it’s seriously baffling to me that we don’t have something between a clapper an full voice control, surely it should be utterly trivial to recognize different patterns of a loud sound?
I want to enable party mode for my lights by clapping out “shave and a haircut”
I use some not-as-smart smart bulbs that allow me to use all sorts of FOSS alternatives to control them which I only lucked out into getting since I was planning on getting Philips Hue, but these that I got (Wiz iirc; I don’t use the official software so I am not constsntly reminded of the brand) were half as expensive so I was able to get more of 'em.
the funny thing is that Wiz is also a philips brand, so it’s basically philips hue but less shit.
For the record i do use the official software because i’m poor enough that setting up homeassistant is out of reach, and it’s remarkably okay. It actually works without internet, so long as you sign in with a third party account (which is moronic and i don’t like it at all, but whatever).
Home Assistant is entirely self-hosted. No third-party required. It can run in a container or on a raspberry pi, but it’s typically easiest (and most functional) when you use a dedicated Home Assistant Green. It connects to Zigbee, Matter, etc via USB adapters. Or if your devices are networked (instead of using a hub), it can often find them directly on your network via local device discovery. It integrates with Alexa really well, so you wouldn’t need to immediately ditch your existing smart speakers.
If you really want to get fancy, you can even set up a local machine to do local LLM processing for self-hosted smart speakers.
I personally started using it after my smart light provider (Sengled) had a few extended outages. There was no communication from the company, and lots of people were speculating that they had gone kaput. It was literally cheaper to just get the HA Green and a Zigbee dongle, and set that up (instead of replacing all of my lights with a different brand). And since it’s entirely self-hosted, it even keeps working when my internet goes out during storms.
That sounds pretty nice, I have some devices compatible with Matter, but mostly I have Amazon plugs right now. I guess it’s not too late to start switching to Zigbee plugs.
I’ll probably start by just disabling the microphone on the Alexa devices and just control devices through my phone’s assistant or the app, so at least it’s not listening to me all the time.
I have a lot of issues with my LIFX smart bulbs. Once a week when I click on/off in the app, it won’t do anything. And that’ll usually last until I physically turn the wall light switch off/on to reset it. Not sure if this is a typical smart bulb thing/a LIFX thing.
This is why I love my smart bulbs. Fuck the switch; I can turn them off from my phone.
I have two switches. One on the wall by the door, and one on the floor side table.
Because of the exact same situation.
I need a modern clapper
it’s seriously baffling to me that we don’t have something between a clapper an full voice control, surely it should be utterly trivial to recognize different patterns of a loud sound?
I want to enable party mode for my lights by clapping out “shave and a haircut”
A matter of time before someone invents a clapper allowing you to doomscroll from across the room.
Sounds like you need two separate phones dedicated for each specific task.
I have gotten so used to this it’s going to be tough when I inevitably excise Alexa from my life due to surveillance capitalism.
I use some not-as-smart smart bulbs that allow me to use all sorts of FOSS alternatives to control them which I only lucked out into getting since I was planning on getting Philips Hue, but these that I got (Wiz iirc; I don’t use the official software so I am not constsntly reminded of the brand) were half as expensive so I was able to get more of 'em.
the funny thing is that Wiz is also a philips brand, so it’s basically philips hue but less shit.
For the record i do use the official software because i’m poor enough that setting up homeassistant is out of reach, and it’s remarkably okay. It actually works without internet, so long as you sign in with a third party account (which is moronic and i don’t like it at all, but whatever).
Home Assistant is entirely self-hosted. No third-party required. It can run in a container or on a raspberry pi, but it’s typically easiest (and most functional) when you use a dedicated Home Assistant Green. It connects to Zigbee, Matter, etc via USB adapters. Or if your devices are networked (instead of using a hub), it can often find them directly on your network via local device discovery. It integrates with Alexa really well, so you wouldn’t need to immediately ditch your existing smart speakers.
If you really want to get fancy, you can even set up a local machine to do local LLM processing for self-hosted smart speakers.
I personally started using it after my smart light provider (Sengled) had a few extended outages. There was no communication from the company, and lots of people were speculating that they had gone kaput. It was literally cheaper to just get the HA Green and a Zigbee dongle, and set that up (instead of replacing all of my lights with a different brand). And since it’s entirely self-hosted, it even keeps working when my internet goes out during storms.
That sounds pretty nice, I have some devices compatible with Matter, but mostly I have Amazon plugs right now. I guess it’s not too late to start switching to Zigbee plugs.
I’ll probably start by just disabling the microphone on the Alexa devices and just control devices through my phone’s assistant or the app, so at least it’s not listening to me all the time.
I have a lot of issues with my LIFX smart bulbs. Once a week when I click on/off in the app, it won’t do anything. And that’ll usually last until I physically turn the wall light switch off/on to reset it. Not sure if this is a typical smart bulb thing/a LIFX thing.
Also, you can set up scheduled actions to automatically dim them or turn them off if you happen to pass out
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