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Which flow is correct for talking towards Homey
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Mostly I see two different ways people create flows to talk with Homey, I was wondering which one is the best:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v3i0aoqa2dfnfz/Screenshot 2016-04-25 07.51.42.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z2rvebrd04qsd8s/Screenshot 2016-04-25 07.52.10.png?dl=0
Can someone clarify why different ways are used?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v3i0aoqa2dfnfz/Screenshot 2016-04-25 07.51.42.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z2rvebrd04qsd8s/Screenshot 2016-04-25 07.52.10.png?dl=0
Can someone clarify why different ways are used?
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- If [You said "Turn on TV"] then [turn on the TV]
But this flow would not trigger if you say, for example "Turn on the TV" or "Turn TV on". So it it less suitable for parsing complete sentences (better for triggers that have 1 or 2 words at most).
The second one doesn't make a lot of sense, though, because it still requires an EXACT match, and still you're adding an additional condition (even though you know that condition will always be true). What WOULD make sense in that case, is to use
If [You said ANYTHING] and [text contains "Test"] then ...
So you could, for example, create a flow:
- If [You said anything] and [text contains "TV"] and [text contains "on"] Then [turn on the TV].
That way, it would trigger when you say "Turn on TV", but also when you say "turn on the TV", "turn TV on", "turn the TV on", "TV on", etc. (do keep in mind, that it would also trigger on sensences like "if the TV is ON, then please turn it off", though!)
switch=turn, poweron=turn so instead 'turn on the tv' you could also say 'switch on the tv'
and just keep as keywords 'turn, tv and on'
was playing around with Tasker and Autovoice/autovera and discovered this option. thought would be nice to see it in Homey too.
Bolean expression but a little bit more advanced then what is possible at the moment.