MMM-voice

Mykle1

What do I need?
Do I need a specific microphone?
If I get a webcam with a built in microphone, will that work?
If the webcam microphone will work, which webcam do you recommend?

I just want to have everything I need before I try anything, thanks.

strawberry 3.141

@Mykle1 i’m just using a usb microphone, never tried a buil in mic of a webcam because i don’t have one

Mykle1

@strawberry-3.141 said in MMM-voice:

i’m just using a usb microphone, never tried a buil in mic of a webcam because i don’t have one.

I actually got it working on a laptop with Ubuntu so I am now trying it on the Pi 3 with MMM-voice and a Logitech USB microphone. It loads with “Initializing” next to the microphone and for a second it shows “Ready, choose a mode.” but then it changes to Error. I tried to make it the default in Audio Device Settings on the Pi3 but it keeps going back to "bcm2835 (ALSA mixer) (Default). It won’t keep the “AK5370 (Alsa mixer)” as default.


 0 [ALSA           ]: bcm2835 - bcm2835 ALSA
                      bcm2835 ALSA
 1 [AK5370         ]: USB-Audio - AK5370
                      AKM AK5370 at usb-3f980000.usb-1.2, full speed

I’m going to bed!

strawberry 3.141

@Mykle1 just set the config to microphone: 1

Mykle1

@strawberry-3.141 said in MMM-voice:

just set the config to microphone: 1

I guess I should have mentioned that I already have that setting. I was tired. Does this mean that microphone is not compatible?

strawberry 3.141

@Mykle1 if you want i can have a look via remote desktop session

Mykle1

@strawberry-3.141 said in MMM-voice:

if you want i can have a look via remote desktop session

That would be great but I have to run to work for a few hours. I’ll be back in about 4 hours. So, perhaps later if you are available. I’d appreciate that.

Mykle1

I’m here for a while if you should come around

Mykle1

@strawberry-3.141

I tested my microphone on the Pi by doing this:

pi@Pi3:~ $ arecord -D plughw:1,0 test.wav
Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
^CAborted by signal Interrupt...
pi@Pi3:~ $

That gave me this:

Which sounds ok. Clear, and not too much white noise.

As long as my Audio Device Settings looks like this:

I am not in debug mode

{
     			module: 'MMM-voice',
     			position: 'top_right',
     			config: {
         		microphone: 1,
			keyword: 'MAGIC MIRROR', // UPPERCASE ONLY
			timeout: 15
     		}
 		},

However, I am getting this:

At least we got it working

strawberry 3.141

@Mykle1 the second line is in debug mode only