How smart is the speech recognition?

Qx5

Hi Homey team!

I was wondering how smart the voice recognition is. In specific the link between speech recognition and command recognition.
Do you need to say the exact sentence you programmed into homey? like:

programmed: Hey Homie, set the speakers to bluetooth.
saying: Hey homie, put the speakers in bluetooth mode.

result: Homey doesnt recognize the commando.

Or is it looking for keywords like: [speakers] [bluetooth]?

The latter would of course be optimal. I'm wondering because I got into a fight with Siri yesterday night ;-)


cheers!

Athomey

Who won?

Robert

Hi Homey team!

I was wondering how smart the voice recognition is. In specific the link between speech recognition and command recognition.
Do you need to say the exact sentence you programmed into homey? like:

programmed: Hey Homie, set the speakers to bluetooth.
saying: Hey homie, put the speakers in bluetooth mode.

result: Homey doesnt recognize the commando.

Or is it looking for keywords like: [speakers] [bluetooth]?

The latter would of course be optimal. I'm wondering because I got into a fight with Siri yesterday night ;-)


cheers!

No, you do not need to say an exact sentence to execute commands. You can just phrase the command in a way that you think is clear. In fact, Homey doesn't use preprogrammed sentences for this at all.

The only exception is if you have created your own custom flow. For these you need to specify trigger words when you are creating the flow. But since you get to choose them yourself this shouldn't be an issue, just pick something you think is convenient

Qx5

Who won?

Haha I'm afraid Siri was too stubborn for me....

And thanks for the answer Robert! Sounds perfect. I just learned about the trigger words in the amazon Echo topic. Seems like a powerful solution!

PeterGroeneweg

Yep, Siri is almost the same as a human :-)