Voice control & Linn streamers

[Peacelord]

My friend is blind and that means that he uses (Google) voice control for just about everything in and around the house. He has a small purse so I am scanning the second hand market for him for a bargain. He already has a pair of aktiv Ninka’s with 3X lk 140. Anyone with any experience on the subject and maybe some tips? Is Sneaky/Majik ds an option and is it possible to use it in any way with voice commands?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Jail4CEOs2]

What is his present front end, and what is the software suite that he is using to control it?

 

[Bouarb]

Using Alexa, the only voice control I have been able to operate is: Alexa, switch on/off my Linn system.

I did not find how to change the volume, or select a radio, or anything else 😕

 

[Jail4CEOs2]

As I always say, throw the spyware out the window.

But I'm remembering on this forum some members were playing with Alexa skills. Do a search, perhaps you can reach out to them and see what they did and perhaps share their code?

 

[peter@57m]

Using Alexa, the only voice control I have been able to operate is: Alexa, switch on/off my Linn system.

I did not find how to change the volume, or select a radio, or anything else 😕

The name of my Klimax unit is Twin (I did have it named Klimax but Alexa did not like that)
I have pins set to various radio streams but this could also be a playlist or album
I use:
Alexa channel 5 on twin (plays Pin 5)
Alexa volume 55 on twin
Alexa next track on twin
Alexa turn off twin
Alexa resume twin

I have a list of commands that appeared at various times on Alexa or Linn sites. I couldn’t get some of these to work and found shortening them as much as possible was the best way to get them to operate consistently.

User: Alexa, set the volume of device to 50; set the volume to 50 on device

User: Alexa, turn the volume down on device

User: Alexa, turn the volume down on device by 20

User: Alexa, mute device

User: Alexa, unmute device

User: Alexa, turn on device

User: Alexa, turn off device

User: Alexa, next song on device

User: Alexa, go forward on device

User: Alexa, go back on device

User: Alexa, pause device

User: Alexa, resume device

User: Alexa, play device

User: Alexa, stop device



Alexa, change input to "Television" on Living Room

Another thing to note - once you've started controlling a Linn device through an echo dot, subsequent phrases do not have to specify the device name.
E.g. :

Alexa, turn on Living Room

Alexa, set volume to 11

Alexa, play



"Alexa, set the volume of Kitchen to 50"

"Alexa, turn the volume down on Lounge" - turn volume down by 1 step in Lounge

"Alexa, turn the volume down on Bedroom by 20" - turn volume down by 20 steps in Bedroom

"Alexa, turn the volume up on Lounge" - turn volume up by 1 step in Lounge

"Alexa, turn the volume up on Bedroom by 10" - turn volume up by 10 steps in Bedroom

"Alexa, mute Living Room" - Mute audio in Living room

"Alexa, unmute Morning Room" - Ummute audio in Morning Room

"Alexa, turn on Kitchen" - Wake up Kitchen

"Alexa, turn off Dining Room" - put Dining room to Sleep

"Alexa, next on Kids Room" - Skip forward track/radio station in Kids room

"Alexa, go forward on Guest Room" - Skip forward track/radio station in Guest room

"Alexa, go back on Kitchen" - Skip back track/radio station in Kitchen

"Alexa, pause Lounge" - Pause Lounge

"Alexa, resume Lounge" - Play Lounge

"Alexa, switch input to Blu-Ray on Living Room" - Select Blu-Ray DSM input in Living Room

"Alexa, change channel to 3 on Lounge" - Select Pin3 in Lounge DS/DSM

"Alexa, change channel to 1 on Bedroom" - Select Pin1 in Bedroom DS/DSM

 

[akamatsu]

Was thinking that a DSM can be controlled by Apple iOS devices (iPhone, iPad), and these devices have Accessibility features, perhaps there is a way to set up a device to accommodate a blind person.