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General Discussion / Re: The Alt-Tab problem via voice

« on: March 06, 2014, 08:28:06 AM »

Thanks Kalle, that is exactly what I am doing.  I've eliminated most sentences from my config and I have select words to accomplish tasks with lots of options to complete the sentence that can trigger an event.

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General Discussion / Re: The Alt-Tab problem via voice

« on: March 05, 2014, 07:47:42 PM »

Yes was just going over it, I get how to do it now, just a lot of turning things on and off, I can accomplish what I want to achieve now as long as I map it all out properly.

Thanks again.

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General Discussion / Re: The Alt-Tab problem via voice

« on: March 05, 2014, 07:30:12 PM »

This is very ambitious.  We obviously have a long way before we can really do this, but it doesn't hurt to try.  Slowly we will move towards it.  I don't pretend to think that I will be the one to get us there, but hopefully VoxCommando will help to further the movement a little bit, if only by inspiring future (smarter) programmers to try to improve on what we have done. 

Don't sell yourself short, it is very powerful as is, and with the logic builder, it is fairly user friendly.  Only reason I can do this is because of the Logic Builder.  If I needed to write code and get syntax correct, I would have given up long ago.

The more I can incorporate how people would naturally ask the computer to do something, the more user friendly it becomes and the more versatile so anyone can come in and work my media center.  Since it is a computer that shows my TV and not a cable or satellite box for TV, people that come to my house have never seen XBMC and are immediately intimated even with a remote, so I ask them to try and ask the computer to do what you want and I build my commands like that.  Also I'm terrible at memorizing exact phrases so I keep having to use OSD during commands to remind me and I'm starting to find overlap as I keep trying to make it natural language to accomplish tasks.

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General Discussion / Re: The Alt-Tab problem via voice

« on: March 05, 2014, 07:19:40 PM »

This is what EnableGroups and DisableGroups is for.  It allows you to set a context.

Either that or you can set a variable and in your commands you can check the state of this variable to know what to do.

http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Actions#DisableGroup

https://www.google.ca/search?q=voxcommando+enable+disable+groups+site:voxcommando.com

Wouldn't the Enable and Disablegroups still require a unique phrase or could I reuse a phrase that is for a different command and give it a different new action?

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General Discussion / Re: The Alt-Tab problem via voice

« on: March 05, 2014, 06:22:52 PM »

Thank you both for the explanations.  Now that I understand the process, what about having sub phrases loaded based on the initial command.  Something where phrases could be reused but have different actions based based on what Action you are in.  So common words like next, or select could be used in natural situations where you would expect to make a choice, but depending on what you initiated or what is in focus it could have a different action.  I hope I explained it properly, and maybe I'm moving into a feature request.  I'm just bouncing the idea now to see what you guys think about it.

As I keep moving forward with it that I want my family and any guests at my house to be able to use it as natural as possible without training them on commands to use in certain situations.  My phrases are getting quite complex with lots of possible options now.  I quite often ask people that have never used Vox to ask the computer to do something and see how they approach it and build my phrases like that so that it can become as natural as possible.  I'm basically attempting to build a HAL 3000.  Regardless of the outcome, the software is amazing, I'm having a lot of fun playing with it, I want to automate everything with my voice now.

If you think 1) its plausible and 2) its worthwhile, I can start a new topic in Feature Request.  Don't want to waste anyone's time if I'm just not thinking the idea through completely and it doesn't make sense.

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General Discussion / Re: The Alt-Tab problem via voice

« on: March 05, 2014, 02:54:04 PM »

Thanks nime5ster, didn't know about pushing ctrl as well would hold the selection window open, it works as expected.

Can phrases be bundled into an if statement like my example or is this not possible?  So the phase is directly connected to the previous command?

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General Discussion / The Alt-Tab problem via voice

« on: March 05, 2014, 01:35:13 PM »

I'm not sure if I'm not approaching this problem correctly, or I am missing something obvious.  I wish to setup a voice command to toggle Alt + tab as a simple example.  I want to continue holding alt while issuing a voice command to select next window via the Tab key.  Once I am overtop the desired window, I issue another command to select that window.  Here is how it works in my head.

Phrase: Switch Windows (inputkeys.keysDown Alt + inputKeys.Send Tab)
If Phrase Next (InputKeys.Send Tab)
elseif Phrase Select (inputKeys.keysUp Alt)

I can't figure out how to give another phrase in the if statement while inside a command.  Any working code you could provide is appreciated as it helps me learn from examples.

