Conversing with a computer has long been a staple of science fiction. Such conversations are still largely in the realm of fiction, but voice recognition technology has improved significantly over the last decade. A number of voice recognition and control products are available on various platforms. Many people don’t realize, however, that it is possible to control the Linux desktop by voice, and it has been possible for some time. Read the article at LinuxJournal.
ViaVoice and XVoice: Providing Voice Recognition
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however, that it is possible to control the Linux desktop by voice, and it has been possible for some time.
“Command: Compile kernel”
That would be helpful
whether voice commands would be more efficient…
or a very fast typer?
I’ve been using voice control, which comes on OS/2, since 1996. Browsing the “net”, writing emails, etc, etc. Works nice and fast on a 133 Pentium I with 32MB RAM.
It’s so old that even jokes are gray – I remember Dilbert cartoon where Sally shouts “DELETE ALL” behinds Dilbert’s back.
I think Apple had something like this too.
Microsoft has their speech engine.
It was even discussed on BeNews when Be was still limping.
It’s just news for Linux users – “look ma, no hands”.
The company I work for makes software that let computer talk to you and it tells you what buttons to press.
This is going to be other science fiction movie – without Holywood’s happy ending.
Yeah, that was really funny. Remember when Dilbert got a new shower that needs to be controled by voice? Dogbert got him to tell some huge number and the heat went right up 🙂
Anyway, I couldn’t be possibly intrested in this. Firstly, this is made for the American, or sometimes British, accent. Not a Asian one (does it understand manglish/singlish?). Plus the fact that I type way more faster than I talk…
is it just me, or are voice recognition and those crappy text-to-voice synthesized voices the slowest-moving technologies on earth?
The synthesized voice dictating text to me on my Amiga hasn’t improved at all in tone or legibility even though we have machines a million times faster now.
And, I haven’t been keeping notes, but I don’t think voice-recognition software has improved at all in the last 5 years since I tried Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Prove me wrong, people.
Wake me when it’s more useful than it is annoying.
> Wake me when it’s more useful than it is annoying.
Sometimes it’s already more useful than annoying. Remember, there are people with RSI or disabilities for whom voice controlled software is not “annoying”.
Sometimes it’s already more useful than annoying. Remember, there are people with RSI or disabilities for whom voice controlled software is not “annoying”.
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only because the RSI is more of a handicap than the product. So using it is the next best thing. Granted, it does have its uses, no doubt. I was speaking about it as a better interface to computers though, in everyday use, for the general population. I find things very, very slow moving. And too much hype. No doubt those with real breakthroughs in this area (as well as related text-to-speech dictation) will make a shedload of money, and it truly will become a time-saving device for the masses.
er I do believe that aside from the fact that voice recognition has the hardest algorithms you could ever try to fathom, it aint childs play to implement
AND please, there is a difference between text to speech, speech to text and speech >command/interpretation
so dont fud away at something as hard as this…
Great report rajan.