meep wrote: > Hi Paul > > Thanks for the suggestion. This raises a few points. > > This is not quite like the other requests in that 'here' is not a named > / addressable squeezebox device/instance. > > If I'm reading it right, your proposal implies that the voice > capture/detection/processing is done via a a squeezebox device. That's > not the case. You need an amazon echo device to speak to which in turn > interfaces with your squeezeboxes via the skill/plug-in. > > That being the case, 'here' could only mean the echo device itself. > > Now, this is a feature I'd love to add and initial research indicates > that it may be possible (after all, this is how the Spotify / amazon > music content is implemented). Furthermore, there are specific commands > within the skill set-up to facilitate this. However, I need to do > further work to determine what audio formats are supported and whether > it would be worth implementing if the majority of typical users > libraries wouldn't play. > > Right now, I envision something close to what you're suggesting but with > even more simplicity; > > "Alexa, ask squeeze server to play favourite 2 in kitchen" > > This would play the nominated playlist through the Kitchen squeezebox. > Then, you could further control that instance without having to nominate > the player any more; > > "Alexa, pause" > "Alexa, play favourite 3" > > Note: I'm not 100% we can get this level of simplicity. Note that > there's no invocation of the skill name in these examples. This is a bit > of a hack that I'm not sure i) will work and, ii) will be permitted by > amazon for certification. > > We shall see...
I've no idea how flexible the 'phrasing' can be. I hope it's possible to make requests as natural as can be: for example, above ' ... in kitchen' sounds fine but unless there are options for 'in' (on, to, etc.), then it gets clumsy. '..... play in Touch' ??? ' .... play in Red' ??? '..... play in Upstairs' ??? cheers Touch, Logitech Radio, Logitech UE Radio, O2 Joggler + SqpOS UPnPBridge - 2 paired Sonos Play1 speakers; Rocki - Sony SRS-BTM8 speaker; Pioneer WX-SMA1 speaker; - PURE One Flow internet radio: PURE Jongo S3x ; Jongo T2; Libratone Zipp Castbridge - Chromecast 1 + Chromecast Audio AirplayBridge - Loewe Airspeaker SB Player - Fire TV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106569 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
