Introducing KinecTunes - Control iTunes with Your Voice!
Jul 8, 2011 · CommentsA few weeks ago, Microsoft released a SDK for the Kinect. As I had just gotten a Kinect, I was excited to check it out. I love the voice command feature of the Kinect (especially for Netflix on Xbox), so naturally I decided to make an app that incorporated them. I wanted something useful, something beyond just a workable demo. Today, KinecTunes is complete - the ability to control iTunes with voice commands!
Features
- Play specific songs or artists
- Pause, Resume, or Stop the currently playing song
- Two versions: Command-line tool and Windows Form app
I’ve open-sourced the project - you can download the source and/or the Windows installer on Codeplex for free. See the program in action here. It requires Windows 7, the Kinect device, and various Microsoft Speech code libraries.
Technical
KinecTunes was created in C# and uses the Kinect SDK Beta and iTunes C# COM library.
Edit: Thanks to KinectHacks.com, KinectHacks.net, DashHacks.com, and Esferabit.com for featuring articles about KinecTunes! It’s also a great honor to be written about on Microsoft’s Channel9.