Speech recognition

[hek]

Has anyone played with the speech recognition modules available? Would've been nice to add something like this to the HA setup.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-Speech-recognition-module-V3-0-Arduino/32355991872.html?spm=2114.031010208.3.2.n43HuW&ws_ab_test=201556_1,201527_4_71_72_73_74_75,201560_3

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Geeetech-High-Sensitivity-Voice-Recognition-Speech-Recognizer-Module-VRM-with-Microphone-Jumper-wires-for-Arduino/1829166368.html?spm=2114.031010208.3.10.kFCxxI&ws_ab_test=201556_1,201527_4_71_72_73_74_75,201560_3

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/A-new-non-specific-human-speech-recognition-module-voice-control-played-module/32328068121.html?spm=2114.031010208.3.19.WmDj7N&ws_ab_test=201556_1,201527_4_71_72_73_74_75,201560_3

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Voice-Recognition-speech-Recognition-extension-plate-compatible/32328084063.html?spm=2114.031010208.3.10.Is4trt&ws_ab_test=201556_1,201527_4_71_72_73_74_75,201560_3

[ahhk]

check the voice-recognition in Openhab for example. it is cheaper and a better solution then realizing this in hardware...

[hek]

Yes, but I would probably want a decentralised solution. Having a speech module/microphone in some key location of the house. And I don't want a big machine running just to decode specch picked up from around the house.

Carrying a phone/BT set around for all family members won't happen either.

[Chester]

I'd love to implement some voice recognition in my setup at the new house, but ideally I would prefer a mic or pickup in each room feeding back to my server which runs 24/7 already. So for me, I would be interested in finding what kinds of mic setups would pick up voice at around 5-6 metre range. I'm worried that might also come with a large price tag too...

[ch3b7]

I use a phone with autoapps + autovoice + send/expect, to send tcp commands to a server and make and actions for each command received, im use a MOTO X with an a controller maked by me and work good. Sorry for my bad english im from argentina

[drock1985]

What about the Amazon Echo? That can be integrated with almost any HA system.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X4WHP5E/ref=ods_xs_ae_shurl?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=74652194316&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15286523600054406426&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_2vatdqwe3p_b

I know it's not a cheap solution, but the hardware and software support is already there for it, and wouldn't require much hacking IMHO.

[TheoL]

I'm looking for the same thing. I have found a lot of good examples that are running on a Pi. For me the integration with Domoticz is easy, I can use the REST api to and from Domoticz. It's still in a investagion phase. But it's looking hopeful. Besides, I kind of like that it's a separate system and not integrated with my HA.

[mvader]

@Chester said:

I'd love to implement some voice recognition in my setup at the new house, but ideally I would prefer a mic or pickup in each room feeding back to my server which runs 24/7 already. So for me, I would be interested in finding what kinds of mic setups would pick up voice at around 5-6 metre range. I'm worried that might also come with a large price tag too...

I'm in the same boat.
I've been looking at voxcommando and that seems to be the ticket.
but i have not yet looked into how i can mic up the whole house.

[kalle]

Hi guys,

yes VoxCommando works with mysensors devices

http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=1921.msg18069#msg18069

There is a free trial version of VoxCommando available: http://voxcommando.com/home/downloads/

If anyone need help to get start with MySensors + VC, ask me for help

[mvader]

@kalle any suggestions on setting up a whole house mic system?

[NeverDie]

How good is VoxCommander as compared to Amazon Echo?

[kalle]

@mvader said:

@kalle any suggestions on setting up a whole house mic system?

Yes it is possible but not easy and maybe not cheap

Here is a solution of one of our members: http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=1757.msg16418#msg16418

[mvader]

@kalle thanks for the link
I'm not sure i want to physically wire up my whole house for mic's in that manor
i was hoping something like a usb mic into a raspberry pi or something.
and then that feed would go back to VC.
anything like that possible?

[jitterjames]

In theory it should be possible to create something very similar to VoxWav (which runs on Android) for the RasPi. It streams PCM audio to VoxCommando and can either be triggered by a button or when the input volume goes above a certain threshold. People have talked about creating something like this for the RasPi but noone has done it yet and I don't personally have any experience with the RasPi. I can offer assistance to anyone who wants to work on it though. I have some sample code written in Java that I use in the VoxWav app that should help. It shows how to send the audio by TCP.

[jitterjames]

@NeverDie said:

How good is VoxCommander as compared to Amazon Echo?

I am the creator of VoxCommando so I can't really answer this objectively, and anyway I have never used an echo, but based on what my users have described the echo wins in two obvious ways. 1 - The microphone is very good for speech recognition and does a good job of filtering out undesirable sound and homes in on your voice when you speak. 2- It's easy to set up, at least if you want to use it the way Amazon intended.

On the other hand VoxCommando should be able to offer vastly superior options in terms of flexibility and it's designed to be customized by users, so in that sense, it may be easier to set up if you want to do anything interesting. It works with a lot of multimedia programs and home automation stuff etc.

http://voxcommando.com/home/features/

You can try it for free and decide for yourself if you like it. It can do many many things, so there is a learning curve but most people find it fun to use once they get over the initial hump (I think).

Also of note, VC does not require an internet connection and does not upload your audio and other data to "big brother" the way the Echo does. For this reason it is probably also much faster.

[kalle]

@mvader - If you can get some cheap Android phones/tablets, you can use the VoxWav app on it and mount this devices in each room. The VoxWav app act as a wireless microphone and remote for VoxCommando http://voxcommando.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=VoxWav

here is a nice demo video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RCZ7aGGaro

I use this app also on a android smartwatch to control things

which you can see here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMPstHDvnM8

I hope this give you an idea