Dean Roddey
Senior Member
So we've been working on a big new feature for CQC in the voice control area. We have Echo support and that's fine and it does what it does. But, we also wanted to have another option that met the criteria:
1. Easy to set up, with lots of 'out of the box' functionality
2. Purely local, no cloud
3. Much more in the 'AI' vein, not just a simple ask a question get a response type thing, so conversational in nature
We've had for some time a 'room configuration' option, where you can define your rooms and indicate what hardware is in each. We can use that to auto-generate a nice set of graphical touch screen interfaces for each configured room.
So this new AI is also based on that same configuration, and understands all of the functionality it provides (or it will very soon when we finish adding it all.) That means that we will be able provide this scenario:
1. Install CQC
2. Install the drivers for your devices
3. Auto-generate nice touch screens
4. Get nice AI style voice control with no extra work
CQC has something of a reputation for complexity, because it is primarily focused on flexibility for pro installations. But the above scenario will allow you to get a nice setup for core functionality without a lot of work.
Anyhoo, I just wanted to throw out this early demo of the new features, to get some feedback. If changes are to be made, then better earlier than later. This just demonstrates three different conversations that show how it works, with some text annotations to let you know what is going on.
http://www.charmedquark.com/Web2/PostImages/5_1Previews/JarvisPreview1.mp4
This is based on the Microsoft Kinect sensor, so it's all local. No security issues. The voice used for text to speech is just one of the standard ones MS provides, you can get better ones if you want.
Anyway, let me know what you think. We will of course keep our Echo support as well, so this is to provide another, very different option.
1. Easy to set up, with lots of 'out of the box' functionality
2. Purely local, no cloud
3. Much more in the 'AI' vein, not just a simple ask a question get a response type thing, so conversational in nature
We've had for some time a 'room configuration' option, where you can define your rooms and indicate what hardware is in each. We can use that to auto-generate a nice set of graphical touch screen interfaces for each configured room.
So this new AI is also based on that same configuration, and understands all of the functionality it provides (or it will very soon when we finish adding it all.) That means that we will be able provide this scenario:
1. Install CQC
2. Install the drivers for your devices
3. Auto-generate nice touch screens
4. Get nice AI style voice control with no extra work
CQC has something of a reputation for complexity, because it is primarily focused on flexibility for pro installations. But the above scenario will allow you to get a nice setup for core functionality without a lot of work.
Anyhoo, I just wanted to throw out this early demo of the new features, to get some feedback. If changes are to be made, then better earlier than later. This just demonstrates three different conversations that show how it works, with some text annotations to let you know what is going on.
http://www.charmedquark.com/Web2/PostImages/5_1Previews/JarvisPreview1.mp4
This is based on the Microsoft Kinect sensor, so it's all local. No security issues. The voice used for text to speech is just one of the standard ones MS provides, you can get better ones if you want.
Anyway, let me know what you think. We will of course keep our Echo support as well, so this is to provide another, very different option.