Did some more research. You need 2 things: "Xbox One S" and the add-on "Xbox One Kinect Sensor"
Use voice commands to control TV on Xbox One S https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/live-tv/control-tv-with-voice As with all voice navigation on Xbox, using voice while watching TV in OneGuide requires a compatible headset or Kinect—some way to input the sound of your voice. OneGuide and Live TV https://support.xbox.com/en-US/browse/xbox-one/live-tv On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 2:19 PM Jim Lubin <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw this on Facebook demonstrating using a Xbox One to control the TV > using voice only > > https://www.thetsf.org/ > https://www.facebook.com/148425091884505/videos/1387274131332922/ > > Here is a video of me demonstrating how to control a television hands-free > using Xbox one. Also a thank you letter from one of the TSF's recipients > who received help getting this set up. > > "Tyler, > I wanted to send you a quick thank you note for your help in finding some > assistive technology that has given me a great deal of freedom. As being > legally blind and a quadrapoligic, I spend a significant portion of my day > listening to the television. For the last month or so, thanks to your > recommendation, I have been using an Xbox to control my television. Where > as before, I had to sit and endure the same channel for hours on end. A > very frustrating experience indeed. With the Xbox voice control capability > my situation has improved significantly. Being able to change or mute the > volume, change chanels at a whim or even switching the TV on and off has > enabled me to have much greater control over my environment. This is a > significant improvement from the past where I was totally dependent on a > caregiver to do these simple tasks. It was very frustrating when I had no > caregiver and the chanel wasn't right, or I wanted to take a nap and the > volume was too high. Having the freedom that your solution has afforded me > has greatly improved my quality of life, and your assistance helping > setting the system up is really appreciated. > Thank you very much!" > > Ray Newby > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 1:13 PM Raymond Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am looking for a device that will control a smart TV by voice. I >> believe Apple has something out there but I can't figure out exactly what I >> need. Does the device already know the IR codes for the different >> televisions or do they have to be trained into the device? Any information >> somebody could give me about this I would really appreciate. >> >> Thank you very much in advance. >> >> Raymond >> >
