Recent content by ddxfish

I post here once and a while about Speech Recognition and its application to home automation. I finally found a working method for using it around my house. My setup is Vista, with SAPI 5.3, a MagicJack, a cordless phone, and a headset. I plug the magic jack in, and it launches its...

I posted a few times asking about various speech recognition input methods, not finding any ideal solutions. I have now tried bluetooth, RF microphones, an array of microphones (not the am-100), and a few others that didnt work. Recently i reformatted my smarthome server to vista. In setting...

Wow this thread is like really nice. I use half of the stuff listed and am trying the other half. Here are some freeware gems in my own favorites basket: TCPview - view open network connections, where they go, and what program is opening/using them NirCmd - command line util that is similar to...

Right now I am using girder 5 to run the smarthome parts including speech recognition (girder allows me to use 3rd party like dragon) I have, as you suspected a 10m / 30 ft dongle and im sure if i wanted this to work with bluetooth Id have to get a super power one. I am looking at good...

Hey all, I posted a few months back asking about the am-100 computer mic which I decided not to buy (smarthome door locks are next in budget). I am still looking for some type of microphone and as someone suggested in that last post, wireless microphones that I can use around my house for...

Hey all, new to the forums here, about time i found a forum for smarthomes. I have a smarthome, which is my home server (xp pro), with x10, IR control of my home theater, 2 usb security cameras (using webcamxp for them) with motion detection, a virtual linux machine running heyu to control my...