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Other Plugins / Re: Skype Plugin for VoxCommando

« on: March 03, 2014, 08:38:20 PM »

Disabling the mic in Windows turns the light off!  Thanks for the suggestions James, it was right on!

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Other Plugins / Re: Skype Plugin for VoxCommando

« on: March 03, 2014, 09:10:30 AM »

That is called a skype uri.  Here is more info on it:
http://developer.skype.com/skype-uris

The {1} will be replaced by payload 1, which should be the contact name.

Thanks, glad to know.

From what you are describing I am quite certain that you are using your webcam microphone for VC and this particular device turns a light on whenever the microphone is active.  So you should use a different microphone if it bothers you, or look into your camera settings to see if you can change how the light works.  It may also be possible that it uses a different colour to represent "mic on" vs. "video on".

I actually don't, I use a Yeti mic that does quite a good job of picking me up in the room.  But I think you may be onto the problem, if it is somehow being enumerated and initialized by Vox.  Or maybe my default mic changed in Windows and I didn't notice.  I'm going to see if I can disable the mic completely in Windows and see if the problem goes away.  Great suggestion thanks, didn't think about the mic in the webcam being the issue but does make sense.  I will report back once I've tested it.

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Other Plugins / Re: Skype Plugin for VoxCommando

« on: March 03, 2014, 12:06:03 AM »

Thanks nime5ter, that works great.  Can you please explain to me where I can get more information on the possible syntax that is allowed from the skype: command

skype:{1}?call&video=true

Also for the camera thing, I'm not sure.  As long as I have vox off or completely closed, the camera light goes off.  If I'm in listen or standby, the camera light is on like it is being actively used.  It's freaky and makes me paranoid so I have to figure out what is causing it.


EDIT

Ya, its not a plugin, I just reinstalled Vox into a different folder, selected XBMC Frodo as the configuration and started it for the first time.  The camera light comes on immediately.  Really dislike that and was hoping it was a borked plugin in my other install.

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General Discussion / Re: Vox reads Payload phrases to you

« on: March 02, 2014, 11:09:36 AM »

Genius thats good, thanks, going to try it when I get a minute.  Thanks for the help James and Kalle

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General Discussion / Re: Vox reads Payload phrases to you

« on: March 02, 2014, 10:24:15 AM »

Thanks Kalle and James, I knew it was here, just need to put the right term into the search box to find it.  Let me play with them, hopefully I can figure it out.

Kalle, I see in your example that you give it 3 possible responses at a time, is it possible to read all of them but be interrupted when you hear the right one?  Or is this the workaround that you give 3 at a time and wait for a response and if not, give 3 more?

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General Discussion / Vox reads Payload phrases to you

« on: March 02, 2014, 12:19:34 AM »

Hello all,

Sorry, I searched the forums and I'm also digging through James Welcome Home XML but don't quite understand it completely how it comes all together so I thought I would ask for a little guidance.  Sorry if this has already been asked, please just point me to the thread.

I have built my first command with a payload to play Internet Music by genre which is my payload.  I simply say "Play Internet Radio <genre>" and that station I've assigned play's.  I have quite a few genre's I can choose from and I can't always remember what I called them exactly so it would be nice if I can sometimes say "Play Internet Radio" and have vox read me back the choices in my payload.  Also because it may be annoying to have to listen to 20+ choices every time before you can make a choice, can it be interrupted to listen again once you hear what you want to play that choice?  Any help or guidance is appreciated.  Love this software, its not as intimidating as it looks like at first 

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Other Plugins / Re: Skype Plugin for VoxCommando

« on: March 01, 2014, 08:43:37 PM »

Just wanted to report that it appears to still work with the latest version 6.14.0.104.  The only thing I see missing from the plugin is to be able to initiate a video call.  I understand I can make a normal call and then click video with my mouse, but I would love to be able to initiate a video call all with voice.  I use this completely in my family room on my TV so ideally everything is either done with my remote control or via voice.  Is that something that could be added assuming the Skype API allows it.

I also noticed that when I gave vox access to skype my camera light stays on as long as Vox is open.  If I close Vox, my webcam light also finally goes off.  Has the big brother affect which I don't like.  Is this expected behavior and if so is it possible to modify it?

Edit

Also while testing noticed the call answer was without video as well which again required me to find my mouse to enable it.  Would love to have both options available if possible.

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Kodi (XBMC) Frodo / Gotham / Isengard / Jarvis / Re: Launch Plugins for XBMC

« on: February 10, 2014, 12:49:05 PM »

Thanks James that is amazing, I will give it a try when I get more time but I assume it will work.  WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor) hopefully will go up a few notches, especially with Friends episodes!