Hi guys,
I'm really new to Arduino. I've looked around but couldn't find much.
Is it possible to use Arduino as a Voice controller on a PC? (eg. voice recognition with voice commands to 'Play' or 'Stop' a video)? Or also use arduino as a motion sensor to allow hand gestures to play or stop a video on a PC.
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Is it possible to use Arduino as a Voice controller on a PC? (eg. voice recognition with voice commands to 'Play' or 'Stop' a video)? Or also use arduino as a motion sensor to allow hand gestures to play or stop a video on a PC.
You can certainly do the second of the above (I don't know about voice control, surely the PC itself would be better suited to that task, eg Dragon Dictate or something like that).
Anyway, motion sensor (of a sort - remember this is Arduinoland not NASA Cray Computing Headquarters) could be achieved with a Capacitive Touch Sensor board, using a CAP1188 breakout board from Adafruit. Basically you can set the sensitivity high and wave your hand in front of a sensor pad, it detects your hand and then you can send a keystroke combination back to your PC as though you had typed something on the keyboard yourself, and the video playing software can respond appropriately.
Rather than giving you a long-winded explanation just watch my YouTube videos #28 and #30 for a complete project (there are other items included in those videos too which might add to your entertainment or just fast forward). URL is in the signature of this post.