Plugin for the UBI?

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I’m searching for a way to add voicecontrol to my vera without having to hold my phone or pushing a button. The Ubi(1)(2) seems to be able to do that and is advertised with other domotica-applications. I’m contemplating on getting one to connect it to VERA, however I don’t know how to do that.
As far as I can tell the Ubi will have some sort of rule engine which can be used to control other appliances and probably the easiest way to combine them both. Anyone else contemplating the same or have a better option to accomplish voicecontrol?

(1): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/607691307/ubi-the-ubiquitous-computer-voice-activated-and-al-0
(2): http://theubi.com/

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I thought about the same thing. If the Ubi is flexible enough to support custom voice commands that can send http requests or if it provides an API for creating custom commands (and most likely it would) then it should be trivial to integrate with Vera and do some interesting stuff

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I got a fairly quick response, from the CEO no less, which pretty much confirmed my expectations.
There’s an possibility to add cusom commands and outputs directly to the ubi so you could use HTTP requests to start a scene on the vera or other site. This would fit my need and should even make it necessary to write a plugin, only for output this would be needed(or could the vera do direct http requests?).

Problem is price however, I’m trying to see if other people would like it as well for their projects as to share shipping costs and quantum discount.

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Vera can do http requests as well, so you should be able to get notifications or output info thru the Ubi.

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I’ve been experimenting a bit this weekend by connecting my Vera to mythtv which was fairly good to do, so I see no trouble connecting it to my system.
Now to get it cheaper to the european side of the pond…

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I also feel that the unit price outside of Kickstarter is a bit inflated, at the end it’s basically a regular Android device minus the touch screen!

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Exactly, single unit price is pretty high, bought per 10 is doable, but I only need 1 or 2 at the most.
Trying to see if other people are interested in the Netherlands so we could groupbuy it.

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I’m in the UK - I’d buy two :slight_smile:

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I’m gonna buy 2 soon, anyone else in the Netherlands or nearby to save on ordercosts?

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I’m thinking of the UBI as well. I see UBI is integrating with SmartThings although I’m not sure exactly how yet. It would be nice if UBI could integrate with my vera lite.

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Looks an interesting product, but sadly restricts you to only being able to voice activate things when you’re in the room(s) that has an Ubi device.

Something cheaper and more portable for Voice activation, looks to be Siri and the Raspberry Pi, which some seem to have working quite well with Vera.

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It seems there is a limited edition beta out now.

Did anyone ever get one of these?

http://theubi.com

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I gave them some money in a deal after the kickstarter, but have yet to actually receive a unit.

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I am working with the Ubi team. With Ubi rules one should be able to send and receive HTTP requests between Ubi portal and other web services. If Vera has a web API, it will be a matter of seconds for the user to link their Ubi to Vera and voice command those services.
@qedi, we have almost completed the full delivery of the Ubi to all our Kickstarter backers. Please feel free to contact us at help@theubi.com if you have not received a tracking number yet.

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[quote=“Amin, post:14, topic:173851”]I am working with the Ubi team. With Ubi rules one should be able to send and receive HTTP requests between Ubi portal and other web services. If Vera has a web API, it will be a matter of seconds for the user to link their Ubi to Vera and voice command those services.
@qedi, we have almost completed the full delivery of the Ubi to all our Kickstarter backers. Please feel free to contact us at help@theubi.com if you have not received a tracking number yet.[/quote]

@Amin, great to know that someone from Ubi team is following the thread here. Ubi integration with Vera would be really awesome! Almost everything on Vera can be invoked over the web API, so it should be a seamless integration. I’m looking forward to this functionality…

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This should be easy if the api calls are done over the local network. If it is over the internet, this will be an issue with UI6 and newer systems that require the new MMS setup. Which is a more complex authentication system.

  • Garrett
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This work only in English?

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Did anything ever come of this? A buddy of mine has Smartthings and loves the functionality.

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I haven’t had mine on in the last couple months. AFAIK you can’t make general http requests in the local network yet (only from the external ubi servers), so it’s not really ideal.

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Any update here on the integration part?

Any experiences with the product which can be shared?