How to Operate Home Appliances with Voice Command

For all those who dream of having a home that can give you the ability to talk to your gadgets will be delighted to know that this will now turn into reality. The convergence of technology has made things possible and this is why you will be able to see it work. The hardware and software are integrated together in a magnificent manner and it will help you interact with your appliances or your gadgets.

How is it possible?

 

All this is made possible by Wit.ai, which is a startup working in collaboration with hardware and software makers for designing custom voice controls. This will work with smartwatches, drones, internet connected thermostats and Smartphones. 

Google and Apple have already ventured into voice recognition domain. It is still an effort for independent developers to have the desired amount of capital to create voice software that is capable of learning from the data provided. 

Wit.ai is a company that is based in Palo Alto (California) that aims to design devices with or without displays and enable those to respond to voice commands. For instance, the device will be able to take action on activities involving cooking and driving. This would help you make things work without touching or even looking at them. 

The gadget designed will be easy to use with simple UI that will be intelligent enough to learn languages. For now the company is offering it free to volunteers who are willingly sharing their data. This data will help make relevant changes and improve the gadget into evolving as a smart gadget. 

The CEO Alex Lebrun has founded VirtuOz that help build voice activated software that was similar to Siri. This was created for AT&T and eBay that is currently known as Nina Web. 

How it works?

The developers input simple English commands like “Wake me up in 30 minutes” along with a note of what they would want to achieve from each command that is furnished. In this scenario the alarm  would be set on a smartwatch that is voice controlled. 

The way a user speaks to the gadget would be learned as the natural language by the device. It will learn the way an individual interacts and the way a command is spoken including different expressions to it. As soon as, a user starts speaking a command it will be directly sent to Wit.ai server. The server there will help analyze the audio and then it would be converted into a structured data that will be received by the gadget. Around 4,600 developers are using this with robots, wearable devices, mobile apps, and home automation.

Wit.ai is still in developmental stages and willing to learn a lot about human interaction with appliances. Just recently a student used the program to set voice control on a toaster and even microwave. Commands for cooking a meal in a microwave too will be made possible.