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Re: SR with ECS Daniel Dubay Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:28:01 -0500

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 Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:28:01 -0500
Hello Eugene,

I used SR with ECS in my previous house with pretty good success.  I have not yet implemented
it in my new home but am slowly adding improved features to my new system.  I had great
success with the Crown open air mic which you can purchase from www.homecontrols.com.
 Just search "microphone".  I buy a lot of equipment from this catalogue.  Do other
ECS'ers use it or have better sources?  If you fill out the paperwork for a business
in your state you can join the "dealer first" program and get a substantial discount.


I used a different SR engine before it was integrated with ECS.  I kept the open air
mic on a coffee table in the middle of my family room and actually had another mic wired
in parallel in the bedroom.  I could speak in a normal voice or slightly raise my voice
from across the room and have 90-95% recognition.  If there are other people talking
or other noise then it will not work well.  All commands have to be confirmed because
of the less than 100% recognition.  I also had a command for sleep/wakeup mode for times
there were a lot of people talking.  Let me know if you have more questions.

Daniel Dubay

PS.  Bill Walters - I believe you helped me with a problem a couple months ago and I
didn't get a chance to say:  Thank You!

>>> Eugene Polonsky <epolonsky@chaincast.com> 01/23/01 06:15PM >>>
Hi everyone:

I'm not quite sure how to subscribe to this list; in any case, I just have
one question for now. Has anyone tried speech recognition in their automated
home, and what setups did they find appropriate? I assume that just a simple
desktop microphone would not be enough for reliable open-air SR? 
IAutomate.com recommend getting a Shure 4-channel automatic mixer, and
in-wall omnidirectional microphones -- a setup that runs about $1K. Does
anyone have any suggestions about that? Does anyone know any guides on
installing an open-air SR system? 

Thanks,
Eugene

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