Be a Wizard: Gesture control for Analog settings
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by Kunal Grover
3y ago
Smart speakers are taking over the world and automating our homes. You tell your smart speaker to turn devices on and off, close the blinds and so on. Voice commands works amazingly well when working with digital controls, you want something in a particular state, but what if you also want to quantify the state (analog value)? This would have scenarios where you want to control an analog setting: volume, change the temperature, increase the brightness etc. This is where it gets tricky with voice based systems, and the existing implementations seem unusable and unnatural. In this post, I explor ..read more
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Be a Wizard: Controlling volume using Gestures
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by Kunal Grover
3y ago
Smart speakers are taking over the world and doing a lot of things for us. You tell your smart speaker to turn devices on and off, close the blinds and so on. Voice commands works amazingly well when working with digital controls, you want something in a particular state, but what if you also want to quantify the state (analog value)? This would have scenarios where you want to control an analog setting: volume, temperature, brightness etc. This is where it gets tricky with voice based systems, and the existing implementations seem unusable and unnatural. Controlling Analog settings: Before v ..read more
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“Alexa, Movie mode on”
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by Kunal Grover
4y ago
To begin with, I hate remotes! Probably all of us do, and this post talks about how I eased my life a little using a bit of electronics along with my Alexa Echo dot to get rid of remotes. Vankyo V600 – Best budget projector with amazing quality I love watching TV on projectors, and after a lot of research, the Vankyo V600 seems to fit in my requirements perfectly. In a world where professional projectors can cost $3000, it supports a native 1920X1080 resolution at a much lower price point of 250$. The display quality is amazing with a lamp of 5000 lumens, and I can see everything even with the ..read more
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