[asterisk-users] phone as control interface (was 99 bottles of beer)

[Steve Edwards]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Steve Prior wrote:

> Steve Edwards wrote:
>
>> "To control the tv in this room, press 1. To control a tv in another room,
>> press 2. To control the outside lights, press 3. To control the
>> sprinklers, press 4, ..."
>
> A while back I was thinking along the lines of using a phone as a
> home automation interface, though I was thinking of it in combination
> with a voice recognitition system such as Lumenvox.  It occured to
> me that when you want to turn the lights on, you don't really want to
> pick up a phone, dial a special extension, and then start using menus.

Personally, I hate voice recognition systems. Voice prompts are 
great, but don't take away my keypad.

Maybe I'm too far out on the edge of the bell curve, but I CAN remember 
what Alison was prattling about long enough to be told which key to press. 
Also, keys are much faster, especially once memorized as will happen 
quickly for something as frequently used as the TV.

Think of a task like muting the TV:

) Off-hook
) Dialtone
) Press ** (change to remote mode)
) "To control the..."
) Press 1
) "To change the vol..."
) Press 1
) "To mut..."
) Press 0

I'll be finished before you can say "HAL," "Computer," "Zen" or whatever.

Thanks in advance,
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