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EZon voice-activated home automation system

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Chances are you've shouted at your TV, stereo or some other home entertainment device at least once or twice. And the odds are that the unit just sat there, ignoring your command (note: if it actually spoke back, seek. help. now.). Home automation developers have been working to change that, with systems that can respond to voice commands, and Seoul Commtech, a Samsung affiliate, has a system called EZon that looks pretty sweet. The EZon setup includes controllers for just about every electrical device in your home, from lighting systems to air conditioning, all of which can be controlled by a convenient LCD panel. But the system — which is being pre-installed in some Seoul apartment buildings — also responds to voice commands and, according to Commtech, can respond to complete sentences, in addition to basic one-word commands used by earlier systems. Sounds great. Can anyone tell us how to say, "you stupid DVR, you forgot to record Battlestar Galactica again; one more stunt like that and you're through!" in Korean?