Ok, so far as to Ivee not once have been been able to turn anything on or off, it just does something else, have no clue what I madding wrong but seems it is just not interacting correctly. There are only two commands on and off in there and sup pore to give device name but nothing happens it just does something random. So a few more attempts or guess will be returning it.
As to Ubi so far it just worked great, has hardly failed to complete the command like lights on or off.
I just found out that siri proxy was taken down as of iOS7. There are a few other exploits out there, but until the SiriProxy team adds ios7 support, Iām going to abandon the project. Android users has a few options (NFC seems to be working well for my fiancee).
Maybe i should hack one of my old Androids and leave it always on. Iām sure thereās an Android app out there that does this.
Hi @effusion01, were you ever able to get Ivee working? Iām thinking about purchasing an Ivee or an Ubi, but since you have experience with both, Iād like to know what you thought about each of them.
How long have you had the Ivee for? the connection was actually too simple! it picked up on everything right away and worked on the Ivee for voice command right away as well.
But after 24hrs of use, iāve found its accuracy is about 1/3 especially if you have things named as Bedroom or Bathroom, you have to name everything long and different from one another. I also started getting errors about, network not available, and the Ivee would randomly think i was asking it something when watching TV or speaking on the phone. It has automatically set random alarm times multiple times so far and when i try and use voice command to cancel the alarm it only works 1/2 time. So far its a nice, āgimmickā but with any background noise, or any deviation from activation phrase it will not work. Combined with the, network not available error i got today, iām glad i only paid $25 for these thingsā¦
I literally got mine today. So far it seems like I have to talk very ācalmlyā for it to recognize me. Where did you get yours for $25? I got mine for $30 at Staples.com but they are out and I may want more. Itās honestly quicker at turning lights on/off than the ST app (taking phone out pocket, opening app, clicking on things, waiting for refresh, remembering what symbol is for the light you want, etc).
I was going to ask where they were for $30ā¦ Thanks for mentioning staples. My local staples had 1 left in stock for 30, I just bought it and will be picking it up tomorrow.
Staples, I had a $5 reward card and 5% back in points so actually a little less than $25 if you count thoseā¦ I actually picked one up from staples and then best buy had them locally so I picked it up another one from there for $30-10%-$10 rewards-5% cash back. So just over $15 for the second oneā¦
When it works it works fast! Iād say 7sec from the time you start saying āhello iveeā till the light actually turns on/offā¦
Got one, but sheās broken. Wants to do a firmware update before she responds to any commands, but canāt download the update. It seems that many people are having this same issue.
TLDR: IVEEās voice recognition sucks and donāt expect it to work.
I returned my IVEE last week. I backed the project on kickstarter and Iāll tell you this: they oversold the product. The voice recognition was AWFUL and instead of controlling what I needed or telling me the information I needed, I always got the time in some country in Europe.
I went back and forth with their support team and after a MONTH they determined my microphones to be bad. I sent it back for a replacement on my own dime. My replacement unit came in the wrong color and with a UK plug. Those were the last straw. I demanded a refund and was granted one.
While itās nice to have ST integration in a voice device, itās only as good as the actual voice recognition. I have an Amazon Echo coming on Tuesday and if thereās any hope, Iāll get ST control going with that via IFTTT or an API / hack when things are made available.
Iāve got an Ubi and and Amazon Echo. I can tell you this - the Echoās voice recognition is AMAZING. It actually works. Ubi is flat awful. Ubi has Smartthings integration, but it canāt understand or perform the actions that you ask for, so itās kinda useless.
Once they get some sort of Echo/Smartthings integration going, it will be an amazing product.