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Two budget upgrades for my old Echo Dot

The old Echo Dots still work pretty well but they do take up some space and don’t sound very good. Instead I mounted mine to the wall with a 3D printed wall mount and connected it to some better speakers. External speakers I still have a couple of old (2nd Read more…

By Oliver, 4 years ago
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Tasmota Hue emulation -Adding voice control to Tasmota can be super simple

Adding voice control to your Tasmota device can be super simple. Tasmota Hue emulation allows you to add voice control for any Tasmota device with just a couple of clicks. Here is how to do it. Hue emulation The easiest way of adding voice control via Alexa for generic smart Read more…

By Oliver, 4 years02.12.2020 ago
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Absolutely simple way to add Alexa support to more than 20 smart home systems – with HA bridge

I have already written about how you can add Alexa support for OpenHab. If for some reason this is not possible (I had problems with this setup in a Docker container) or you are using another smart home system: here is another way I found to add Alexa support. And Read more…

By Oliver, 5 years ago
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Magically control (nearly) everything – how to effortlessly add voice control with Alexa and OpenHab

Do you like those films as much as I do where can just talk to their computer and it will do what they want it to? Think of Jarvis from the Iron Man movies. While we are not quite there yet simple voice control with devices like the Amazon Echo Read more…

By Oliver, 5 years21.05.2020 ago
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6 Lessons I learned on my journey to the perfect smart home setup

I spent the last couple of years on my personal “perfect” smart home setup, or at least on my journey to get ever closer to that. Of course over time technology and the smart home market are changing, but these are some general lessons I learned – and that you Read more…

By Oliver, 5 years16.03.2020 ago
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