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Tips for better speech accuracy / TTSMS Voice and Speech Recignition Engine

« on: January 30, 2015, 03:39:00 PM »

Just wanna make sure, you can't select a different voice than the speech recognition engine right?  I noticed that when I switched the voice, the engine also switched accordingly.

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General Discussion / How not to repeat same event/commands within certain amount of time

« on: January 29, 2015, 06:46:28 PM »

Sorry, I don't know if this has been discussed before but here's the scenario.

I just figured out that I could send a command to disarm my alarm system.  So I'm gonna set up the Location from IFTTT and send me an email (or event) to trigger this command and maybe turn on light and some other stuff.  Say me and my wifey both set this up, how can I tell VC not to repeat the event or command twice ?  What is the best way to go about this? 

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General Discussion / TTSMS Speed Question

« on: January 27, 2015, 06:12:29 PM »

Just a quick question, can you change the voice speed of TTSMS like how you can change with TTS?

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Off Topic (not related to VC) / Kinect LED Indicator

« on: January 25, 2015, 12:56:27 PM »

I read that some say you can access the LED indicator state on the Kinect but some say can't?  So is it possible to set the LED as an event?

http://openkinect.org/wiki/Protocol_Documentation

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Tips and Tricks / Tips for Home Automation + IFTTT Alternative

« on: January 24, 2015, 09:17:43 PM »

If you are into home automation but having different brands or purchasing new toys. They most likely are not compatible with each other.  Either they wont be supporting at all or you have to wait for them to work on the open api, ifttt, etc.

Here comes the good news, since all the smart products now will have an app that can send you either notification or email.  All you need to do is to setup growl on your smart phone (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AqbYGC5z-4I) and send all the notification to your pc (http://www.growlforwindows.com/gfw/). With Growl + EventGhost + VC, most of the incompatible products can finally talk to each other now.

Here's an example,

Ring is a smart doorbell, okidokeys is smart lock, eyezon alarm doesnt have an app but can be alerted by email.  I could then trigger any action like set light scene, turn on/off music, so on and so forth.

I hope it helps someone that's still waiting for ifttt or their product to get this supported.

Enjoy and have fun!

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Integration Ideas / Doorbot/Ring or Skybell integration

« on: January 21, 2015, 05:11:48 PM »

 I have successfully integrated a doorbot/ring by using an old jb iphone with growlnotifier (forward to my email) + gmail notifier from this forum to trigger events like telling me someone is at the door or flash a hue light, etc.

if you have a better solution, please comment below.

I just wanna throw this out here so for people who have a smart doorbell dont have to wait for their open api or their integration to ifttt.  It doesnt sound like they are doing them anytime soon.

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Off Topic (not related to VC) / Amazon Echo

« on: January 13, 2015, 09:57:01 AM »

Have you guys check out the Amazon Echo?  Looks pretty cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AmxiGVBekE

I like the ring light indicator, I wonder if we can do something similar?

Also the recognition seems like it picks up real good even with music playing in the background.

I have some trouble with multi users with VC...

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Python Scripting / Nest Thermostat Python script

« on: January 11, 2015, 01:39:05 PM »

There's a python script for Nest Thermostat here (https://github.com/smbaker/pynest/blob/master/nest.py) and I'm not sure can it adapt with Voxcommando.

I run the Python script in windows like this, python nest.py --user user email --password password curtemp

And I get something like 60.

Can I get this same value with the script in VoxCommando?

Sorry I dont know much about coding.

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Off Topic (not related to VC) / Laptop Bluetooth proximity

« on: January 08, 2015, 07:29:58 PM »

My laptop has Bluetooth and is in my family room so instead of getting an ibeacon, is there any program that I can get proximity with my phone also work with voxcommando so when I walk in the room it will turn on the light and off when I out of the room?


Thanks.

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Integration Ideas / Nest Thermostat Integration

« on: January 07, 2015, 09:05:31 PM »

I don't see any topic talking about Nest thermostat...is it possible to say the temperature from nest and also able to set away or unaway?

Thanks.