[misc.handicap] sound sensor

Stu.Turk@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Stu Turk) (05/31/90)

Index Number: 8535

 > blind and hard of hearing and am looking for a device that will
 > turn on house current when it picks up sound.  thanks
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   A friend of mine is trying to rig up a small microphone to one of the 
controllers that Radio Shack sells to activate the X-10 modules (the 
part you plug into the wall outlet, then plug the lamp or whatever 
into).  He has been too busy to finish it but when he does I'll post on 
how he did it.  You might want to have a look at the Radio Shack X-10 
modules and controllers (the controller is a box with switches; normaly 
each switch turns on or off whatever is connected to the module its set 
for.  My friend plans to bypass the switch with a microphone) because 
they were on sale last month.

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