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WMC / automatisch in den "standby" mode

« on: July 10, 2010, 09:23:28 AM »

I notice on the http://www.mce-community.de/forum/index.php?showtopic=42841 forum that a user is asking about going back into standby mode automatically.

This feature is already built in.  Look on the  options main page at the bottom.  It is  called:  Idle timeout in seconds.  the default is 0 which means that it is not active.  if you set it to 20, then if you dont issue any commands for 20 seconds it will go into standby automatically.

with prefix mode this is not really necessary but i left it in there in case some wanted to use it.


Deutsche Übersetzung:
Ich habe gelesen das in einem anderen Forum danach gefragt wurde ob VC automatisch in den standby Modus kann.

Dieses feature ist bereits in VC enthalten. Unter Options findet ihr unten die Funktion "Idle timeout in seconds". Als Standard ist dort 0 Sekunden angegeben das die Funktion so außer Kraft setzt.
Wenn ihr nun 20 eingibt und kein weiterer Befehl folgt so wird VC nach 20 Sekunden automatisch in den standby Modus schalten.

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XBMC (Old board see 'KODI' above) / xbmc linux and ipod

« on: July 09, 2010, 10:33:12 PM »

Hey how are you doing. I was wondering if your program was going to be developed to work in linux at any time? or work via WINE thru linux?

I saw some of the videos and it looks amazing and I am highly interested but I use ubuntu for my HTPC OS.  I was reading a thread where you put

"While VoxCommando is not cross platform, (it runs on windows 7 or vista, 32 or 64 bit) it connects to xbmc through a web interface the machine running xbmc can be on any platform."

so do I have to have two machines running at the same time in the same room. one for vox commando and the other for my htpc?

Also is iphone app being worked on to control it thru the iphone mic?

thanks and the program looks incredible.

Hi ****,

I am not planning on making a linux version.  I don't know much about WINE, though I have heard of it.  The program is written in .NET and relies on the windows built in speech recognition engine, so it is doubtful that I would be able to port it to another OS.  As it is anyway I have my hand full with all the things I want to implement, and the documentation that doesn't exist yet etc.  I don't have much free time at the moment either.

You don't have to have 2 pcs.  You can run both voxCommando and XBMC on the same machine or on two different machines.  VoxCommando has to be running on Windows7 or Vista.  It communicates with xbmc through http, but that can all happen on the same machine if you want.  My point was that you could keep your linux box as the http if you wanted to control it from a windows machine.

There is no iPod app, and I don't even have a Mac so I could not develop one.  However, if you have voxCommando running on a windows machine, you can still use your ipod as the microphone.  You are sending the sound to the PC and vox is doing the processing.  Actually I think that Dragon NatSpeak for iPod does something similar, where they upload your sound file to their server and then send back the text.

If your iPod is on the same LAN as your PC on wifi you can use it as a microphone with PocketAudio http://www.senstic.com/iphone/pocketaudio/pocketaudio.aspx.

Or you can upload wav files to your pc running VoxCommando via ftp.  With ipod or iphone you can do this with recordpad, which is was I used in the 2nd demo on this page http://www.voxcommando.com/videos.asp Vox can be set up to monitor a folder and when it detects a new wav files it opens it, processes the speech and then deletes the wav.

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XBMC (Old board see 'KODI' above) / Re: Possible to use vox with http api? XBMC

« on: July 08, 2010, 07:36:40 PM »

also I suggest you get the latest version from the downloads page.  If you want username / password capability I posted on the xbmc forum.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=9280&page=3

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XBMC (Old board see 'KODI' above) / Re: Possible to use vox with http api? XBMC

« on: July 08, 2010, 07:33:06 PM »

Hey Apichai any luck?  Check the other thread I am about to post under Vox and XBMC...

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VoxCommando Basics and Core Features / Re: Logon automatically to a website

« on: July 07, 2010, 12:26:56 PM »

sure, sorry I wasn't more clear.

