Voice Control

[donald mcmow]

Would like to Add something like what is on
STAR TREK: The Next Generation - being able
to control lights and appliances with your
voice. I know this will require the
computer to be connected up all the time
and have a microphone available but it
would be so neat. Anybody know who would
might be able to put together a small
communicator button (wireless mic) that we
could hookup to the computer?

[ken]

Donald; voice recognition is typically
supplied by the operating system, or an
add-on application to the OS.  Funny, OS/2
Warp 4 in late 1996 came with voice
recognition, but after being forced to
convert to Windows I'm still waiting for it
again in 2004.

[donald mcmow]

The only problem is your program has to be
able to recognize that you have another
input device - other than the KBD,
Mouse/pointing device. Most programs may
act upon generic inputs but some commands
can not be accomplished unless the program
is setup for it.

[ken]

No, I disagree.  The voice-control
application, or the OS, recognizes certain
voice commands, can read the screen text, and
operates the mouse/keyboard on your behalf.
The application that you're controlling, e.g.
AHP, doesn't know you are not operating them.