Paul Webster wrote: > How about "here" meaning the player on the same system as the voice > detection was done from e.g. 3rd-party device running Squeezelite (such > as RPi). > > "Alexa, tell squeezeserver to play favourite 2 here." > Compared to. > "Alexa, ask squeezeserver to select kitchen" > "Alexa, tell squeezeserver to play favourite 2".
Hi Paul Thanks for the suggestion. This raises a few points. This is not quite like the other requests in that 'here' is not a named / addressable squeezebox device/instance. If I'm reading it right, your proposal implies that the voice capture/detection/processing is done via a a squeezebox device. That's not the case. You need an amazon echo device to speak to which in turn interfaces with your squeezeboxes via the skill/plug-in. That being the case, 'here' could only mean the echo device itself. Now, this is a feature I'd love to add and initial research indicates that it may be possible (after all, this is how the Spotify / amazon music content is implemented). Furthermore, there are specific commands within the skill set-up to facilitate this. However, I need to do further work to determine what audio formats are supported and whether it would be worth implementing if the majority of typical users libraries wouldn't play. Right now, I envision something close to what you're suggesting but with even more simplicity; "Alexa, ask squeeze server to play favourite 2 in kitchen" This would play the nominated playlist through the Kitchen squeezebox. Then, you could further control that instance without having to nominate the player any more; "Alexa, pause" "Alexa, play favourite 3" Note: I'm not 100% we can get this level of simplicity. Note that there's no invocation of the skill name in these examples. This is a bit of a hack that I'm not sure )I will work and ii) will be permitted by amazon for certification. We shall see... Squeezebox | Squeezebox Radio x 2 | Squeezebox Touch | Squeezebox Duet BLOG: http://mediaserver8.blogspot.com ALEXA LMS SKILL: http://www.hab-tunes.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ meep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12744 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106569 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
