Knowledge Base



Understanding Amulet PDF Print E-mail
General

In general all commands can be spoken at all times. For example, you don’t need to be viewing the Amulet Music screen to select a music artist. Similarly, you don’t need to be viewing the Recorded TV screen to select a TV program. You can speak most commands at any time, and they will take effect immediately.

However, while you are learning how to use Amulet, we recommend that you go to the appropriate Amulet screen (music, photos, video, movies, or recorded TV) before you try out commands. The Amulet screens show you when the microphone is active, and also display commands as they are recognized, making it quicker and easier for you to get used to using the speech recognition.

 
How should I organize my downloaded videos? PDF Print E-mail
General

Simply copy downloaded video files to the folders you have told Windows Media Center to monitor, and Amulet will detect them automatically. Movie filenames should simply be the name of the film. TV series episodes should follow the form "Series Name SxxExx Episode name", where Sxx and Exx are the Season and Episode numbers. For example, "Mad Men S01E12.avi" is Season 1, Episode 12 of the TV series Mad Men.

For other videos, such as home movies and unrecognised files, Amulet groups them according to the name of their containing disk folder.

 
Album Selection PDF Print E-mail
Music Commands

PLAY ALBUM {ALBUM NAME}
PLAY ALBUM NUMBER {NUM}
SHOW ALBUM {ALBUM NAME}
SHOW ALBUM NUMBER {NUM}

Selects one of the currently playing artist’s albums, and shows or plays the songs on that album.

{ALBUM}

The name of an album in your music library by the most recently selected musical artist or band. For example, to listen to Voodoo Lounge by the Rolling Stones, you first select the artist with PLAY ARTIST ROLLING STONES and then select the album, PLAY ALBUM VOODOO LOUNGE.

If the album name is long, you need only say part of the name, and Amulet will find the best match.

{NUM}

When viewing the Amulet music screen, all available albums are shown in a scrolling display to the right of the display. You can choose an album using one of the numbers shown here, if you prefer, instead of using the album name.

EXAMPLES

PLAY ALBUM CROWDED HOUSE
PLAY ALBUM NUMBER 2

PLAY ANOTHER ALBUM
SHOW ANOTHER ALBUM

Plays or shows another album at random by the currently playing artist.

 
​Miscellaneous Commands PDF Print E-mail
Common Commands

These Amulet commands are often useful for testing, since they make it easy to check that your Amulet system is working correctly, or to restore Media Center to a known good state.

Finding out the time

WHAT TIME IS IT?
WHAT’S THE TIME?
WHAT IS THE TIME?

Speaks the current system time.

This is a useful command to check that Amulet is listening and responding to commands correctly.

You can use it at any time without interrupting other activities you may be carrying out.

Checking the Audio Quality

REPEAT BACK {SENTENCE}

Repeats back what you said, to allow you to check the quality of your audio connection. This is a good way to make sure Amulet can hear you clearly.

{SENTENCE}

This can be any phrase you like; Amulet will repeat it verbatim without attempting to make sense of it.

EXAMPLES
REPEAT BACK AMULET CAN YOU HEAR ME?

Reset the Media Center Display

SET MEDIA CENTER FULL SCREEN
MAXIMIZE MEDIA CENTER
MAXIMIZE (MCE / AMULET)

These commands all restore the Media Center display to full screen if it was previously running in a desktop window.

 
Navigate Movie List PDF Print E-mail
Movie Commands

GO TO MOVIES [PAGE]
SHOW MOVIES
SHOW ALL MOVIES
SHOW RECENT MOVIES

Displays the Amulet Movies screen and shows your collection of movies.

SHOW {MOVIE_GENRE} MOVIES

Shows all your movies of a particular type.

{MOVIE_GENRE}

One of the movie types shown on the main movies page.

EXAMPLES
SHOW COMEDY MOVIES
SHOW ACTION FILMS

 
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