VoiceControl module

carteblanche

@alexyak great work on creating this module! This is the only voice module that works for me on MM2.

I was wondering if its possible to customize the sensitivity settings? On the snowboy website when training voice models it gives you this option when testing so wasn’t sure if that feature could also be added into the module itself. Right now with the default settings I need to speak very close to the mic for it to trigger the wake word.

A Former User

Think i got mixed up with Amazon Echo, can someone tell me or is there a showcase of how advanced the voice module actually is?

Thanks.

DevilRev

Hi,
I’m quite new to this and trying hard to get voice control to work but upon starting and after properly installing I just get the following really long error. I hope you can help me fix this because I really like the module and snowboy as a speech recognition tool instead of some online offers.
http://pastebin.com/13tY0kiP
Thanks in advance

DevilRev

@DevilRev
Well I “fixed” it by making the microphone (which is USB) devine nr 0 instead of 1 in ALSA, now the hotword detection works flawless BUT my speaker connected to the normal 3.5mm jack does not work anymore.
Pygame which I am using for audio output at another location of my Magic Mirror says there are no audio devices.

Is it possible for someone to make the audio used for the microphone with this module selectable? I really need that and can’t work around it.

GinSeng

Good morning, really cool module, thanks for this :)

@gismo2006
I want to do the same think as you - control the mm-music-player with this module.
I followed the help from @Jopyth but when i start the Mirror now it displays “mm-music-player” as a text instead of the module, the Voice commands are shown right so i guess i messed up something in the mm-music-player.js.
I copied the pdml files in /MagicMirror/modules/voicecontrol
Do i have have to changed the node_helper.js as well?

thanks in advance for your help and greetings

GinSeng
€: Okay it shows me my music player now … was a little ) missing :)
but still it don’t work my microphone works i’ve tested it with another voice control module. I guess the pdml files are now the problem. i copied them with : nano mv machmusik.pdml /root int the root folder

gismo2006

Hey, @GinSeng later today if I have some time I will post my code, and look if I can help you.

Greets gismo

GinSeng

@gismo2006

Hey Gismo, i would really appreciate that :) Thank you.
Maybe you can also help me with the pdml files. I’m not sure if i copied them into the right folder ( example: sudo mv machmusik.pdml / root).

Greets GinSeng

gismo2006

Hi, sorry but yesterday here was a big … (in German we say “chaos”) :-) So I haven’t any time. But today I will have free time to help you.

Anhand dem Namen deiner Pmdl File schließe ich du bist auch deutsch. Ich schreibe dich später an, und erklär dir mein vorgehen. Das ist für mich, auf deutsch doch einfacher als auf englisch. :-)

GinSeng

@gismo2006

ger: Kein Problem :) Ja bin auch deutsch. Okay wäre super und auch einfacher für mich :D

eng: No Problem :) Yep also german. That would be great and also easier for me

GinSeng

I want to say a big thank your @gismo2006 for helping me at the voice control via message. I want to share my solution and gismos help just in case someones also struggles with this.

It is important to record your voice with the raspberry pi and the connected microphone ( Was my first mistake i record them at my laptop with the internal microphone)
Copy the .pdml files in the home/pi/MagicMirror folder and just in case also in the voicecontroll module.
Copy the name of the pdml files and don’t write them manually in the config.js

Again a big thank you at @gismo2006 for the help and @alexyak for the module :).

Greetings GinSeng

gismo2006

Hi, sorry at the moment I haven’t got any free time. So I have read your post first now. Because you post your solution, I think it work. You don’t have to thank me, I am happy I can help. Like other helps me if I have a problem.

Maybe we should write the following, too.

You shouldn’t use some words that are to simple, like Play or Stop. At my experience this words will be to simple and your mirror will not regonize the correct order and will do every order at the same time. Because the system can not decide which order you have speak out.

