upstatemike
Senior Member
I'm looking for opinions on Voice Recognition Software. I know there are some folks who are heavily into HAL as well as some who have tried using VR in Homeseer.
Can anybody provide a basic comparison of HAL .v.s. HomeVoice v.s. Microsoft based VR (like PowerHome, Homeseer, etc.)? I'm trying to figure out if there is a dramatic difference between how well they each work or if it is just a matter of minor feature differences. (Like HAL being a stand-alone HA package while HomeVoice is designed as a front end to be used with any system).
Also, on the response voice, I was wondering if HAL is limited to the available "HAL Voices" or if you can use any SAPI 5 voice engine with it?
Can anybody provide a basic comparison of HAL .v.s. HomeVoice v.s. Microsoft based VR (like PowerHome, Homeseer, etc.)? I'm trying to figure out if there is a dramatic difference between how well they each work or if it is just a matter of minor feature differences. (Like HAL being a stand-alone HA package while HomeVoice is designed as a front end to be used with any system).
Also, on the response voice, I was wondering if HAL is limited to the available "HAL Voices" or if you can use any SAPI 5 voice engine with it?