I finally got some time over the weekend and installed HomeSeer's 30 day trial software on my PC as well as a speaker client on a tablet PC I got over the holidays. This, plus the setup of two Audreys (controlled by mcsAudrey plug-in, thanks to M.McS) is my first step towards a "smart" home.
First, I must say, HomeSeer was much easier to use than MisterHouse. It has mature UPB support (which MH still can't claim, I don't think), easy event handling, and things seemed pretty straightforward. The biggest issues I had were getting my Audreys flashed correctly.
I do have a couple of questions:
1. Is there a way to get Audreys to do voice recognition similar to the HomeSeer speaker client? I'm guessing the PC running the speaker client does the speech processing, then communicates with the HomeSeer server, and that the Audreys are not powerful enough to process the speech like that. But HomeSeer seems to easily send wav files down to the Audreys, so wouldn't it be possible for the Audreys to record the voice (it does have a mic) and send the wav file up to the HomeSeer PC for processing? I realize this would have a little lag time, but wouldn't it be better than nothing?
2. Is there a way to improve/train the voice recognition from the speaker clients? It seems to misunderstand me on a regular basis.
3. Would I need additional PC's (tablets or otherwise) to run additional speaker clients? Or is there such thing as wireless mic/speaker combo (or IP mic) that I could connect to my current speaker client for input (and feedback) in another room?
I wrote down more questions somewhere else, so when I find them, I'll post them to this thread as well.
First, I must say, HomeSeer was much easier to use than MisterHouse. It has mature UPB support (which MH still can't claim, I don't think), easy event handling, and things seemed pretty straightforward. The biggest issues I had were getting my Audreys flashed correctly.
I do have a couple of questions:
1. Is there a way to get Audreys to do voice recognition similar to the HomeSeer speaker client? I'm guessing the PC running the speaker client does the speech processing, then communicates with the HomeSeer server, and that the Audreys are not powerful enough to process the speech like that. But HomeSeer seems to easily send wav files down to the Audreys, so wouldn't it be possible for the Audreys to record the voice (it does have a mic) and send the wav file up to the HomeSeer PC for processing? I realize this would have a little lag time, but wouldn't it be better than nothing?
2. Is there a way to improve/train the voice recognition from the speaker clients? It seems to misunderstand me on a regular basis.
3. Would I need additional PC's (tablets or otherwise) to run additional speaker clients? Or is there such thing as wireless mic/speaker combo (or IP mic) that I could connect to my current speaker client for input (and feedback) in another room?
I wrote down more questions somewhere else, so when I find them, I'll post them to this thread as well.