@Mitchfarino My favorite IDE is Webstorm for these kinds of projects. You can also use sublime text for a text editor, if you don’t wish to go the IDE route.

I have tried standalone, but I am currently trying the node version. I’ll let you know once something gets going! Thanks.

Thank you very much for your kind words.
You suggestions are very interesting, however, it would hugely depend on what speech/voice recognition engine I end up going for. I dislike the idea of have chrome keys and so I am leaning towards pocketsphinx, which can indeed be coded to allow you to access your RPi.

Depending on how it goes, I will update you frequently! :)

I have to second @alexyak and @tyho. Relying on chrome keys is not a good solution, especially when the goal is to interact with mirror through voice completely. Pocketsphinx is a good solution and I am getting it to work on RPi as well.

@amanzimdwini I am working on it. Also, I am finishing up with another module that works in a very similar fashion, where your requests would be required as well. I’ll add them together :D

@dimpi45 That’s precisely how these things are. It takes a long time to set it up, but it reduces time in the future.

Let me know how it goes! :D

@dimpi45 It is very possible. However, keep in mind that prior to identifying faces, the mirror needs to learn/train each kid’s face. This requires taking around 20-50 images (the range is different for each face) of every child which could be a nuisance. I love the idea though!

As far as coding goes, @paviro 's Face Recognition Module does pretty much everything. It detects a face and then ‘logs’ you in the mirror. From there, you can simply have a count for each kid.

Hoping that helps.

Chromium isn’t necessary. I use Midori and execute “midori -e Fullscreen -a http://localhost:3000”

@amanzimdwini It should be working now?

@amanzimdwini Also, if you’re using Gmail, you need to ‘set lower security for apps’ https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps.

@amanzimdwini Could you please report the logs?

@amanzimdwini you are missing a ‘}’ which closes the config block. It should look like:

 {
                        module: 'email',
                        position: 'bottom_left',
                        header: 'Email',
                        config:{
                        user: 'XXX@gmail.com',
                        password: '****************',
                        host: 'imap.gmail.com',
                        port: 993,
                        tls: true,
                        authTimeout: 10000,
                        numberOfEmails: 5,
                        fade: true
                  }
        }

@amanzimdwini Yes, you should be all set! Thanks for the updates. :D

@amanzimdwini
I am sorry if my instructions weren’t clear, I’ll update the README. You need to run “npm install” inside the “email” folder.

@amanzimdwini
That’s a good idea. Note:

1. Number of emails to display is customizable and the default is 5.
2. Instead of enforcing people to play around with css, I can have a config property where you can set the font size as ‘big’, ‘medium’, ‘small’.

Please let me know when you get this module up and running, and whether the above helps.

@amanzimdwini Thank you!

That seems very interesting. I will take a look at that and get back to you! It is definitely possible, however, I’d like to get an audio notification (on new incoming emails) working before I proceed.

Hey all,
Given my background in biometrics and computer vision, I was very intrigued by the entire Magic Mirror project and see great things for the future. I am very excited to be part of this journey and amazed to see the growing love and enthusiasm the community shares. Props to @MichMich for his excellent work!

I just released an Email Module but I would like to work on many more. The following are some module ideas I have and intend to work on and would greatly appreciate any input. Please feel free to request any other modules you would like.

1. Voice Command - Controlling the mirror using your voice. This is my primary goal because a lot of my futuristic module ideas rely on user interaction.
2. Selfie - Takes a photo/video. Relies on Voice Command “Take a selfie”
3. Module Store - Lists all modules and can be installed just by saying “Install XYZ Module”
4. Profile - This is not a module, but the core system will be modified so that the mirror is personalized to every user. For example, in my Email module, the user’s email address will change according to who is viewing it. @paviro did a fantastic job with his Face Recognition Module to get this done faster. In addition, the mirror also saves a ‘state’ for every user, so when the user logs back in using his face, it will be loaded with the exact same settings as he left it (Last played song, etc.)
5. Synced Notification - The original idea for a smart mirror that I had was that instead of wasting 10-15 minutes checking my email, messages, etc. on my phone after I wake up, I can walk in to the bathroom and check everything there while taking a shower (as I waste so much time in the shower doing absolutely nothing but contemplate the meaning of life).
6. Maps - relies on Voice Command. Uses google maps to show directions to destination.

Looking forward to your comments.

@Wilco89 How far are you with this? I was wondering whether I could take a crack at it.

@Phate said in Email:

As soon as I get a chance I’ll give it a go…

Let me know how it goes. There are a lot of problems, but I’d like you to test it. IMAP causes a lot of problems and isn’t as straightforward as I thought it would be! :(

@Phate Thank you so much! :)