I am looking to use ARC voice commands within the house .
However, I an not sure how to make ARC monitor multiple microphones/channels or what audio system needed to facilitate my request from any room .
Any ideas ?
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Jarvis is triggered by the word Jarvis. I don't use ARC for the VR since I have it all set up in a different program and it controls more than just ARC. Even with a confidence of 90 on the pre-word "Jarvis" and complex(ish) commands such as "what is the weather like" with a confidence of 80 it still picks background noise up as these commands... Earlier today I was watching TV and all of a sudden it triggered "Jarvis I am bored entertain me" (my headset is on charge close to the centre speaker which is why it heard the TV).
Basically what I am saying is, even with a "magic word" it can still give false commands from background noise. Increasing confidence means a decrease in successful commands, reducing it can result in false commands. It's an issue that needs balancing out and one I'm still looking for hands free solutions for.
If you want room detection you will need each mic to be addressable somehow, through a software mixer for instance. Or, by using PIR detectors in each room to detect where the activity is - not ideal for multiple people though.
I have the HAL2000 software from Home Automation Living in my house that controls everthing from lights, appliances, heating and AC. I also have several mics through the house and a speaker in each room so I can hear HALs response, for example "Computer what is the weather" "the weather is sunny". The speaker also allows me to hear the return response from HAL just in case he did not understand, example "Computer what is the weather" "you want me to turn on the TV""No, what is the weather". One big issue I had was with multiple mics was the back ground noise from all rooms triggering HAL. I solved this over time by adding 2 motion detectors in each room, one for the mic and one for the speaker. When I am not in a room the circuit to the mic and speaker are off so the system cannot pickup any background noise and when HAL responds to me only that room will address me. This works well unless someone is in another room they will here HALs response, but for the most part it does work better than having all the rooms listening and speaking.
@Tymtravler: How did you connect the mics?
In parallel ?
It does not affect the audio quality and recognition ?
And yes, the PIR is good if you are alone in the house .
Jarvis is triggered by the word Jarvis. I don't use ARC for the VR since I have it all set up in a different program and it controls more than just ARC. Even with a confidence of 90 on the pre-word "Jarvis" and complex(ish) commands such as "what is the weather like" with a confidence of 80 it still picks background noise up as these commands... Earlier today I was watching TV and all of a sudden it triggered "Jarvis I am bored entertain me" (my headset is on charge close to the centre speaker which is why it heard the TV).
Basically what I am saying is, even with a "magic word" it can still give false commands from background noise. Increasing confidence means a decrease in successful commands, reducing it can result in false commands. It's an issue that needs balancing out and one I'm still looking for hands free solutions for.
If you want room detection you will need each mic to be addressable somehow, through a software mixer for instance. Or, by using PIR detectors in each room to detect where the activity is - not ideal for multiple people though.
Thx rich for your feedback and sharing your experience.
I have the HAL2000 software from Home Automation Living in my house that controls everthing from lights, appliances, heating and AC. I also have several mics through the house and a speaker in each room so I can hear HALs response, for example "Computer what is the weather" "the weather is sunny". The speaker also allows me to hear the return response from HAL just in case he did not understand, example "Computer what is the weather" "you want me to turn on the TV""No, what is the weather". One big issue I had was with multiple mics was the back ground noise from all rooms triggering HAL. I solved this over time by adding 2 motion detectors in each room, one for the mic and one for the speaker. When I am not in a room the circuit to the mic and speaker are off so the system cannot pickup any background noise and when HAL responds to me only that room will address me. This works well unless someone is in another room they will here HALs response, but for the most part it does work better than having all the rooms listening and speaking.
@Tymtravler: How did you connect the mics? In parallel ? It does not affect the audio quality and recognition ? And yes, the PIR is good if you are alone in the house .