[NTLK] voice control for Newton doable

From: Mark Rollins (mark_at_mrollins.com)
Date: Fri Jan 11 2002 - 07:28:20 EST


Dredging up the old Dragon Systems voice recognition thread.

It appears I will never get anything from Dragon. I have tried for
almost 3 years, even going as far as communicating with the original
owners who sold it to L&H.

Anyway, here's a thought about voice control, read it through and
someone far better than me at coding please implement it.

1) Dragon Demo works on the MP2100, thanks to several patches; I forgot
who, but we all owe you a big debt.

2) One of the patches allows Dragon Demo to be active in any app, such
as "Notes"; so if you say a state name (all it recognizes, plus zip
codes) "Connecticut" the word appears in a note.

3) What if someone coded a background app that would be looking for the
words recognized by Dragon, and would act on them. A prefs slip would
allow you to choose the words.

4) Ex: saying "Ohio" would open the Names app; saying "Michigan" the
Dates; saying "Maine" would shut off the Newton, etc.

What do you think? I mean besides the overall brilliance of the concept,
is it workable?

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Mark Rollins, CIH, CSP mark_at_mrollins.com www.mrollins.com mrollins_at_thermo.com

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