What I mean is the following,

1) you would move the mouse into position (i.e. over the filed where you are going to enter your username)

2) then say "Mouse Left Click"  (or whatever you prefer to say for that action), and VC will simulate a mouse click.

3) then say "Type FooBar23"  (assuming that's your username - and note: what you say and what it types don't have to be the same)

and then repeat the process for the password,

and this time if you wanted you might be able to say "press tab" to move from the username field to the password field, instead of moving the mouse, asuming the tab order on the webpage is setup correctly.

If you get to the point where you can no longer move the mouse accurately, then you would also have to use voice commands to move the mouse.

Capiche?

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VoxCommando Basics and Core Features / Re: Logon automatically to a website

« on: July 07, 2010, 12:04:46 AM »

how are you with the mouse?  Is it easy for you to point the mouse accurately?

do you have trouble with left clicking or right clicking?

If you can point it easily enough, then we can get vox to do your clicking and typing for you.  You can enter all your passwords into vox so you won't have to worry about it spelling them wrong or just plain getting the wrong word as it might if you were just using standard dictation software. 

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VoxCommando Basics and Core Features / Re: Logon automatically to a website

« on: July 06, 2010, 08:33:10 PM »

another solution that might work better would be to get a software that remembers your passwords and does this automatically for you, then you would only need to use VoxCommando to launch the website.

I have never used any of these types of software so I can't recommend one.

Another option would be to use voice commands to move the mouse, click it, then enter the text.  Windows has an excellent feature for this called mouse grid.  I'm not sure how I could do the same thing, but I could certainly do you up some commands like "mouse left 100, mouse up 50, mouse left click " etc.

so if you want, think about the method that would work best for you, and would be the most flexible for use in other applications as well. 

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VoxCommando Basics and Core Features / Re: Logon automatically to a website

« on: July 06, 2010, 08:28:44 PM »

Sure it should be doable.  This method is a bit of a hack, and lots of things can break it...

If you are using EventGhost, then you don't need to do much other than create a command like this:


then you need an macro in eventGhost that would be triggered by that event.  This macro would need to:
- launch your web browser
- wait long enough that the page was loaded (make it longer that you have to so it works when the internet is slow)
- click on the username field, enter the text
- click on the password field, enter the text, and hit enter

here's a sample that does it.  note that it opens the browser to a maximized state, and then always clicks in the same place.  If the design of the website changes or your browser layout changes (i.e. an extra level of toolbars) it won't be clicking in the right place anymore.

you should be able to copy and paste this text directly into the eventghost configuration tree.  and then make adjustments.

Code: [Select]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="1462">
    <Macro Name="Start Program: iexplore.exe" Expanded="True">
        <Event Name="login2StockMarketSite" />
        <Action>
            System.Execute(u'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe', u'https://sourceforge.net/account/login.php', 2, False, 2, u'')
        </Action>
        <Action>
            EventGhost.Wait(6.0)
        </Action>
        <Action>
            Mouse.MoveAbsolute(450, 398)
        </Action>
        <Action>
            Mouse.LeftButton()
        </Action>
        <Action>
            Window.SendKeys(u'james', False)
        </Action>
        <Action>
            Mouse.MoveAbsolute(450, 430)
        </Action>
        <Action>
            Mouse.LeftButton()
        </Action>
        <Action>
            Window.SendKeys(u'god{Return}', False)
        </Action>
    </Macro>
</EventGhost>


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VoxCommando Basics and Core Features / First tutorial

« on: July 06, 2010, 01:35:42 AM »

I took my first crack at doing a tutorial showing how to install VoxCommando and understand its basic features.

I think I will probably redo it before I put a link to it on the main website, but if anyone has any feedback it would be appreciated.

http://voxcommando.com/install01/

J

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WMC / Re: good news for WMC users

« on: July 03, 2010, 12:39:56 AM »

While I was mucking around in that area of the code, I also added a very important feature.

