Start or not...?

[A Former User]

@egnos
MM is not Google Assistant itself. (I think you’d better to purchase Lenovo Smart Display. but some of your requests are not available even on it.)
Anyway, MM has not the marketable mass-productive usefulness, but some funny kinds of hobby or toy for DIY. (We have already better alternatives like smartphone for usefulness)

1. possible.
2. obvious. What do you mean exactly?
3. Maybe or not. Only REAL Google Assistant(Google Home) has an unlimited accessibility for YouTube Music.
4. possible
5. Why do you need Google Assistant to regulate your home temperature? Of course, RPI itself can do.

[Egnos]

@sean many thanks for you answers!
I love building anything and the raspberry is my longtime adventures companion …
When I discovered the MM project a world opened up, and the idea of commanding things using the Google Assistant and seeing the result on the display I think it’s very nice!
For my purposes the MM is much more scenographic and impact than the Lenovo Smart Display.

My answers in bold:

1- possible. What is the name of the module that manages this function?
2- obvious. What do you mean exactly? I would like to put cameras for video surveillance in the garden and see them in real time on the MM (to check the children…) .
3- Maybe or not. Only REAL Google Assistant(Google Home) has an unlimited accessibility for YouTube Music. Exists another way to listen the music?
4- possible.
5- Why do you need Google Assistant to regulate your home temperature? Of course, RPI itself can do. Because it is more comfortable to set the thermostat by voice

In youtube there is a project that is very close to my idea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVmDjJmcd2M

I hope to succeed in my project…and surely I would make it available to the community!!

[A Former User]

@egnos
Most of your question could be found here;
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/3rd-Party-Modules

1- possible. What is the name of the module that manages this function?

If you mean embeded Google Assistant, a few modules exist. Check above link. Not only GA, various kinds of voice commander there.

2- obvious. What do you mean exactly? I would like to put cameras for video surveillance in the garden and see them in real time on the MM (to check the children…) .

Check also link. I think MMM-RTSPStream would be one of them.

3- Maybe or not. Only REAL Google Assistant(Google Home) has an unlimited accessibility for YouTube Music. Exists another way to listen the music?

From your local SD card? there are also several local or internet music related modules.

5- Why do you need Google Assistant to regulate your home temperature? Of course, RPI itself can do. Because it is more comfortable to set the thermostat by voice

As I wrote above, Not only GA but several modules for voice command exist.

But some module exists doesn’t mean that could be perfect to your purpose. You should read documents of each module carefully, and should confirm what could be able or not. Some task would be very easy, but some tasks wouldn’t be so easy to work nicely as your expectation. I wish you a good luck.

[Egnos]

@sean said in Start or not...?:

From your local SD card? there are also several local or internet music related modules.

I would prefer on the internet

Another question:
is it possible to assign a specific action to a voice command ?.

Have you watched the video I posted to you?

Thank you for all the advice and if you can think of anything else do not hesitate to write …:winking_face:

[A Former User]

@egnos
In video, he used GassistPi(https://github.com/shivasiddharth/GassistPi), not MM module. It is a separate program and runs out of MM environment independently. So it might not be combined chemically. (but physically, anyway its ok.)
I think if you have a plan to use that program, ask your question and request related with GA to its developer.

[Egnos]

@sean said in Start or not...?:

It is a separate program and runs out of MM environment independently. So it might not be combined chemically.

What do you mean?
This module work in the background without connecting to MM?
Example: I ask something to GA that executes the command but I will not see the result on MM. Correct?

Thanks.

[A Former User]

@egnos
As I know, you’re right.
Maybe there could be some bridge method, but gassistpi is standalone program by default. It is not made for MM.

[A Former User]

Anyway, there are many modules for google assistant or alexa or others including offline local detector beside GAssistPi in MM Scenes.
Some might be a simple implementation of standalone, but some might be deeply combined with MM. see the list and find for your purpose.

[Egnos]

@sean thank you for your help!

I’ll have to buy a new Raspberry (the first one is already busy …), plus the other components (usb microphone, HDMI/VGA adaptor, etc…).
Can you recommend a site at a good price where to buy all the components including Raspberry?

Thanks

[j.e.f.f]

@egnos having experimented with voice on my mirror in the past (I my case, Amazon Alexa) I can say with relative confidence that most, if not all, of what you want to do IS possible, but likely not out of the box. Most of the services you suggest would actually have nothing to do with MagicMirror, but can run along side on the same Pi. Be prepared to write some of your own integration to make things work in the way you want.

I would suggest though that you not use the pi for voice recognition and instead use a real Google Home device. Since it’s responding to voice it doesn’t need to be on the mirror… just in the same room. If budget is a concern, maybe start a project to build your own using a second Raspberry Pi, although once you add up the cost of all the parts you need it may add to about the same cost.

Take a look at some of the modules others have suggested above. For example, it’s possible to display a video stream on the mirror using the module suggested above. You would just need to figure out how to notify the MagicMirror to do so in response to your voice command.

Similarly, an integration using Google Home to control you lights likely already exists. So maybe all you need to do to extend this to the mirror is to write a module that monitors and displays the status of the lights. Take a look at my module MMM-MyWink which monitors a wink hub for the status of door locks. While it was possible to also have the mirror accept a command to lock or unlock the doors, using Siri on my phone already did this. There was no need to duplicate this effort on the Pi. And now having a few Echo Dots around the house I can say that the responsiveness to voice on my mirror was never as good as the real thing, especially when my wife or kids tried to use it… for some reason it had a hard time responding to higher pitches voices.

I have not used Google assistant so I don’t know what it’s programming API is like, but this was all possible using Amozon’s. I have to believe that Google’s API is equally as capable.

Try not to make your mirror a do-it-all device. The Pi is simply not up to that task. Also it’s a single point of failure when something goes wrong. Instead explore ways to make all of your single purpose devices work together through the various API’s that are freely available.

I hope this helps! Happy hacking