Fiddler

as a little side project, i wanna be able to talk to my car so what i wanna hear from you all is waht types of stuff would u have this little wonder do .. basically, I took a voice recognition module, interfaced it w/ a microprocessor and once i know what i want it to do, will write the software. obvious things are - open/close windows, doors, moonroof .. possibly add memory to the seats but that's a little complicated.. anything that can be turned on/off electronically or send out a signal already (like a light, switch, etc) is good to go .. here are some pics of this stuff in the meantime...

back of voice rec module


front of voice rec module (speaker not attached.. but this module talks to u ... like "training complete" and "memory full" and stuff.. kinda neat)


crap all over my desk


programmable microprocessor and programming module w/ some test junk like LED's and speaker attached (the radio shack bag is unrelated to this project )




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-Fiddler
1998 Accord EX V6 Coupe

StreetEffectz

Now that's what I'm talkin' about, a man after my own heart. Gadgets are sweet. How about "pop the trunk", turn on your amps, pulse the horn, flash high beams, lock/unlock doors....man, I could use that to turn on all my tvs and sh*t!

UW RL

how about "turn on the VTEC" and "shift to 2nd gear" etc..

you might want to watch out for the noise level in the car....

SL1200MK4

This is way cool!!!

Would you mind tell me where you got those parts. I wanna mess around with my car, too.

But wow, you are good man.......

snook789

Awesome! very good stuff. I will be following your progress.

(the radio shack bag is unrelated to this project )
Is that anything to do with "black Sunday"
And are you up ?

Guest

how about up volume, down volume, next tract, replay track, back track?

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2001 Acura TL - Naples Gold Metallic

Fiddler

no .. nothing to do w/ black sunday (i dont even know what that means )
anyways.. the one down side of this of course is voice recognition fails in noisy situations.. so I dont think it will work too well w/ the radio blasting (unless i have a headset for it). But it might be cool for when the radio is off and just to impress people . (get in the car, "CAR! Engage cruise mode"... all the windows open, radio turns on, volume up, seats recline )
SL1200 - parts can be had from www.allelectronics.com and www.parallaxinc.com

i'll keep you all posted on the progress

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-Fiddler
1998 Accord EX V6 Coupe

adamyankee

Heated Seats--High, low, off.

Hey, could you do an integrated phone module?

Fiddler

Heated seats is a definite possibility .. phone is more difficult cause in order to interface with it you'd need to know the protocol for your phone ..

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-Fiddler
1998 Accord EX V6 Coupe

diplo707

that is great. i just ordered a audio/video switcher and amplified antennas for my car.. it would be cool to switch all that stuff via voice. where in edison R U fiddler. north or south edison.. i live off of amherst in colonia which is between inman ave and new dover ave.

ar

SL1200MK4

Thanks Fiddler. I think this will be some really fun for me, and I sure will learn a good load of stuff from this....

Thanks so much again....

BaLLxNxPaRLaY

hahaHaH..... that is TIIIIGGGHHHTTT!! POP TRUNK!! SCREENS FALL!! Make it honk the horn when i say... F@#K YOUUUUU!!!

tshields2

I see you have a an Accord so this doesn't apply to you, but do you thing you could get it to work with the navigation system or would you encounter the same problem as the phone.

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99 Silver TL, Navi, Foglights, Gutter Guard Grill

genghis

Making your car honk when you say "F@ck Y@u" is pretty hilarious (especially as an "undocumented" feature). Power trunk release would be cool too; then again, if your windows were open someone could shout "POP TRUNK" from outside and your trunk would fly open.

Probably the most useful VR interface would be to the radio ("louder", "much louder", "shiver me timbers!!") but that's pretty tough.

If it were general enough an interface (like the aftermarket remote start/power window controllers) you could make it work for other cars. Then you could add:

Ford Explorer: "roll over"
Honda Civic: "beg"
IS300: "play dead"

Hey, have you thought of filing a patent for the concept? You don't actually have to have it working to patent an idea, and I haven't heard of any VR units for cars yet.

liutang

"Toast Ricer"

Red Hot TL

sweet. I order stuff from allelectronics a lot. I think it won't recognize the voice while listening to CD... you can do the cruise control or sunroof ones since the control for the sunroof is placed at a weird spot.
RADIO SHACK IS EVIL!

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2000 Red Hot TL w/o nav
Burlwood Trim and Shift Knob
Wood Trim Set
Gutter Guard Grill
Photos Of My RED HOT TL
I DON'T HAVE A LIFE

adamyankee

Hey Fiddler, try SmartHome.Com. for Home automation. It's incredible. I bet you could even use a converter to wire some in-line X-10 modules in your car, which can respond to a RF remote.

