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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? on Thursday July 04, 2019 @06:45PM (#20358396)
I'm working on Photo Recall an Amazon Alexa skill and Google Assistant app that let's you play photo slideshows by voice: https://bit.ly/photo-recall

I've also been working on Custom Voice Commands an Android app and web app that let's you load web content like YouTube video playlists, Google Drive or OneDrive documents, manage lists and reminders by voice plus ask Alexa questions: https://bit.ly/custom-voice-commands

Re:Ask HN: Do you know of any good product taking advantage of NLP? on Saturday April 13, 2019 @04:47PM (#19655613)
Custom Voice Commands is an iPhone and Android smartphone app that uses NLP to allow you to tag photos, videos, notes and web pages with questions or phrases. For example, you can tag a bunch of photos with the phrase "show me my favorite lunch photos" and every time you speak that phrase you'll see a slideshow of those photos.

Photo Recall is an Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant app that lets you retrieve Unsplash photos by voice plus photo slideshows created with Custom Voice Commands can be viewed from your Amazon Echo Show or Google Home Hub (or via the Google Assistant app).

https://treycent.com/app/content/photo-recall.html

Re:Show HN: Podflix – Like Netflix for Podcasts on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @01:26PM (#18078235)
Also access Podflix podcasts by voice command: https://is.gd/PodcastByVoice
Re:Ask HN: What are the things that you have automated in your persona... on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @10:42AM (#17400928)
I use Custom Voice Commands to:

- tag photos with a phrase for retrieval by voice later

- manage lists by voice (e.g. shopping, to-do, bucket lists)

- manage other notes to myself by voice (e.g. reminders)

- link specific web pages to voice commands like voice bookmarks

- smarthome automation by voice via Alexa or IFTTT

I also share my voice commands with those in my family who are less technically inclined.

Invoke Alexa Skills from your smartphone

Posted by dmcswain on Friday September 30, 2016 @02:13PM
from the self-post dept.

I added a feature to my Android smartphone/smartwatch app that let's you invoke your favorite Amazon Alexa/Echo Skills. You have to first enable the Skills. For example, you could enable the Supplement Advisor Skill then ask questions like: "Ask the Supplement Advisor, what supplements are good for gout?"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.treycent.wearapp

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please inclu... on Thursday March 10, 2016 @02:36PM (#11261614)
https://treycent.com

I created a smartphone, smartwatch, web app that let's you tag photos with a voice command for easy retrieval later. I just published the iPhone / Apple Watch app and am looking for some early adopters.

Re:Building a voice-activated light switch at home on Sunday October 18, 2015 @08:58AM (#10408102)
With this smartwatch, smartphone, Chrome web app you can your internet of things using custom voice commands via IFTTT: https://youtube.com/watch?v=46eSBFtfaVE
Re:Show HN: Lexika – Search Engine for Spoken Words/Phrases in YouTube... on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @08:53AM (#10380027)
Also, once you've found videos you like, you can then load them by voice command (voice bookmark):

https://youtube.com/treycent/search?query=youtube

Re:Show HN: FAQT – A lightweight, personal knowledge base on Monday July 20, 2015 @03:18PM (#9918337)
FAQT from a smartwatch: https://goo.gl/OBz6tA
Re:Show HN: FAQT – A lightweight, personal knowledge base on Monday July 20, 2015 @11:57AM (#9916885)
Nice! And here's a speech interface that lets FAQT users load notes by voice command from Chrome, Android, or Android Wear. (Voice commands, like FAQT notes, can be shared.)

https://goo.gl/1VwtE1

Show HN: Shareable Voice Selfie

Posted by dmcswain on Thursday January 08, 2015 @01:56PM
from the show-hn dept.

Speak a voice command, snap a selfie, and share. From then on, you and your friends can view your selfie by just speaking your command: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD2JCEouvnQ

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Re:Show HN: SoundCloud Instant on Thursday April 17, 2014 @12:44PM (#7604673)
For all you SoundCloud and 8tracks users, here's a way to load tracks by voice: http://bit.ly/1l8r5yf
Re:GoogolPlex gives Siri new powers on Thursday April 17, 2014 @12:41PM (#7604658)
Nice - voice will be everywhere soon! Here' a way to load Dropbox files by voice: http://bit.ly/1maggeP

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