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July 19, 2018, 8:23pm
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I installed VLC Thing on a Windows PC (but there are other apps you could use) along with RemindR. Pair via Bluetooth and configure the alerts you would like to hear.
Do you want to receive Sonos-like sound and voice notifications from SmartThings but do not feel like spending several hundred dollars on Sonos? Do you have an old laptop/netbook (or any PC for that matter) gathering dust in a closet? If so, you can put it to a good use as shown in this demo:
[VLC Thing Demo: VLC Media Player Controlled by SmartThings]
“VLC Thing” is a custom SmartThings device driver that controls VLC media player and emulates Sonos audio player, making it possible to use Sonos smart apps to play sounds and voice (text-to-speech) notifications.
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform (Linux/MacOS/Windows) multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
[Update 10/04/20…
[image] RemindR:
Current Version 1.0
Release: R.0.0.9
Release Date: June, 15 2017
Notes: added option to select multiple intro sounds before tts; added compatibility with Ask Alexa Message Queues
On March 18th EchoSistant Evolved was released to the public, as the only SmartThings app to use flexible Cron expressions to schedule recurring events. Shortly thereafter, the Notifications Add-on became one of the most popular features (besides making voice interactions with Alexa more natural). So much so that other developers are now starting to implement cron expressions to improve the reliability of their schedules.
In the past few months, the EchoSistant team has received several requests to make the scheduling app available to everyone, so that even people with no Alexa devices can…
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