Fiddler

I've bought stuff from smarthome before.. in fact most of the lights in my house are remote controlled.. but i gotta say X-10 kinda sucks. Half the time, the signals aren't recognized and if they are, the response is slow. plus, X10 in a car is kinda silly considering maximum distance is like 20 feet

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-Fiddler
1998 Accord EX V6 Coupe

Fiddler

diplo - i'm in south edison .. right off plainfield ave

here's some info on the voice rec's capability -
it needs to be trained
it will only respond to a very close rendition of the original word (so if you said "Lights on" in training and u were relaxed, and now you've just ran a marathon and found out your girlfriend is cheating on you, your physical and emotional states will change your voice and your car will no longer understand "lights on" )
It will not work in a lot of noise so something like "volume up" would defeat its purpose
tshields - yes the problem would be the same, of course there's a way to "hack" this since you're not using a mobile device like a cell phone - solder wires directly onto buttons u wish to simulate .. so if u have an up and down button, u can theoretically say "navi up" and "navi down" or something like that

of course, if u wanna go all out, you can just mount a computer or laptop somewhere in your car and run ViaVoice or Dragon naturally speaking with some custom code

i just found another great electronics site for those who are interested - www.rentron.com, i'm probably gonna order some RF transmitters/receivers.. would be cool if my house could "sense" me pulling up and turn the lights on or something w/o intervention (and off when it no longer senes me) .. (or turn lights on, open door, play music, cook dinner, turn virtual girlfriend on .. ooops i've said too much )
so many possibilities.. so little time

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-Fiddler
1998 Accord EX V6 Coupe

Fiddler

anyone else?

anant369

Nothing to add but I am back up from Black Sunday running H's

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2001 Silver TL with Navi

drbeatty

"Higbeams"
"Emergency Flashers"
"Radar on / off" (for wired radar detectors)

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2001 Nighthawk Black Pearl / Parchment Interior
Acura DVD-Based Navigational system
Burlwood Shifter
Alpine 620 Changer
Heavy Right Foot

Lexus_IS300

will this work with any car? will you produce this as a mass production or special order of any kind? how much would it run?

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'01 Lexus IS300
'91 Acura NSX
'95 Nissan Maxima

Fiddler

at first, I'll be custom making them. Price isnt set yet but looks like something around 700-800 including install for now .. dont quote me on this just yet
and yes it will work with any car

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-Fiddler
1998 Accord EX V6 Coupe (HomePage)

QUIETSTORMMVN_IN

This is sorta like having your own ON Star system!

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2000 Fire Pepper Red/ebony TL, non-navi. factory spoiler, std chrome wheels, 35% tint, comptech exhaust, wood trim kit...
Quiets ride

Fiddler

this is better (as a "what the hell" project, i'm gonna try rigging it with a walkie talkie .. draw your own conclusions...)


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-Fiddler
1998 Accord EX V6 Coupe (HomePage)

Lexus_IS300

i would seriously consider this but as you can tell, im located too far away. after you are done with prototypes, do you think it would be just a plug and play type of hardware or more complicated?



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'01 Lexus IS300
'91 Acura NSX
'95 Nissan Maxima

Fiddler

plug and play is a tough issue.. it really depends on what you want to have it do ..

if any of u guys have SERIOUS orders in mind, email me and we can discuss in more detail.

refer to this for any other questions: http://www.acura-tl.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/006119.html

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-Fiddler
1998 Accord EX V6 Coupe (HomePage)

Shoofin

IMO, My hands can recognize the action a lot faster than my voice..
Ed

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'99 TL Satin Silver/Ebony, Non/Nav, Comptech lowered, Comptech Air Filter Element, Inspire Tails, AEM Brake Pads all around, Comptech Axle Back Exhaust, "Guy Smiley" doll on the dash as my Co-driver...

Pics of my TL
Pics of my Miata! Wadya think?

Fiddler

but i bet your hands dont impress others in the car as much as this would
heheh

Pimpin_TL

Man if that works, I'll pay you to do it for mine too. i think that you should probably have it for fog lights, sunroof, and sound system so that when someone calls it automatically decreases the stereos sound. I keep my cell right there, so for instance program it to the tune of your cell phone ringing, and then it automatically turns the music down.

Fiddler

I'm going to add this to the FAQ, but here it is. There are 3 modes of operation of this device. (i prefer 1 and 2)
1: Continuous Listen: - device listens all the time until it hears a command word (like "Computer!"). After the word has been set, the device goes into command mode and listens to any of the following commands (windows up, doors close, etc)

2: User input: - same as #1 except instead of listening for the initial command word, the use presses a button to make the device start listening (higher accuracy..) .. same system is employed in the S-class benz i think. their web site says you touch a "stalk" before issuing a command.

3: Continuous Listen with 3 sections. Basically there are 3 command words that enable a bank of up to 5 commands each. so for instance instead of just saying "computer!" you could have "lights", "radio" and "car" .. after any one of them, the device goes into the corresponding bank and waits for any of the 5 subsequent commands per bank.
I suppose with this mode you could set one of the command words to be your cell phone ringing, but then each other one is limited to only 5 sub-commands thereafter.
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was that confusing enough for you people?

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-Fiddler
1998 Accord EX V6 Coupe (HomePage)

v_i_s_i_o_n

remote controlled car =) just like in the Bond movie with his beemer =)

pop open doors, roll down window, engine start, audio control, lock/unlock doors.. etc.. list goes on and one LoL

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00' Acura 3.2TL Nighthawk Black Pearl
- 18's Lowenharts LGM Chrome (3 piece)
- 225/40 NT555
- Factory Kit
- Factory Spoiler
- Apexi N1 WS coilovers