Sparkfun EasyVR 3 Plus Shield for Arduino

The EasyVR 3 Plus Shield is a voice recognition accessory for Arduino boards that comes with an EasyVR module. This kit includes the EasyVR 3 Plus Module, Arduino Shield Adapter, microphone, and headers. It provides everything you need to get started quickly with minimal soldering.The EasyVR 3 Plus is a versatile speech recognition module designed to add robust and cost-effective speech recognition capabilities to almost any application. It can be used with any host with a UART interface powered at 3.3V – 5V, such as PIC and Arduino boards. It's perfect for home automation projects, like voice-controlled light switches, locks, curtains, or kitchen appliances. It can also add "hearing" to popular robots on the market.Note: The EasyVR 3 Plus Shield for Arduino requires some assembly and soldering before use.Kit Includes:

* EasyVR 3 Plus Module * EasyVR Shield 3 * Wired Microphone * Speaker cable (Speaker not included) * Header Set Key Features:

* Supports up to 256 user-defined Speaker Dependent (SD) or Speaker Verification (SV) commands, in any language, divided into a maximum of 16 groups (up to 32 SD or 5 SV commands each). * Offers 26 built-in Speaker Independent (SI) commands for basic controls, in six languages: US English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. * Includes SonicNet™ technology for wireless communications between modules or any other sound source (Audio CD, DVD, MP3 Player). * Allows up to approximately 21 minutes of pre-recorded sounds or speech, and up to about 137 seconds of live message recording and playback. * Provides real-time Lip-sync capability, DTMF tone generation, and differential audio output that directly supports 8Ω speakers. * Features an easy-to-use Graphical User Interface to program Voice Commands and audio. * Offers a standard UART interface (powered at 3.3V - 5V) and six General purpose I/O lines that can be controlled via UART commands. * Compatible with Arduino boards that have the 1.0 Shield interface (UNO R3) including, but not limited to: Arduino Zero, Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino Leonardo, Arduino Due. * Supports 5V and 3.3V main boards through the IOREF pin (defaults to 5V if this pin is absent). * Enables different modes of serial connection and flash updates to the embedded EasyVR module (through the Mode Jumper). * Provides a 3.5mm audio output jack suitable for headphones or as a line out. Documentation:

* User Manual * EasyVR Commander * Arduino Library * Downloads Page