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Play a song (from
YouTube) |
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Example usage: OK Google tell my computer to play Metropolitan Life by BB Gabor
Uses the website duckduckgo.com - no additional software is required
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Play a song (from
your own music collection)
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For more information about this setup, please see this link.
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Print my shopping list |
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Example usage: OK Google tell my computer to print my shopping list
Uses the script file "Print shopping list.vbs" that is installed with Push2Run
Please note, you must first sign on to your Google account using Internet Explorer. You should only need to do this once (unless you change the Google account or password associated with your shopping list0. |
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Restart, hibernate or shutdown your computer |
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Example usage: OK Google tell my computer to restart
Uses a built in Windows program called shutdown.exe.
Some other parameters that can be used:
to hibernate your computer: /h
to shutdown your computer: /s /t 10 /c "requested by home automation"
for more information:
press the Windows and 'R' keys at the same time,
enter "cmd" (without the quotes), and
enter "shutdown /?" (without the quotes)
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A general Google search |
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Example usage: OK Google tell my computer to browse for things to do this weekend
Note: for some reason, sometimes but not always, instead of sending the word 'browse' Google/IFTTT send the letters 'brows' ('browse' without the 'e'). Not sure why this is, but the above card works around that problem.
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Search for pictures |
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Example usage: OK Google tell my computer to search for pictures of bunny rabbits
Uses google.com image search
(if you are interested in what the "tbm=isch" above means, please see this webpage:
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/58550/what-does-tbm-mean-in-google-search )
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Set computer's volume (master sound volume level) |
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Example usage: OK Google tell my computer to set its volume to 25 percent
Uses SetVol.exe
SetVol.exe is freeware and can be dowloaded from www.rlatour.com/setvol
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