors to sense motion. My whole family has got their own codes, witch I can disable at any time, so that I can control who gets in or out.

It can speak (common topics), and it can tell one joke so far. I live in Sweden, so it is one of our Norwegian jokes .

I control my lights using a tellstick, and alarm using an arduino uno.

Some commands are in Swedish (Not phrases, Macro names), so sorry for that (Too lazy to translate).
And the Kodi commands is from someone else, I suspect it was James who did them (I don't use Kodi that often, so it was unnecessary to spend time on making commands for it).

Best regards

Oskar

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"Open air" and "whole home" microphones / Re: Microphone help

« on: December 29, 2015, 01:09:36 PM »

Ok, Thank you all so much!

I hope that I wasn't too annoying 

Best regards
Oskar

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"Open air" and "whole home" microphones / Re: Microphone help

« on: December 29, 2015, 11:23:28 AM »

Thanks James!

I will maybe buy that, but I was wondering if I can use VoxWav free with my sony Smart watch 3 (Sorry, i have seen threads about this before, but I don't understand how to setup tasker and that other program...). Could you please explain the dummy way, and preferably free?

And thanks for making such a great software!

Oskar

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"Open air" and "whole home" microphones / Re: Microphone help

« on: December 29, 2015, 10:21:03 AM »

Ok, thanks!

But I suspect that they won't accept a return if the packaging is broken ...

Will try anyways, so thanks for the help Kalle! (Danke  )

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"Open air" and "whole home" microphones / Microphone help

« on: December 29, 2015, 09:14:31 AM »

Hi!

Wow, first post here! 

I need some help with a microphone, I am from Sweden (where electronics is extremely expensive) and I only have 66,05 CAD in budget (400 SEK), so do you think that this microphone http://www.kjell.com/se/sortiment/ljud-bild/pa-ljud-underhallning/mikrofoner-tillbehor/konferensmikrofon/konferensmikrofon-p24074 (run it thru translate ) will pick up my voice and commands from 0-3 m (about 10 ft) away with enough confidence?

I have a pretty quiet house, so...

Thanks and excuse me for my eventually bad English!

Oskar