Got my attention. Subbed and will be catching up with previous eps later in the day. Would be great if this has/adds a REST API so I could use it with something like HA.
Got my attention. Subbed and will be catching up with previous eps later in the day. Would be great if this has/adds a REST API so I could use it with something like HA.
Thanks. I'm always adding stuff - so all suggestions are great to hear. Every idea poses new challenges ;) and rewards when I figure it out. Struggling with Amazon Music at present - I just won't play ball.
I'm in the process of renovating my shop, and I'm having trouble figuring out how to handle a seemingly simple thing. I don't mind depending on google assistant as much, as she can my lights on and off and is fully integrated into my smart home, but what I really want is to be able to walk into my shop and have my phone sync up to a room-wide assistant in there. When I get a phone call, "Datsoon, you have a call from your wife. Shall I answer it?" I can respond "yes" and then the call is piped into the room speakers and mics. Doing things without a wake word, even if prompted by other user input or user-written software, seems needlessly complicated.
This is actually the aspect why I have high hopes for UWB revolutionising the whole approach to networking and home automation. UWB basically has enough bandwidth to possibly even replace WiFi (and there's already plans to expand this in future generations) for most average home use - let it be internet browsing, connecting to a home automation network, play music on your wireless speaker, and so on.
With UWB and the right protocols, your phone can be an actually integral part of your home network, with added spatial aspects - basically your HA instance would know exactly which room you're in, where in the room you are, and react accordingly. In your bedroom? Put the calls on the speaker. In the living room? Calls on your phone proper. Or just provide the appropriate home control panel for the area.
Unfortunately, by my count, it's still at least 4-5 years away. Only the latest generation high-end phones have it, the APIs are limited, and there aren't any other network equipment that can make use of it.
You might be able to do this with Tasker if you have an Android phone.
I don't know if this would be useful to you but it seems that in the guacamole update this may be possible. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/google-assistant-update-could-say-goodbye-to-hey-google-heres-how
Have you come across IFTTT? If not - you need to go there and play. It does all this sort of stuff and includes thousands of IOT devices.
This is the home assistant subreddit. IFTTT seems kind of redundant. How would you achieve this will IFTTT?
I use it to fill the gaps ;)
Still not sure exactly how one might accomplish this with IFTTT.
IFTTT links systems. So for example you can say - when my phone enters this zone - do this. Then link it to 3rd party system like hue lights etc. You can also say - if someone texts me then do this.... etc. etc. So you could use it to set off any system.
Sure, the issue is using a voice assistant to prompt a user for input without using a wake word. That's what I was saying in my original comment. Turning lights on/off and zone presence stuff is easy, a truly interactive and preemptive voice assistant is difficult.
Oh I see what you mean. Yes very tricky.
I also enjoy using RFID stickers - so a quick swipe of my phone does stuff ;)
Is it just me who gets a throwback to WarCraft II with the "Yes, sir!"?
Lol - yup....and a few phrases from Age of Empires ;)
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Nice, i subbed
Thanks ;)
I’m in. Thanks
Great thanks!
Subbed, look forward to watching all your vids instead of working :)
Thanks ,)
Subscribed! Was looking for a summer project.
Awesome. Enjoy. Share your progress - I'd love to see ;)
Thanks for sharing your content. I have feedback and I hope this doesnt come over as overly rude. I cannot listen to an entire video series with this Jarvis voice. I get why you probably did this, but in my opinion it could be a way better series with an actual human talking. Just my two cents
Not at all ;) Appreciate the feedback. I know what you mean - and it takes 5 times longer to make them too. Thanks - something to think about ;)
I got fed up of having to use the tools other people made to control my home automation
Whilst it's great what you've done - you've only solved this specific problem for one person - you. Anyone else who uses it is still using 'other peoples tools'. So for the rest of us, what does this have over Home-Assistant for example?
This tutorial is so that others can do it too. It opens up automation so you can make it bespoke and have it do as you ask. Agreed you have to be a certain type of person to sit for hours coding - but the reward is a system that does exactly what your imagination created. ;) going to try and include as many tools as I can.
The only way I would put this much effort into things that already exist and are better than you could do without cloud processing, is if you can get Paul Bettany’s voice on it. If you can do that, you got yourself someone who’s interested 😂
;) You would be surprised how many people have said that. There has to be a commission in this for him. I'll send him a request on social media - I'm sure he will respond 😉
This is amazing! I can't wait to learn a bit more python with this! Potential idea for you if you haven't thought of it already: security camera's built in so you can see them on that hidden mirror display.
Nice Idea. I do have a module for taking a photo using the Pi cam - so maybe an 'there is motion outside' and a photo of outside. Great idea thanks.
glad to help, can't wait to build it myself
also really interested in this
Thanks. It's been great fun. Going to just keep uploading videos every week with new things - so many ideas to work on.
What kind of hardware would be needed for this project? I've been holding off on buying hardware for HA until a decent voice assistant that wasn't owned by a big company was better sorted out so I might take the leap now.
Just a PC. You can get it to work with nothing but a computer. If you want to automate the house - it's just the Hue devices and a bridge. If you wanted to push the boundaries - you could also explore using an Arduino with it too. What I like the most is that I can call 5 lights and set my own rimers for them coming on, close the blinds at the same time and anything else too. Making your own code enables you to do anything. You can even sense inputs from Hue sensors too.