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RE: [ECS] Phone/intercom -> SR Carl Keyes Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:42:27 PDT

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Kevin,

It improved alot! Again though, the problem I haven't
solved is the occasional static produced by the
phone that's misread as a command.

later,

Carl


>From: "Kevin Keast" <libertyc@prodigy.net>
>Reply-To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
>To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
>Subject: RE: [ECS] Phone/intercom -> SR
>Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 19:06:58 -0400
>
>Carl,
>
>Did your training through the intercom improve your accuracy a lot?
>
>Reason I ask is that I have a DSC 832 security system intercom and ran the
>mic input into my sound card.  VR was poor but I had trained through a
>headset mic.  I too experienced a lot of hum.  I was thinking about 
>building
>a simple Lowpass RC filter, I am sure its 60 cycle that we are all hearing.
>
>Kevin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	ckeyes [mailto:ckeyes@california.com]
>Sent:	Friday, October 15, 1999 9:25 PM
>To:	ecs-list@netbloc.com
>Subject:	Re: [ECS] Phone/intercom -> SR
>
>Mark,
>
>That's exactly what I've been trying to get to work here.
>I got a Panasonic KX-TC911, about $80, that has an instant on
>intercom.
>A lot of them have to have the intercom answered at the base
>which defeats
>the purpose.
>I opened up the unit and cut the leads to the speaker, and
>ran
>wire back to the ECS station from the unit. There I hooked up
>
>a small speaker in an enclosure with a small mic thats wired
>to my sound in.
>Sounds funky I know.
>I tried wiring the leads directly to the sound in, thru a
>mixer, but got
>a lot of hum, even after lowering the levels.
>This actually works pretty well except the unit will produce
>some
>static at times that SR can interpret as commands.
>You might ask around about wiring the speaker leads directly
>into
>the mic input without getting the hum.
>I trained the commands thru the phone and was able to get at
>least
>90% accuracy.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Carl
>
>Mark Gilmore wrote:
>
> > Anyone know of a good cordless phone(s) which supports
> > an intercom (preferrably also wireless) ?  I want to find
> > such a product for use with in-house speech-recognition,
> > whereby the user would speak commands thru the phone on
> > the intercom setting. The intercom speaker would be placed
> > near the sound card.
> >
> > The only downside I see to the approach is that ECS's
> > responses would not be played back thru the phone
> > (hardly a show-stopper).
> >
> > Tanx
> > --
> > Mark Gilmore
> > Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> > http://www.usit.com/omnip
> > 423-745-0026
>

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