Alternate Options!!!  This feature already existed for EventGhost when set up properly.

This is one of those (many) special features that makes VoxCommando better than the competition.

If the computer thinks there are multiple possibilities for your command it will show you a numbered list, and you can choose one.

Example:  You say  "play artist Bob"

The computer will make its best guess and start playing songs by "Bob Marley"

A windows will pop-up that looks like this:

(1) play artist Bob Marley
(2) play artist Bob Dylan
(3) play artist Bobcat Jenkins
(4) play artist Rob Cooper

if you then say "option 2" it will start playing songs by "Bob Dylan"

Note that this feature works with all commands, not just music.

I will add the ability to change the word "option" in the preferences later.
I will also add an option to either execute option 1 right away (which is what it does now), or do nothing until you choose an option. I would not personally use this though because it only works if you are in front of the computer.

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WMC / Re: good news for WMC users

« on: July 03, 2010, 12:36:15 AM »

WooHoo.  I've added the ability to request albums in WMC.

You need to turn it on in the options and choose your command phrases.

Then restart VoxCommando and it should "just work"

Oh, you need version 0.73 which I will be posting tomorrow.

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I will post new features here (LEGACY BOARD ONLY) / xml file Edit / Merge / Download / Share

« on: July 03, 2010, 12:27:37 AM »

sounds good? 

1 - An XML Payoad editor.  This allows you to create lists of "things" that each have 1 "value" and multiple "phrases".  This feature already exists but you have to edit by hand.
2 - I need a browse button in the command tree so you can select your xml payload file.  Currently you have to type the path and filename.

3 - I want to create powerful tools for manipulating the command tree.  Most important is to be able to import and merge a command tree from another file.
4 - I want to set up a selection of files on the site that you can download trees from.  For example, if someone develops a command tree for XBMC with french phrases, they could post it to the site so that others could download it, merge it into their tree and away they go - controlling xbmc in French!

(as a first step - I've added some new context menus in the tree editor.  Cut, Copy, Past, Duplicate, Expand-All etc.  Let me know if I missed anything obvious.

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WMC / good news for WMC users

« on: July 02, 2010, 09:18:34 PM »

one of the developpers at VMC controller got back to me and now I know how to request songs by album, and by song title.

The request by album I will implement very soon, but the song request might take a bit longer (a week?)

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WMC / Re: my wishes

« on: July 01, 2010, 09:39:29 PM »

as far as I know this is not possible to do from outside WMC.  WMC is a screen hog and likes to be in front of everything else.  It might be possible to do something from inside WMC.  Possibly there is a command to show a picture, and you could create a picture of your commands, but this would not really be an overlay because it would probably take you to the photo section...  Hmmm, I wish WMC was not so greedy because it ruins the command OSD popup windows Vox creates.  Probably a WMC plugin could do it.  You could suggest such a feature to the developers of VMC Controller.  So far they have not responded to any of my posts though.

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What is a good microphone for speech recognition? / Wireless headsets

« on: July 01, 2010, 07:51:14 PM »

Bluetooth is NO GOOD.  Trust me.  Some microphones are able to operate in another non-bluetooth mode and these headsets are called "hybrid" bluetooth.  Avoid Avoid Avoid.

I have had success with both the Logitech Clearchat Wireless http://www.logitech.com/en-us/webcam-communications/internet-headsets-phones/devices/4226 : decent sound quality, but over priced (IMO) and not very comfortable on my giant head.  I returned mine.

I have also had success with Plantronics 995 wireless headset. http://www.plantronics.com/north_america/en_US/products/computer/multi-use-computer-headsets/audio-995 The sound quality is similar to the logitech clearchat wireless, but they were less expensive and slightly more comfortable.  I kept them, and they have gotten more comfortable over time.  They are big and look stupid!

I tried a CS-55.  It cost a fortune and the quality was terrible.  I returned it.