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Feature Requests / Re: Features to help with typesetting and other applications

« on: January 10, 2012, 12:36:38 PM »

1) and 2)   My current setup with VC is already way better than using keyboard shortcuts or other options.  I think we these items can be left alone.

I've written a description of item 3).  Could you send me an email, so I can send you the Word document?

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Feature Requests / Re: Features to help with typesetting and other applications

« on: January 06, 2012, 04:50:26 PM »

1)  If I spell words out like "c", "a", "t", Windows Speech Recognition works okay with its standard training.  I've gotten VoxCommando to recognize letters well by training it, but the letter "a" keeps being recognized as "k" no matter what I do.  I don't think I say it like "k".

Some example command groups are attached to this post.

2) Currently VC seems to require a slight pause between commands.  It's still great for use in typesetting, but it would be more natural if VC could take a stream of commands without pauses.

3) I'm working on a more detailed explanation of the idea.

4) Sorry, I should have seen that.

I'm willing to do either a Skype or Teamview session.  I don't have either installed yet; I'm guessing TeamView would be easier.  My schedule is pretty flexible, so you can suggest a time. 

Thanks for your help!

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Feature Requests / Features to help with typesetting and other applications

« on: January 05, 2012, 03:08:04 PM »

Hi,
I recently purchased VoxCommando, and really like it.  I'm using it to typeset equations in Mathamatica while I'm writing my physics PhD thesis.  Mathematica has hundreds of keyboard shortcuts for typesetting, but they're annoying to type and would take a while to memorize.  With VoxCommando I can access them verbally using the standard names I already know.

I'm using version 0.921 of VoxCommando on Windows 7.

I have some suggestions for how it could be improved for typesetting and other applications.  Essentially, I would like to fluidly dictate equations using standard math terminology.  The neat thing about this is that it's easy to do, works even for advanced math, and seems to be a somewhat unexplored frontier.  The closest existing product is Mathtalk, which is expensive because it's targeted at people with disabilities.

Specific suggestions:
1.) I couldn't achieve reliable entry of alphabet characters.  In particular, the letters "a" and "k" aren't distinguished from each other, as well as "b" and "d".  Windows Speech Recognition works well in spelling mode, though (not going through VoxCommando).  I'm using a good headset with a noise cancelling microphone.  I tried turning on the "Learn" checkbox, which helped some. I also tried prefixing letters with the word "letter", which didn't help.

2.) Would it be possible for VoxCommando to recognize continuously dicated commands?  It doesn't seem to be able to now.

3.) Command autocompletion: This would be really neat for typesetting, and certainly other uses.  After saying a command, the user could say other words to modify the commmand.  The next time the command was invoked, it would use the modifications applied to the last invocation.  I would use this to automatically apply font and adornment options to letters.  For example, on the first entry of a symbol I could say something like "s, capital, bold, gothic".  After that I could just say "s", and the right symbol would be entered. 

The modifiers (capital, bold, gothic) could simply be other commands that the first command ("s" in the example) would be told to "listen" for, remember, and enter automatically the next time.  When the first command heard another command it's not told to remember, it would stop listening.  If you like this idea and want to implement it, it would be a good idea to first check that it's not patented.

4.) Import/Export of command groups:  I would use this to post my VoxCommando commands on the web.

Great program!
Nathan

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Bug Reports / A few issues I found

« on: January 05, 2012, 02:48:11 PM »

I recently purchased VoxCommando, and really like it.  I've found a few issues while using it:
1.) Cloning a command doesn't copy the description.
2.) If the edit screen is open and main screen is closed, there's no prompt to save the edits.
3.) When the edit screen is closed after making changes, I have to restart VoxCommando for the changes to take effect.

I'm using version 0.921 of VoxCommando on Windows 7.