voice controlled lights and blindsThis is a discussion on voice controlled lights and blinds within the Home Automation forums in Other Technologies category; Hi everybody, I have a question for you experts. A friend of mine, who is forced on a wheel chair, asked to me if it was possible to switch on / off the lights in his house (or open/close the blinds) by simply using voice commands. Example: he enters his bedroom and speaks "BEDROOM" "LIGHTS" "ON" or "BEDROOM" "BLINDS" "CLOSE" Can this be done? Is there anything existent on the market? Or at least could you please suggest me some resources and devices to "put together" in order to build something like that? My friend reminds me that something similar ... | ||||||||
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07-07-2008, 07:58 AM
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 voice controlled lights and blinds Hi everybody, I have a question for you experts. A friend of mine, who is forced on a wheel chair, asked to me if it was possible to switch on / off the lights in his house (or open/close the blinds) by simply using voice commands. Example: he enters his bedroom and speaks "BEDROOM" "LIGHTS" "ON" or "BEDROOM" "BLINDS" "CLOSE" Can this be done? Is there anything existent on the market? Or at least could you please suggest me some resources and devices to "put together" in order to build something like that? My friend reminds me that something similar can be found in cellphones, where you can call a name by clicking a button and pronouncing the name of the receiver. I thank you all for any advice. Franz  |
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07-07-2008, 10:22 AM
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| Re: voice controlled lights and blinds Here you go: http://www.automatedliving.com/default.htm They have the best product out there and it's well developed and supported. They interface with X10 and there are motorized blinds from Somfy that have an X10 interface. "Franz" <fln@despammed.com> wrote in message news:487204ec$0$35961$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it ... > Hi everybody, > I have a question for you experts. > A friend of mine, who is forced on a wheel chair, > asked to me if it was possible to switch on / off > the lights in his house (or open/close the blinds) > by simply using voice commands. > Example: he enters his bedroom and speaks > "BEDROOM" "LIGHTS" "ON" or > "BEDROOM" "BLINDS" "CLOSE" > Can this be done? > Is there anything existent on the market? Or at least > could you please suggest me some resources and devices > to "put together" in order to build something like that? > My friend reminds me that something similar can be found > in cellphones, where you can call a name by clicking > a button and pronouncing the name of the receiver. > I thank you all for any advice. > > Franz |
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07-13-2008, 06:43 AM
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| Re: voice controlled lights and blinds BruceR ha scritto: > Here you go: http://www.automatedliving.com/default.htm > They have the best product out there and it's well developed and > supported. > They interface with X10 and there are motorized blinds from Somfy that > have an X10 interface. > Thanks for the tip, Bruce. I was wondering if it's available on the market something similar to the automatism of the cellphones, without basing the system on an always-on PC program. But I think it's pretty impossible, isn't it? Franz |
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