Control XBMC With Siri [SiriProxy Plugin]

@brainwave9 released a SiriProxy Plugin that allows you to control XBMC with Siri.

Currently, only two commands are supported:

  • “XBMC” can be used to test if everything is set up correctly. Siri will respond with ”The XBMC interface is up and running”.
  • “Play [TV Show]” will play the first unwatched episode of this show.
You can download the plugin here.

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Control Your Home With Siri [SiriProxy Plugin] (Video)

With the help of ioBridge & X10, Mark Hodder made a SiriProxy Plugin that allows him to control his home. You can light the fireplace or turn on the lights just using only your voice.

The following things were used in his setup: Continue reading

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How To Install SiriProxy (Video)

The developer of SiriProxy, @plamoni, made a video on how to install SiriProxy on Ubuntu 11.10. If you don’t have Ubuntu, you can easily create a virtual machine on your PC or Mac with VirtualBox.

Set up Ubuntu on a Mac
Set up Ubuntu on Windows

If you successfully set up Ubuntu, you can start installing SiriProxy: Continue reading

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SiriProxy Plugins Can Now Use Your Location

@simonmaddox updated SiriProxy to support locations. This could be especially useful for people outside the US as there is currently no support for location services for countries other than the US. With the updated version of SiriProxy, someone could write a SiriProxy Plugin that allows commands like “Find restaurants near me” in other countries as well.

Download SiriProxy with location support here.

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FastPdfKit Is The First Siri-controlled App [SiriProxy Plugin] (video)

FastPdfKit released a SiriProxy Plugin that allows you to control FastPdfKitReader from another iPhone 4S with Siri. By saying “next”, it will take you to the next page. You can also “search for keyword” by your voice. MobFarm explains how it works:

In few words: a proxy server (SiriProxy) intercepts the siri commands sent to Apple (we are in the middle), a plugin adds some new commands to the list of accepted ones by Siri, takes the answers and opens a tunnel with a chat server. The chat server immediately sends the command to the iOS app that is logged as user. The application listens for messages and if receives something parses the content and react accordingly.

Watch the video after the break: Continue reading

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Control Your Car With Siri [SiriProxy Plugin]

@Fiquett developed a SiriProxy Plugin that allows you to start, stop, arm or disarm your car which has a Viper SmartStart module installed.

To run this hack yourself, you also need a PHP-script written by fiquett in addition to the SiriProxy plugin.

Watch the video after the break:

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