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Use Voice Commands For Hands Free Control Of Your Events

6/10/2020

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Updated 02/06/21

Starting from RightBooth version 7.5.10 you can now configure RightBooth so that it accepts spoken commands for controlling the playing event.

How To

To turn on voice commands, go to RightBooth User input settings and tick the option: Voice. 

Then in addition to your chosen user input method (e.g. Mouse or Touchscreen), voice commands will also be enabled for all your events.

You will need to ensure your event is designed for voice commands as follows:

In the Screen editor, on each event screen where you would like voice command control, add one or more label items.  Type the word or phrase into the label item(s) that you would like to be used as a voice command.  Then add an appropriate click action on the label item.

For example, if you would like RightBooth to progress from the Start screen to the next screen in the event by saying ‘Start now’:
  • Add a label item on the Start screen.
  • Enter the text: ‘Start now’ as the content for the label item.
  • Show the properties for the label item and set its Click action to ‘Next screen’.

By default, some event screens have label items with predefined click actions and are therefore automatically enabled to accept voice commands.  Examples include:
  • ‘Choose recording’ screen: ‘Record a video’, ‘Take a photo’, ‘Record a karaoke’, etc.
  • ‘Video options’ and ‘Photo options’ screens:  ‘Redo’, ‘Finished’, ‘Print’, ‘Cancel’, ‘Back’, ‘Next’, etc
Note that you can alter the content of any label item on any screen to provide your own preferred words or phrases as voice commands. 

When speaking your commands, RightBooth voice recognition takes the spoken input from the Windows default microphone input device, so you must ensure that you have a working microphone attached to your system.  This can be configured in Windows Settings under the section: System--> Sound.

Check out this latest training video on Voice Commands:

​And here is the event file I used in the video.  Simply download and save it in the folder:  C:\Users\your_user_name\Documents\RightBooth7
voice.rbe
File Size: 70 kb
File Type: rbe
Download File

Here's an idea for how you might use Voice Input:

And here is the event file I used in the video:
wedding_reception_seating_plan.rbe
File Size: 76 kb
File Type: rbe
Download File

​Note: The label items containing each of the spoken guest names are positioned off the right hand edge of the Start screen.  So in the Screen Editor, if you zoom the view down to 0.7 you will see them.
Tips for Improving RightBooth Voice Recognition Accuracy
  • Install version 7.6.16 (or newer).  This version adds a 'background noise' filter and other improvements that help to prevent false positive recognitions in noisy environments.
  • Ideally, use a second microphone for input that is dedicated to voice recognition.  A good quality USB microphone can be purchased for as little as $10.    If you are using a webcam in RightBooth, then using a second microphone allows RightBooth to control the webcam mic without affecting the input settings of the second microphone.  Note: The second microphone can be chosen as the default Windows Sound Input device by going to Windows Settings --> Sound --> Input and choosing your second microphone from the device list.  Here you can also select the Input Volume for the second microphone, which again is independent of any audio settings you might apply to your webcam mic in RightBooth.
  • Try to position the voice recognition microphone so that it points directly away from the source of any background noise (e.g. music) and directly toward the event users.
  • Try shrouding the microphone so that it is less likely to pick up noises from the side or from behind.  Or ideally use a unidirectional condenser microphone.
  • If possible, use the voice recognition input in a noise free environment.
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