Greets gismo

frodrd00

Hi, I have a problem with the module. The microphone and speaker work well. I do not understand why this happens. The error log:

ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.modem
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.modem
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline
ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused
ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
Expression ‘paInvalidSampleRate’ failed in ‘src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c’, line: 2048
Expression ‘PaAlsaStreamComponent_InitialConfigure( &self->capture, inParams, self->primeBuffers, hwParamsCapture, &realSr )’ failed in ‘src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c’, line: 2719
Expression ‘PaAlsaStream_Configure( stream, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, &inputLatency, &outputLatency, &hostBufferSizeMode )’ failed in ‘src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c’, line: 2843
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “./modules/voicecontrol/snowboy/kws-multiple.py”, line 34, in
detector = snowboydecoder.HotwordDetector(models, sensitivity=sensitivity)
File “/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/voicecontrol/snowboy/snowboydecoder.py”, line 115, in init
stream_callback=audio_callback)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyaudio.py”, line 747, in open
stream = Stream(self, *args, **kwargs)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyaudio.py”, line 442, in init
self._stream = pa.open(**arguments)
IOError: [Errno Invalid sample rate] -9997
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eugekiller

Is it possible to use this VoiceControl to hide iFrame and show iFrame

tgl

Hallo @GinSeng

könntest Du mir viell. auf Deutsch weiterhelfen?

Irgendwie will meine Musik nicht starten und mein Englisch ist nicht das beste :-(

VG

Jeff

Hi,
I was about to try this voice control modul to start/stop my music.
But I can’t uploade or record files to snowboy at the moment, maybe it is partly down…

But in the meantime I was triying to understand how to correctly install everything, but I think I’m not getting it.

Can somebody maybe put everything in correct order.
Where do I put the codes, what do I have to change in the mm-music-player module, where do I have to put the node_helper.js (what does it do), and so on…

In this topic there are several questions and also answers, but I would be great to put in in order and make a summary.

Thanks

GinSeng

@Jeff
Lets see if i can make a complete list for you.
Step 1. cd in your MagicMirror/module folder then git clone the modul ( https://github.com/alexyak/voicecontrol.git )
Step 2. cd in the voice module and install dependencies ( sudo apt-get install python-pyaudio python3-pyaudio sox )
Step 3. Create snowboy files and copy them into the ( im not sure which works i copied them in 3 placed) 1. voice control module 2. mm-music-player module and MagicMirror folder
Step 4. cd into your mm-music-player and sudo nano mm-music-player.js add following lines after this lines:
start: function() {
Log.info("Starting module: " + this.name);
},

->> Add this
notificationReceived: function(notification, payload, sender) {
if (notification === “PLAY”){
var playButton = document.getElementById(‘play-button’);
playButton.click();

if (notification === “STOP”){
var pauseButton = document.getElementById(‘pause-button’);
pauseButton.click();

then go down to

    playButton.className = "play";
    playButton.innerHTML = '<i class="fa fa-play" aria-hidden="true"></i>';

playButton.id = ‘play-button’;

    pauseButton.className = "pause";
    pauseButton.innerHTML = '<i class="fa fa-pause" aria-hidden="true"></i>';

pauseButton.id = ‘pause-button’;

Then cd in your MagicMirror config and sudo nano config.js

and add the following lines

{
module: ‘voicecontrol’,
position: ‘bottom_right’,
config: {
models: [
{
keyword: “play music”, // keyword
description:
file: “yourfile.pmdl”,
message: “PLAY”,
},
{
keyword: “stopmusic”, // keyword
description:
file: “yourfile.pmdl”,
message: “STOP”
},

This should be all.
If it doesn’t work, feel free to write me a PM.
greez GinSeng

frodrd00

Hi @GinSeng ,

How can I change the volume with the voice?

if (notification === “VOLUME_UP”){
?¿?¿?¿?¿?
}
if (notification === “VOLUME_DOWN”){
?¿?¿?¿
}

Thanks.

GinSeng

@frodrd00 Hey sorry i didn’t try this. Maybe i find time in the Christmas vacations but exams are near so i can’t promise you :P

Jeff

@GinSeng said in VoiceControl module:

greez GinSeng

Thanks for the great instructions, but I think my mic isn’t working correctly :(

I think I have to order a new one first.

shashank

@Jeff hi, i wanted to share my Mirror with Family for individual Email on MM, can it be possible to use voice and access individual emails, making the previous person email hide and show the other member email