Home Automated Living's HAL software is the pioneer in the world of speaker independent voice controlled Home Automation. HAL does not require voice training and provides multiple voice interfaces into the system such as open air microphones, telephones, intercoms, webpages, smartphone apps, headsets and more. HAL software taps the power of your existing PC to control your home. Once HAL is installed on your PC, it can send commands in your home using RF or over the power line. HAL's voice interface makes HAL easy to use. The user may pick up any phone in the home, press the # key, and then tell HAL to dim the dining room lights or close the garage door. It's a two-way conversation, with HAL confirming that it has, indeed, performed the requested action. HAL's unique approach to voice recognition is very different than that of Siri, Echo or Cortana. HAL does not use a dictation type recognition system which listens for every possible word. Instead HAL uses a context driven recognition engine which is listening to a vocabulary of words specific to the devices and interfaces for which you will control by voice. This results in extremely accurate recognition of utterances by the user. HAL's smartphone apps for both the Android and iPhone as well as the HomeNet web interface offer control from any pc in the world with an internet connection. There's even an Instant Message interface so you can control your home using popular Instant Messaging capabilities and receive notifications of various events. Most of the automation systems on the market fit into one of two models. There are systems with basic automation capabilities running via a hub or cloud based architecture. Or there are high end full featured systems that interface with everything from the home theater, curtains, shades, pool, sprinklers and more using either a proprietary interfaces or various industry standards such as IP, Zig-Bee, UPB, C-Bus, Insteon, X-10, ZWave, UPNP, Serial, Home-Plug or other. HAL is the only scalable product that is priced and designed to address an entry level system, up to a full high-end home automation system capable of interfacing with a vast array of devices. HAL is designed to expand as a customer's needs expand or change, thereby maintaining the value of their investment in technology. Since HAL can interface with multiple protocols, as new technology evolves it can be added to the home and still work with older legacy devices.