On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Steve Prior wrote: > Steve Edwards wrote: > >> "To control the tv in this room, press 1. To control a tv in another room, >> press 2. To control the outside lights, press 3. To control the >> sprinklers, press 4, ..." > > A while back I was thinking along the lines of using a phone as a > home automation interface, though I was thinking of it in combination > with a voice recognitition system such as Lumenvox. It occured to > me that when you want to turn the lights on, you don't really want to > pick up a phone, dial a special extension, and then start using menus.
Personally, I hate voice recognition systems. Voice prompts are great, but don't take away my keypad. Maybe I'm too far out on the edge of the bell curve, but I CAN remember what Alison was prattling about long enough to be told which key to press. Also, keys are much faster, especially once memorized as will happen quickly for something as frequently used as the TV. Think of a task like muting the TV: ) Off-hook ) Dialtone ) Press ** (change to remote mode) ) "To control the..." ) Press 1 ) "To change the vol..." ) Press 1 ) "To mut..." ) Press 0 I'll be finished before you can say "HAL," "Computer," "Zen" or whatever. Thanks in advance, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
