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Feature Request: Voice Command
E.O.D.DJ:
I poked around on the forums and looking all the way back to MC11 there had been some interest in the ability to issue voice commands for playback. I know the whole home automation world is a system in and of itself but after looking around I still love Media Center as my all in one setup and most existing ones have some pretty horrible interfaces. I've seen leaps and bounds in theater view, making it great for HTPC type setups, and i guess to me voice command for simple things like playback of genres, artists or playlists would be a great step in that direction. I'm kinda torn weather this should be in the plug-ins forum section or here since MC14 is still in development. Has anyone had any luck getting Media Center to play nice with existing Home Automation software (ie voice) or could this be something that might be built into a future Media Center version.
I know this is seriously digging in the depths of the forums but hey search is your friend right.
--- Quote from: KingSparta on February 05, 2006, 09:54:57 am ---A few years Ago I Remember IBM And Others Were Working On Computer Speech And Speech Recognition.
If you remember Scotti talking into a mouse on Star Trek 4, we may have laughed at him but it seemed that something would be done with it down at the user level. I feel Microsoft has dropped the ball on realistic speech. Have You Heard The Microsoft Reader? Microsoft's Stock Voices Sound Like Computer Generated Voice, And Not Real.
Dave, "Media Center"
Media Center, Yes Dave?
Dave, Play
Media Center, Play What Dave?
Dave, Play "Love Machine"
Media Center, I Love You Too Dave
Lately I Have Been Playing With TextAloud With AT&T's, And NeoSpeech Realistic Voices Using Text Files And Allowing The Software To Read Typed Stories.
I went To Microsoft But I Have Not Found Any Recent Projects That Microsoft Has Been Working On. I Know J River Went To The Computer Show A Few Months Back.
Any New Projects?
Or Does Speech Recognition Seem To be Dead?
A Realistic Voice Of The Above Typed Text:
http://www.spartasoftware.com/Message-01.mp3
--- End quote ---
Edit: Quote from King Sparta for better clarity on intent of feature.
newsposter:
Or just incorporate the standard msft speech APIs.
E.O.D.DJ:
Good call on the Windows Speech Recognition. I hadn't seen that before you mentioned it. It looks like most of the ground work is there to tie in Media Center. I've been playing with it but I'm not having much luck. Looks like Microsoft added Macros to their Speech Program allowing you to execute command lines off of voice commands. JimH or any other Mod, any chance i can get you to move this thread to the Plug-in Development or Third Party Plug-ins thread, maybe i can recruit some help there from someone on writing these plugins/macro's for MC13/14. Anyone Particularly good with how Media Center's command lines work?
Edit:
I've got a few of the basic playback functions to work so far Play, Next, Previous, Mute. For now its written using the keyboard shortcuts, i'll need to get the command lines down for it to work ideally. However i can now yell at my computer from bed to start playing music and it works, at least in a limited fashion, I'll keep poking around. Here's some of the basic macro language I've set up so far using Windows Speech Recognition Macros:
Windows Speech Recognition Macro's (Required Download)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fad62198-220c-4717-b044-829ae4f7c125
Windows Speech Recognition Macros' Wiki
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=40&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=fad62198-220c-4717-b044-829ae4f7c125&u=http%3a%2f%2fcode.msdn.microsoft.com%2fwsrmacros%2f
Media Center's Command Lines
http://wiki.jrmediacenter.com/index.php/The_Command_Line
(You will need to turn on Windows Speech Recognition and build the Macro below. As its written right now this only works with something already loaded into Now Playing and Media Center 13 as your active window)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<speechMacros>
<command>
<listenFor>Media Center Play</listenFor>
<sendKeys>{{CTRL}}p</sendKeys>
</command>
<command>
<listenFor>Media Center Next</listenFor>
<sendKeys>{{CTRL}}n</sendKeys>
</command>
<command>
<listenFor>Media Center Previous</listenFor>
<sendKeys>{{CTRL}}l</sendKeys>
</command>
<command>
<listenFor>Media Center Mute</listenFor>
<sendKeys>{{CTRL}}m</sendKeys>
</command>
<Signature>
[Your Digital Signature]
</Signature>
</speechMacros>
Daydream:
Drinking alone is a dangerous form of alcoholism; that is why is good to drink in front of a mirror.
Same for the voice command. One would be in great danger of looking nuts, talking to his electronics. Especially if the electronics don't answer back with a suave Majel Barrett voice.
E.O.D.DJ:
Quite true, in fact of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.
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